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A comedy in three acts by St John Ervine

OVERVIEW

Playwright

St. John Greer Ervine
Setting

The morning-room of Sir Samuel Lepper's mansion, Slieve Bearnagh House, at Stormont, outside Belfast.
Synopsis

Following the death of Sir Samuel Lepper a letter is read out to his assembled relatives in which the dead man dashes the expectations of those who had high hopes, and introduces an unacknowledged daughter for the first time.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

5
Female

5
Total

10

Original Production

Date of First Production

30 June 1941
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Fanny Cairns	Ria Mooney
Kate	May Craig
Mrs Corken	Eileen Crowe
Doreen Cairns	Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Jenny Conn	Eithne Dunne
Gourlay	Fred Johnson
Arthur Cairns	Gerard Healy
Edward Scantlebury	F J McCormick
Adam Bothwell	Denis O'Dea

Production Team
Director	Frank Dermody
Set Designer	Michael Walsh (2)
Produced by	Frank Dermody
Stage Management	Udolphus Wright

Published Scripts

Title

Selected Plays of St.John Ervine chosen & introduced by John Cronin
Year

1988
Published By

Colin Smythe Ltd.
Address

P.O. Box 6
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire SL9 8XA
England
Phone

+ 44 1753 886000
Email

sales@colinsmythe.co.uk
Website

www.colinsmythe.co.uk
ISBN

0-86140-101-8

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Society of Authors
Address

84 Drayton Gardens
London
SW10 9SB
England
Phone

+44 (0)20 7373 6642
Email

estates@societyofauthors.org
Website

www.societyofauthors.org

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.

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