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Mount Prospect

A tragedy in three acts by Elizabeth Connor.

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Elizabeth Connor 

  • Setting

    The entire action of the play takes place in the drawing-room of Mount Prospect in Bridgetown, from spring in one year, to the following spring, to autumn later that year.

  • Synopsis

    Connor's first play, adapted from her novel of the same name, reveals the character of a destructive widow who uses her husband's will to advance her own son over two children from her husband's first marriage.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    4

  • Female

    8

  • Total

    12

Original Production

Original Cast  
Mrs Kennefick Ria Mooney
Winnie Sullivan Kitty Thuillier
Rex Kennefick Charles Blair
Mrs Clancy Christine Hayden
Peter Denis O'Dea
Ned Cronin F J McCormick
Miss Chapp Gertrude Quinn
Mary Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Kit Cronin Eileen Crowe
Mrs. Sullivan May Craig
Mr Horsham Michael J. Dolan
Annie Maura Lane
Production Team  
Director Frank Dermody
Settings by Anne Yeats
Produced by Frank Dermody
Stage Manager Cecil Ford
Carpenter J F Barlow

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Address

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    +353 1 6030200

  • Email

    info@nli.ie

  • Website

    www.nli.ie

Rights Information

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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 and from the National Library.