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The Dear Queen

A Play in One Act, by Andrew Ganly

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Andrew Ganly
Setting

The drawing room of Blake Hall. Time - the Present, 1938.
Synopsis

Two old ladies relive precious memories of happy times and old love affairs, all the while oblivous to the passing of time and to the modern world around them.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

One Act

Cast size

Male

1
Female

4
Total

5

Original Production

Date of First Production

04 April 1938
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Miss Nellie	Ann Clery
Rev. Mr. Munn	Liam Redmond
Sarah	Gertrude Quinn
Miss Sophie	Christine Hayden
Miss Lottie	Shelah Richards

Production Team
Settings by	Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Costumes	Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Produced by	Hugh Hunt

Unpublished Scripts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 from press cuttings.

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