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The Patriot

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Maeve O'Callaghan 

  • Setting

    The living-room of Dr. Cusack's house in an English industrial town. The sitting-room of Dr. Cusack's new house in Ireland a few weeks later. Time - the present.

  • Synopsis

    An Irish doctor working and living in England attempts to maintain his family's sense of its own 'Irishness' by all avenues open to him. He has ensured his offspring learn to speak Irish as children and later sends them to university in Irish cities. He ultimately sees them drifting into English customs and mannersisms and decides that there's only foolproof way to remain Irish. He moves lock and stock and barrell back to Ireland.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    6

  • Total

    13

Original Production

Original Cast  
Dan Cusack Cyril Cusack
Butcher's Boy M. Kinsella
Peggy Cusack Moya Devlin
Geraldine Tarquin Nora O'Mahony
Mrs. Cusack Ann Penhallow
Esther Cusack Shelah Richards
Floor Polisher D Kelly
Clive Waingate Frank Carney
Lottie Sheila Ward
Dr. Cusack Fred Johnson
Laelia Cusack Ann Clery
Professor Tarquin Eric Gorman
Ian Cusack Brian Carey
Production Team  
Settings by Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Musical Director F.M. May
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Unpublished Scripts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.