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A Pound on Demand

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Sean O'Casey
Setting

A Post Office
Synopsis

A comic tale about a pair of drunks, desperate for one more pound to spend at the pub.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

One Act

Cast size

Male

2
Female

1
Total

3

Original Production

Date of First Production

16 October 1939
Production Notes
Produced by the Q Theatre, London
Venue Notes

Produced at the Q Theatre, London

Original Cast
A Girl	Irene Handle
Jerry	John Laurie
Sammy	Edgar K. Bruce

Production Team
Director	Beatrix Lehmann

Published Scripts

Title

Five One-Act Plays by Sean O'Casey
Year

1990
Published By

Gill and Macmillan
Address

Hume Avenue
Park West
Dublin 12
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+353 (0)1 5009555
Email

info@gillmacmillan.ie
Website

www.gillmacmillan.ie
ISBN

0717117766
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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

The Estate of Sean O'Casey: Macnaughton Lord Representation
Address

44 South Molton Street
London W1K 5RT
England
Phone

+44 (0)20 7499 1411
Email

info@mlrep.com
Website

www.mlrep.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from printed sources, with additional information from Sean O'Casey: A Research and Production sourcebook, Schrank (1996)

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