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Nannie's Night Out

A Comedy in One Act

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Sean O'Casey 

  • Setting

    Tenement Dublin in the 1920s

  • Synopsis

    A poor tenement-dweller gets drunk on methylated spirits, hitting the town and leaving chaos and confusion in her wake.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    One Act

    • Cast size

  • Male

    10

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    13

Original Production

Original Cast  
Oul Jimmy Michael J. Dolan
Crowd M. Judge
Crowd W. O'Hara
Crowd F. Ellis
Oul Joe Gabriel J. Fallon
Irish Nannie Sara Allgood
A Young Man Arthur Shields
Oul Johnny Barry Fitzgerald
Crowd Sean Barlow
A Ballad Singer F J McCormick
Mrs. Polly Pender Maureen Delaney
A Young Girl Eileen Crowe
Robert Gerald Breen
Production Team  
Produced by Michael J. Dolan

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Nannie Geht Aus: Sean O'Casey ; aus dem Englischen von Maik Hamburger und Adolf Dresen.

  • Year

    1972

  • Published By

    Publisher not found

  • Address

    England

  • Title

    Best Short Play of the World Theatre/ edited with an introduction and preface to the plays by Stanley Richards

  • Year

    1968

  • Published By

    Publisher not found

  • Address

    England

  • ISBN

    978-0517503195

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  • Title

    Feathers From a Green Crow, Sean O'Casey 1905-1925/ Edited by Robert Hogan

  • Year

    1962

  • Published By

    Publisher not found

  • Address

    England

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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 Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time