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The Prodigal

A Play in Four Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Walter Riddall
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

6
Female

4
Total

10

Original Production

Date of First Production

30 September 1914
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Irish Premiere Notes

The author died shortly before the play was first staged. 'The Prodigal' was his only play.

Original Cast
Rev. Hugh Chapman	Philip Guiry
Maggie	Ann Coppinger
Lizzie Walker	Kathleen Drago
Billy Bradley	J M Kerrigan
John Brand	Sydney J Morgan
George Walker	H E Hutchinson
Samuel Walker	Arthur Sinclair
Stanley Walker	Fred O'Donovan (1)
Helen	Eithne Magee
Sarah Walker	Nora Desmond

Production Team
Produced by	Andrew Patrick Wilson

Rights Information

Copyright Expired

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.