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A Serious Thing

A Play in One Act by Gideon Ousley

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Oliver St John Gogarty 

  • Author Notes

    Written under the pseudonym Gideon Ousley

  • Synopsis

    A satire set at the grave of Lazarus.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    One Act

    • Cast size

  • Male

    4

  • Total

    4

Original Production

Original Cast  
First Roman Soldier F J McCormick
A Centurion Philip Guiry
Second Roman Soldier Arthur Shields
Lazarus Hugh Nagle
Production Team  
Produced by Lennox Robinson
Stage Manager Arthur Shields

Published Scripts

Unpublished Scripts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

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Colin Smythe Ltd.

  • Address

    P. O. Box 6, Gerrards Cross
    Buckinghamshire
    SL9 8XA
    England

  • Phone

    +44 (0) 1753 886000

  • Email

    cs@colinsmythe.co.uk

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