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They Went By The Bus

A Play in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Frank Carney 

  • Synopsis

    No synopsis available

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast size

  • Male

    11

  • Female

    6

  • Total

    17

Original Production

Original Cast  
John Joe Martin Cyril Cusack
First Man Frank Biggar
Joe Kerrigan Joseph Linnane
Sarah Harkin Edith Lemass
Second Man Martin Conboy
Mrs Moloney M. Connolly
Bus Driver Wilfred Brambell
Thomas Carroll J. Winter
Joan Carroll Cathleen Fawsitt
Mr Prescott Austin Meldon
Badger Finnigan Gertrude Quinn
Hannah Sheila Ward
Bus Conductor Seamus Healy
Mrs Sharkey Isobel Couser
Jimmy Macken Eric Gorman
Tady Finnigan Finbar Howard
Michael Harkin Cecil Barror
Sailor William O'Gorman
Production Team  
Director Lennox Robinson
Set Designer J F Barlow
Stage Manager Cecil Ford
Scenic Artist Anne Yeats

Unpublished Scripts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