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Siamsa Gaedhael

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Leon Ó Broin 

  • Setting

    Oifig an Ard-Fheadhmannaigh, Baile Átha Cliath. (1928)

  • Synopsis

    Ó Mainnín, chief-superintendent in the Gardaí, has a plan to extricate himself from a promise of marriage he made to a girl he met at the 'Siamsa Gaedhael', because he has made a committment to another girl he met the previous week at the same Siamsa. He loses both in the end and must pay £500 in compensation to them. A farce set among Dublin's middle-class.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    One Act

    • Cast size

  • Male

    3

  • Female

    2

  • Total

    5

Original Production

Original Cast  
Atúrnae Gearóid Ó Lochlainn
Ard Fheadhmannach Gárdaí Tadhg Ó Scanaill
Bláthnait Máire Ní Oisín
Sáirsint Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha
Aoibheall Máire Bastabal
Production Team  
Director Gearóid Ó Lochlainn

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Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ó thráchtas neamhfhoilsithe Uí Shiadhail.