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Donnchadh Ruadh

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Séamus Ó hAodha (1) 

  • Setting

    I dtigh tábhairne i dTalamh an Éisc, san ochtú haois déag.

  • Notes

    Bhuaigh an dráma seo Duais Amharclann na Mainistreach 1938. Cuireadh breis leis agus léiríodh arís é faoin teideal Giolla an Amaráin. Foilsíodh faoin teideal sin é freisin.

  • Synopsis

    A play loosely based on the life of the poet Donnchadha Ruadh Mac Conamara. Set in a tavern in Newfoundland, the poet uses his gift of impromptu rhyming in English and in Irish but a row eventually breaks out between sour Irish sailors and English sailors.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    One Act

    • Cast size

  • Male

    9

  • Female

    1

  • Total

    10

Original Production

Original Cast
Sailor Brian O'Higgins
Sailor Seán Mac Cathal Riabhaigh
Donnchadh Ruadh Cathal Ó Ceallaigh
Sailor Pádraig Ó hÉanaí
Muiris Valentine Iremonger
Traolach Frank Biggar
George Robert Mooney
Henry Wilfred Brambell
Brighid Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Sailor Séamus Mac hUiginn
Production Team
Director Frank Dermody
Set Designer Anne Yeats

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Giolla an Amaráin

  • Year

    1954

  • Published By

    Foilseacháin an Rialtais

  • Address

    Baile Átha Cliath
    Republic of Ireland

Unpublished Scripts

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Rights Information

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