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The Bridge Below the Town

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Patrick McCabe 

  • Setting

    A small town in an Irish Border county. Most of the action takes place in flashback to the 1950s and 1960s.

  • Synopsis

    A surreal, phantasmagoric look at the snobberies and religious tensions of small-town life, focusing mainly on the reveries of Golly Murray, a Protestant who married a Catholic and whose intellectually handicapped son has died.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    2

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    6

  • Cast Notes

    Multiple roles for all in cast, except for role of Golly Murray

Original Production

Original Cast  
Golly Murray Catherine Walsh (1)
Fiona Bunn Lorna Quinn
Hope Lorna Quinn
Fr Hand Malcolm Adams
Patsy Malcolm Adams
Jemmy 'the Buck' Reilly Damien Devaney
Mr Cleere Damien Devaney
Sr Magdalena Janet Moran
Blossom Foster Janet Moran
Toots Janet Moran
Mrs Miniter Gina Moxley
McElroy Gina Moxley
Mrs Boo Lorna Quinn
Production Team  
Director Padraic McIntyre
Set Micky McGuirk
Set Feargal Donnelly
Lighting Barry McKinney
Costume Designer Fiona Ryan
Sound Designer Cormac Carroll
Choreographer Olwen Grindley
Stage Manager Sharon Payne
Lighting Operator Paddy Farrelly
PR Trina McCann
Poster and Programme Design Ronan Ward

Unpublished Scripts

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Marianne Gunn O'Connor Literary Agency

  • Address

    Morrisson Chambers, Suite 17
    32 Nassau Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Email

    Mgoclitagency@eircom.net

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.