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Mary Maginn

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Seamus Finnegan
Synopsis

The play charts the life of a working-class Catholic woman born in Belfast around the time of the First World War.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

3
Female

3
Total

6

Original Production

Date of First Production

January 1990
Original Venue

RADA Studios
Venue Notes

Performed when the venue was known as the Drill Hall Arts Centre.

Original Cast
Mary Maginn	Gerardine Hinds
Joe Maginn	Donal Cox
Cissie Maginn	Breige Arthurs
May Maginn	Kathryn Chambers
Pat Maginn	William Elliott
Alex Maginn	Nigel Harrison

Production Team
Director	Julia Pascal

Published Scripts

Title

It's All Blarney: Four Plays
Year

1995
Published By

Harwood Academic (Taylor & Francis)
Address

2 Park Square, Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN
England
Phone

+44 (0) 20 7017 6000
Website

http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/
ISBN

978-3718655564
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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Micheline Steinberg Associates
Address

Studio 315 ScreenWorks, 22 Highbury Grove
London N5 2ER
England
Phone

+44 (0)20 3214 8292
Email

info@steinplays.com
Website

http://www.steinplays.com/

Source Of Information

Information here comes from published script.

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