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The Arts Council Playography Na Gaeilge

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On Such As We

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Billy Roche 

  • Setting

    A small town in Southern Ireland.

  • Synopsis

    Oweney's barber shop and the rooms to let above it offer refuge to a host of lonely hearts: a recently laid-off hotel night porter, an angry young artist, an orphan girl, a wounded old widower, a likeable bruiser and the beautiful Maeve. All of them, in their various ways, fall under Oweney's loving spell.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    5

  • Female

    2

  • Total

    7

Original Production

Original Cast
Sally Pauline Hutton
Maeve Antoine Byrne
Richie Frank McDonald
Oweney Brendan Gleeson
Matt Jason Gilroy
Eddie David Herlihy
Leonard Laurence Kinlan
Production Team
Director Wilson Milam
Set Designer Blaithin Sheerin
Lighting Designer Tina MacHugh
Costume Designer Catherine Fay
Costumes Abbey Theatre Wardrobe Department
Sound Dave Nolan
Stage Director Audrey Hession
Assistant Stage Manager Stephen Dempsey
Set Construction Abbey Theatre Workshop
Voice Coach Andrea Ainsworth

Published Scripts

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    Professional

  • Contact

    The Agency

  • Address

    24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park
    London W11 4LZ
    England

  • Phone

    + 44 (0)20 7727 1346

  • Email

    info@theagency.co.uk

  • Website

    www.theagency.co.uk

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    Amateur

  • Contact

    Nick Hern Books

  • Address

    The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road
    London W12 8QP
    England

  • Phone

    + (44 ) 20 8749 4953

  • Email

    info@nickhernbooks.co.uk

  • Website

    www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Source Of Information

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