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A Title for Buxey

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Cecil Cree 

  • Setting

    McDowell's kitchen.

  • Synopsis

    A play portraying two days in the life of wise boxing manager Buxey McDowell, during which a rival manager tries to tempt one of his best fighters away.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    10

Original Production

Original Cast  
Vera Couser Margaret D'Arcy
Jimmy Beasant Jack O'Malley
Percy Todd James Young
Natty Couser Joseph Tomelty
Sammy (Buxey) McDowell John F. Tyrone
Minnie McDowell Elizabeth Begley
Clutie Cadoo R.H. MacCandless
Mr. Gowdy Harold Goldblatt
Larry Matier Maurice O'Callaghan
Lily Thompson Peggy Neilly
Production Team  
Settings by Dan Fitzpatrick
General Manager Joseph Tomelty
Produced by J.R. Mageean
Stage Manager Dan Fitzpatrick
Chief Electrician Dan O'Connell (1)
Records and Reproduction W. Erskine Mayne

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Group Plays 1:Seven Comedies/ edited and introduced by Hugh Odling-Smee

  • Year

    2009

  • Published By

    Lagan Press

  • Address

    7 Lower Crescent
    Belfast BT7 1NR
    Co. Antrim
    Northern Ireland

  • ISBN

    9781904652311

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Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, press cuttings, and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.