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The Big Birthday

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Hugh Leonard
Setting

Set in Dublin.
Synopsis

Patrick Farrell is one hundred years old. His family and friends gather round to celebrate his birthday and no-one is going to mess this up for him.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

8
Female

4
Total

12

Original Production

Date of First Production

23 January 1956
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Venue Notes

Produced at the Queen's Theatre.

Original Cast
Sean Scully	T.P. McKenna
Sally Lehane	Doreen Madden
Mrs. Hafferty	Brid Lynch
Willie Farrell	Philip O'Flynn
Swinburne McKeefe	Micheál Ó hAonghusa
Guard Martin Lehane	Micheál Ó Briain
Basil Prescott	Edward Golden
Patrick Farrell	Harry Brogan
Moll Lehane	Máire Ní Dhomhnaill
Maeve Lehane	Angela Newman
Joe Gleeson	Ray McAnally
Liam Óg O hAnnracháin	Peadar Lamb
Milo Lehane	Vincent Dowling

Production Team
Settings by	Michael O'Herlihy
Produced by	Ria Mooney
Stage Manager	Sean Mooney(2)

Unpublished Scripts

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

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
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

Source Of Information

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

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