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Soldier

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Liam Lynch 

  • Synopsis

    In the psychiatrist's office sits the main protagonist, a clerical worker with the RAF - the soldier of the title, a man who accepts extreme evil as casually as he rejoices in extreme good. In a series of flashbacks, the audience are brought through the case history that is his life.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    12

Original Production

Original Cast  
Soldier Bob Carlile
Wing Commander Eamonn Howard
Father Dominic Roche
Nurse Fionnuala Kenny
Mother Brid Lynch
Military Policeman Eddie Stapleton
Doctor Robert Carrickford
Ada Hautby-Synott Maire O'Neill (2)
Military Policeman Bryan Murray
Albert Harry Brogan
Julia Kathleen Barrington
Soldier, as a boy Orison Carlisle
Production Team  
Director Tomás Ó Murchadha
Designer Patrick McMullan
Lighting Tony Wakefield
Costumes Lily Norton
Costumes Anne Cave
Sound Nuala Golden
Stage Director Bruce Deane
Programme Design Edward Lynch

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Source Of Information

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