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Tolka Row

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Maura Laverty 

  • Setting

    The action takes place in the Nolans' home in Tolka Row, on the outskirts of Dublin.

  • Synopsis

    Laverty's second play is set in a Dublin Corporation housing scheme. The Nolan household in Tolka Row, houses Rita, her husband, son and daughter, her father and her husbands sister. Her father, a retired bargee, kindly and interfering gets on with most in the house, with the exception of Rita's sister-in-law. When the favourite daughter arrives back from England with her husband, room must be made and Rita sends her father to live with other relatives by a stratagem that would not hurt his feelings.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    4

  • Female

    6

  • Total

    10

Original Production

Original Cast
Peggy Nolan Laurie Morton
Eileen Moore Sally Travers
Jack Nolan Denis Brennan
Statia Nolan Ann Clery
Mrs. Nolan Peggy Marshall
Mrs. Feeney Angela Howlett
A Dealer Isobel Couser
Dan Dempsey Micheál Mac Liammóir
Sean Nolan Patrick Bedford
Fonsie Madigan John Millett
Production Team
Director Hilton Edwards
Settings by Michael O'Herlihy

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    David Higham Associates Limited

  • Address

    5-8 Lower John Street, Golden Square,
    London W1F 9HA
    England

  • Phone

    44 - 20 - 7437 7888

Source Of Information

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