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The Face of Treason

Playwright

Eoin Neeson Colm Mac Neill
Synopsis

Michael Murray, physicist and one time communist, is tired of fruitless party policies and wants to settle down in the USA with his fiancée Anne Conroy. To get his visa he needs an affidavit to clear him of his politically suspect actions. Murray needs the help of O'Loughlin, a senior member of the communist party and also a senior civil servant in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Blackmail is threatened. Does he endanger the party by betrayal or sacrifice his honour?
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Full-Length

Original Cast
Sheila Conroy	Kathleen Barrington
Mary Conroy	Máire Ní Dhomhnaill
Denis O'Loughlin	Bill Foley
Andy Leach	Micheál Ó hAonghusa
Chief Superintendent John Conroy	Philip O'Flynn
Michael Murray	Vincent Dowling
Anne Conroy	Máire Ní Néill

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