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The Irishwoman of the Year

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    John Power 

  • Synopsis

    The rise and fall of social (and political) climber, Esther Delaney, is the central plot of this piece. Not content to be an assistant in her father's business, this woman who has abandoned life as a mother and wife to pursue political power, by supporting any popular cause to gain votes, finds herself undone when she comes out strongly against alcohol.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    13

Original Production

Original Cast  
Dr. Fleming Pat Laffan
Mollie Deirdre Purcell
Senator Kyle Pat Layde
Sergeant Burke Micheál Ó hAonghusa
Mike Flynn Geoff Golden
Andy Foley, T.D. Edward Golden
Bill Delaney Bill Foley
Miss Fane Aideen O'Kelly
Esther Delaney Kathleen Barrington
Ann Delaney Sinead Cusack
Joe Murphy Peadar Lamb
Peg Murphy Joan O'Hara
Jones Vincent Dowling
Production Team  
Settings by Brian Collins
Produced by Tomás Mac Anna

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