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The Patrick Pearse Motel

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Hugh Leonard 

  • Setting

    The living room of Dermod and Gráinne Gibbons house in Foxrock and the Motel, in the present(1971).

  • Synopsis

    A farcical look at present day (1967) Ireland. Opening in a highly desirable Foxrock house, complete with 18th Century English kitchen - all electric - and moving on to a motel in the Dublin mountains with 84 rooms all named after heroes in Ireland's national struggle. Characters include two husbands, two wives, a discarded mistress and a lecher.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    4

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    7

Original Production

Original Cast  
Grainne Gibbon Rosaleen Linehan
Hoolihan Derry Power
Niamh Kinnore May Cluskey
Fintan Kinnore Godfrey Quigley
Dermod Gibbon Frank Kelly
Miss Manning Angela Vale
James Usheen John Gregson
Production Team  
Director James Grout
Designer Patrick Murray
Stage Director Mai McFall
Stage Manager Biddy White-Lennon
Set Construction Charles Pearce
Set Painter Anthony O'Brien
Company Artistic Director Phyllis Ryan

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Selected Plays of Hugh Leonard

  • Year

    1992

  • Published By

    Samuel French Ltd

  • Address

    52 Fitzroy St
    London W1T 5JR
    England

  • Phone

    + 44 (0)20 7387 9373

  • Website

    www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk

  • ISBN

    0813207606

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  • Title

    The Patrick Pearse Motel

  • Year

    1971

  • Published By

    Samuel French Inc

  • Address

    45 West 25th Street - Dept.W
    New York
    USA

  • Phone

    + 1 212 206-8990

  • Website

    www.samuelfrench.com

  • ISBN

    0573013330

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.