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Remembered For Ever

A tragi-comedy in three acts by Bernard McGinn

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Bernard McGinn 

  • Setting

    A room in a tenement in Dublin

  • Synopsis

    A statue is being erected to the memory of a dead patriot of the Black and Tan campaign, but he is still alive and his poor circumstances expose the hypocrisy of the erection committee and the newly independent state.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    2

  • Total

    9

Original Production

Original Cast  
O'Keeffe Michael J. Dolan
Christopher O'Donnell Austin Meldon
Roderick Brosnan Denis O'Dea
Brian Liam Redmond
A Figure Gerard Healy
Guard Hennessy Fred Johnson
Cassidy Dermot Kelly
Nora Eithne Dunne
Miss Sullivan Eileen Crowe
Michael Murphy William O'Gorman
Production Team  
Director Frank Dermody
Set Designer Michael Walsh (2)
Produced by Frank Dermody
Stage Manager Udolphus Wright

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Remembered For Ever

  • Published By

    Allen & Unwin

  • Address

    London
    England

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.