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The Money Doesn't Matter

A play in three acts by Louis D'Alton

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Louis d'Alton 

  • Setting

    The action takes place in the breakfast-room of Knockderry House, Annakill, in July 1938.

  • Synopsis

    A self-made man in a small town sees all come to naught as his children, one by one, fail to live out his ambitions for them.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    7

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    11

Original Production

Original Cast  
Veronica Hogan Ria Mooney
Michael Harney Joseph Linnane
Maid Cathleen Fawsitt
Philip Mannion Denis O'Dea
Mick Kenirons F J McCormick
Father Maher Liam Redmond
Norah Mannion Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Mrs Kinchella Eileen Crowe
Harvey Duff Brian O'Higgins
Robert Murtagh Michael J. Dolan
Tom Mannion William O'Gorman
Production Team  
Settings by Anne Yeats
Produced by Frank Dermody
Stage Manager Udolphus Wright
Carpenter J F Barlow

Published Scripts

  • Title

    The Money Doesn't Matter

  • Year

    1942

  • Published By

    James Duffy and Co

  • Address

    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

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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.