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A Flutter of Wings

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    T.C. Murray 

  • Synopsis

    Tess Luttrell rebels against her overbearing father's wishes and deliberately fluffs her exams to be a teacher. She goes to stay at her uncle's house in Dublin and gets a job at a solicitor's office where she has a tryst with a partner there who's engaged to be married. She loses all faith in men, until a kindly middle-aged doctor proposes to her.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    6

  • Total

    12

Original Production

Original Cast  
Marion Dalton Coralie Carmichael
Flossie Kay Scannell
Stella Field Meriel Moore
Brian Dalton William Denis
Tess Betty Chancellor
George H.R. McCullough
Minnie Sydney Jameson
Anne Luttrell Dorothy Casey
John Luttrell Gearoid O'Lochlann
Frank Harmon Wm. Van Craen
Helen Florence Lynch
Doctor Harold William Sherwood
Production Team  
Settings by Micheál Mac Liammóir
Producer Hilton Edwards
Musician Bay Jellett
Musician Dorothy Stokes
Stage Manager Art O'Murnaghan
Wardrobe Mistress Christina Keely
Chief Electrician Michael Dunne
Carpenter Michael Lambert

Published Scripts

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Colin Smythe Ltd.

  • Address

    P. O. Box 6, Gerrards Cross
    Buckinghamshire
    SL9 8XA
    England

  • Phone

    +44 (0) 1753 886000

  • Email

    cs@colinsmythe.co.uk

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.