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Cadenza in Black

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Arthur Duff 

  • Setting

    The action of the play takes place in the sitting-room of 'Sandringham', the Weldon's home in a suburb of Dublin towards the end of the Anglo-Irish struggle.

  • Synopsis

    A play about the impact of the establishment of the Irish Free State on a well-to-do Dublin Protestant family ast they gradually find their position in society challenged by the staunch Catholicism of the new State.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    8

  • Female

    6

  • Total

    14

Original Production

Original Cast  
Margaret Cathleen Delany
Dorrie Clodagh Garratt
Cecil Mortimer Robert Bett
Sam Turnbull Hamlyn Benson
Maud Webster Jean Anderson
Harry Exham Ian Aylmer
Florence Thornycroft Nora O'Mahony
Lily Weldon Ann Penhallow
Doctor Wilson Norman Scace
George Weldon John Stephenson (1)
Vera Weldon Betty Chancellor
A Cabman Robert Lepler
Albert Weldon Ronald Ibbs
Wesley Freeman Blake Gifford
Production Team  
Director Peter Powell
Set Designer Peter Powell
Lighting Designer Peter Powell
Musician Cathleen Rogers
Musician Gretta Smith
Musician Alice Brough
Stage Manager Robert Bett
Assistant Stage Manager Doris Cloghran
Set Construction J. Lambert
Set Construction Michael Lambert
Set Painter Nora McCartan
Wardrobe Mistress Christina Keely
Chief Electrician Patrick Long
Carpenter J. Lambert

Unpublished Scripts

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

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