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Abdication

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    H.T. Lowe-Porter 

  • Synopsis

    A melodrama about a struggle for power amongst royalty, written in Elizabethan verse.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    25

  • Female

    18

  • Total

    43

  • Cast Notes

    In addition to the above cast, an unspecified number of Citizens, Miners etc. were provide by Miss Josephine Albericci of Dublin School of Acting.

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    27 September 1948

  • Production Notes

    Marjory Hawtrey's dress in Act II by Lesley Lind, Embassy Theatre, London. Men's Costumes by SAMUELS, London. Gaiety Orchestra under the direction of Bay Jellett.

  • Producer

    Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

  • Original Venue

    Gaiety Theatre

Original Cast  
The Duchess Agnes Kelly
First Lady-in-Waiting Eileen Morrison
Second Miner Frank Murphy (1)
Second Equerry Peter Allen
First Equerry Ian Sainsbury
Third Minister Kendrick Huxham
First Duke Patrick Crean
The First Princess Mary Rose McMaster
The Second Princess Helena Hughes
Rumour Helena Hughes
Second Lady-in-Waiting Elizabeth Cheatle
Second Nurse Wendy Fowler
Soldiers James Lucas
Children Ann Daly
Children Gloria Byrne
Children Maurice Devitt
Singers Anthony Nolan
Singers Joseph Flood
Singers Mairin Fenning
Nurse with Infant Una O'Higgins
Miner's Wife Monica Coen
Second Duke John Battles
The Foreign Lady Sheila Burrell
Fifth Minister Liam Gannon
The King Denis Brennan
First Nurse Isobel Couser
Itinerant Speaker Rory Kilkenny
Governess Daphne Carroll
The Prince Micheál Mac Liammóir
The Bard Hilton Edwards
The Privy Councillor Hilton Edwards
Third Duke Godfrey Quigley
The Premier Reginald Jarman
The Queen Marjory Hawtrey
Soldiers Seamus McDonald
Singers Hilda White
The Archbishop Robert Hennessy (1)
A Cleric Gearoid O'Lochlann
Second Minister Gearoid O'Lochlann
Sixth Minister Art O'Murnaghan
Miner Patrick Nolan
Soldiers John Tully
Fourth Minister Richard Pollock
The Countess Cathleen Delany
Production Team  
Director Hilton Edwards
Settings by Carl Bonn
Lighting Designer Hilton Edwards
Costumes Carl Bonn
Dance Advisor Cepta Cullen
Musical Director Adolphe Gébler
Music Arranged by Adolphe Gébler
Musical Director Bay Jellett
Manager Raymond Percy
Stage Manager Eric Copley
Assistant Stage Manager Mary Rose McMaster
Assistant Stage Manager Godfrey Quigley
Set Construction T. Daly
Wardrobe Master Paul Smith
Costume Construction Paul Smith
Chief Electrician Don Farquharson

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Abdication; Or, All is true

  • Year

    1950

  • Published By

    Knopf

  • Address

    (now part of Random House)
    USA

  • Website

    www.randomhouse.com/knopf/

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from press cuttings