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The Jailbird

A Comedy in Three Acts, by George Shiels

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    George Shiels 

  • Setting

    Mary Anne's workroom at eleven o'clock on a spring morning.

  • Synopsis

    A broad farce with stock characters, predictable plot, but excellent dialogue. Dan Farn returns to his home village after a long stretch in jail and promptly marries an attractive widow. The neighbours crank the rumour mill with gusto and her bitchy step-daughter makes life difficult for him. But as we know Dan to have been wrongly convicted and an all-round decent skin, the tables will turn in his favour in the end.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    6

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    11

Original Production

Original Cast  
James Kelsey Michael J. Dolan
Mr. Chesney P.J. Carolan
Martha Shelah Richards
Charlie Arthur Shields
Dan Farn F J McCormick
A Police Sergeant W. O'Gorman
Miss Jean Maureen Delaney
Mr. Bunton Fred Johnson
Mary Anne Eileen Crowe
Mrs. Kelsey May Craig
Lily Frollie Mulhern
Production Team  
Settings by Tanya Moiseiwitsch
Musical Director F.M. May
Produced by Hugh Hunt

Published Scripts

  • Title

    The Jailbird: a comedy in three acts by George Shiels

  • Year

    1936

  • Published By

    The Abbey Theatre

  • Address

    26 Lower Abbey Street
    Dublin
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    00 353 1 887 2200

  • Email

    info@abbeytheatre.ie

  • Website

    www.abbeytheatre.ie

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 and from press cuttings of the time.