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Oak Leaves and Lavender

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Sean O'Casey
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

6
Female

4
Total

10

Original Production

Date of First Production

13 May 1947
Production Notes
Produced by the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London
Venue Notes

Produced at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London

Original Cast
Feelim O'Morrigun	Fred Johnson
Mark, A Home Guard	Charles Lamb
Monica Penrhyn	Sheila Sim
Third Gentleman Dancer	Conrad Phillips
Third Lady Dancer	Patricia Brent
Young Son of Time	John Foster
Second Gentleman Dancer	Robert Urquhart
Second Lady Dancer	Audrey O'Flynn
First Gentleman Dancer	Spencer Hale
First Lady Dancer	Ann Brooke
Jennie	Joyce Marwood

Production Team
Director	Ronald Kerr

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

The Estate of Sean O'Casey: Macnaughton Lord Representation
Address

44 South Molton Street
London W1K 5RT
England
Phone

+44 (0)20 7499 1411
Email

info@mlrep.com
Website

www.mlrep.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published script, with additional information from Sean O'Casey: A Research and Production sourcebook, Schrank (Greenwood, 1996)

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