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The Coloured Balloon

A Comedy in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Margaret O'Leary
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

4
Female

7
Total

11

Original Production

Date of First Production

28 August 1944
Producer

Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Original Venue

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

Original Cast
Sally Joyce	Máire Ní Dhomhnaill
Sonny Manning	Patrick Fay
Jerry Joyce	F J McCormick
Geoffrey Burke, N.T.	Fred Johnson
Philomena Burke	Eithne Dunne
Mrs Mollie Manning	Bríd Ní Loinsigh (1)
Catherine Nolan	Eileen Crowe
Mrs Hannah Burke	May Craig
Mina Joyce	Ria Mooney
Carmel	Joan Plunkett

Production Team
Director	Frank Dermody
Produced by	Frank Dermody
Stage Manager	Udolphus Wright

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)
Address

Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+353 1 6030200
Email

info@nli.ie
Website

www.nli.ie

Rights Information

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Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.

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