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A Surprise for Miriam

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Mary Murphy
Setting

Set in Dublin suburbia.
Notes

For 6-11 year olds.
Play Type

Theatre for Young Audiences

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

4
Female

3
Total

7

Original Production

Date of First Production

05 February 1983
Producer

Produced by Pooka Children's Theatre
Original Venue

The Damer Hall/An Damer

Original Cast
Miriam Sinnott	Caroline Gogan
Eileen Sinnott	Laura Devlin
Richie McGuinness	Robert Byrne
Gavin Healy	Donal O'Kelly
Tony O'Connor	Eamonn Hunt
Granny Sinnott	Sarah Carroll
Willie Sinnott	Paul Conway

Production Team
Director	Mary Murphy
Assistant Stage Manager	Carmel Rooney
Costumes	Iseult O'Neill
Stage Manager	Sarah Carroll
PR	Eithne Loughrey
PR	Martin Raymond
Puppets by	Brendan Conroy
Puppets by	Kathleen Fisher
Puppets by	John McCormick
Lighting Designer	Leon Conway
Publicity Photography	Romanowski K. Joseph

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Mary Murphy
Address

Republic of Ireland
Email

marymmurphy@hotmail.com

Source Of Information

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

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