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What was on stage this month in history:

  • As The Beast Sleeps
    1998 (Peacock)
  • Unseen Kings - The Enchantment of Cuculain
    1912 (Abbey)
  • The Playboy of the Western World
    2001 (Peacock)
  • The Playboy of the Western World
    1914 (Tour)
  • The Jailbird
    1944 (Abbey)
  • This Other Eden
    1953 (Abbey)
ProductionPlayed byOpening Night
They Got What They Wanted 1947 (Abbey) Ó Maonaigh, Seán Tuesday, 18 February 1947
They Got What They Wanted 1948 (Abbey) Ó Maonaigh, Seán Monday, 2 February 1948
They Got What They Wanted 1950 (Abbey) Ó Maonaigh, Seán Monday, 13 March 1950
They Got What They Wanted 1952 (Abbey) Ó Briain, Micheál Monday, 24 November 1952
They Got What They Wanted 1962 (Abbey) O Suilleabhain, Eoin Monday, 9 April 1962
They Got What They Wanted 1962 (Abbey) O Suilleabhain, Eoin Monday, 23 April 1962
They Got What They Wanted 1962 (Abbey) O Suilleabhain, Eoin Monday, 9 July 1962

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