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The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1915 (Abbey)

by George Bernard Shaw

Opening Night: Monday, 26 April 1915

Number of Performances: 3

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What was on stage this month in history:

  • The Slough
    1914 (Abbey)
  • Mise Raifteiri an File
    1973 (Peacock)
  • She Stoops to Conquer - The Mistakes of a Night
    1982 (Abbey)
  • The Plough and the Stars
    1984 (Abbey)
  • Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living?
    1940 (Abbey)
  • Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living?
    2005 (Abbey)

NOTES: Monday, Tuesday and Friday evening performances.

Cast & Creative

  • Allgood, Sara Actor as Feemy Evans
  • Coppinger, Ann Actor as Jessie
  • Delany, Maureen Actor as Lottie
  • Downes, J Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Drago, Kathleen Actor as Emma
  • Dunne, J. H. Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Fitzgerald, J Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Guiry, Philip Actor as Nestor
  • Hutchinson, Harry E Actor as Waggoner Joe
  • Kerrigan, J.M. Actor as Strapper Kemp
  • MacCarthy, Cathleen Actor as Babsy
  • Magee, Eithne Actor as The Woman
  • Morgan, Sydney J. Actor as Sheriff Kemp
  • Murphy, P. Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • O'Brien, J Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • O'Donovan, Fred Actor as Blanco Posnet
  • O'Rourke, J. A. Actor as Foreman of Jury
  • O'Sullivan, Michael (I) Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • O'Sullivan, Sheila Actor as Hannah
  • Sinclair, Arthur Actor as Elder Daniels

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Abbey Theatre

Lower Abbey Street

Dublin

Ireland

26, 27 and 30 April 1915

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