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The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1909 (Abbey)

by George Bernard Shaw

Opening Night: Thursday, 30 September 1909

Number of Performances: 4

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What was on stage this month in history:

  • Dear Ireland (Two) Continues: We Must Create
    2020
  • Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living?
    1940 (Abbey)
  • The Half Promised Land
    1979 (Tour)
  • Maeve's House - Based on the life and work of Maeve Brennan
    2013 (Tour)
  • Woman and Scarecrow
    2007 (Peacock)
  • The Playboy of the Western World - A New Version
    2007 (Abbey)

NOTES: Thursday to Saturday evening performances and Saturday matinee.

Cast & Creative

  • Allgood, Sara Actor as Feemy Evans
  • Barden, Hugh Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Downes, J Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Dunne, J. H. Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Fitzgerald, J Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Gorman, Eric Actor as Waggoner Joe
  • Goulden, A.J. Actor as Nestor
  • Harford, F. H. Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Hynes, Anne (Annie) Actor as Emma
  • Kerrigan, J.M. Actor as Strapper Kemp
  • Morgan, Sydney J. Actor as Sheriff Kemp
  • Mullamphy, Cathleen Actor as Lottie
  • Murphy, P. Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • Nairn, Mary Actor as Jessie
  • O'Brien, J Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women
  • O'Doherty, Eileen Actor as Babsy
  • O'Donovan, Fred Actor as Blanco Posnet
  • O'Neill, Máire (Molly) Actor as The Woman
  • O'Rourke, J. A. Actor as Foreman of Jury
  • O'Sullivan, Sheila Actor as Hannah
  • Sinclair, Arthur Actor as Elder Daniels
  • Wright, Udolphus Actor as Jurymen / Boys/Women

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Abbey Theatre

Lower Abbey Street

Dublin

Ireland

30 September - 2 November 1909

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