THE COLLEEN BAWN | glenamaddy-drama

Thursday March 30th

Ennis Players, Co. Clare - (Open)

“The Coleen Bawn” By Dion Boucicault

Cast

Hardress Cregan .......................... Brendan Quinlivan

Danny Mann .......................... John Lillis

Kyrle Daly .......................... Laurence O’Brien

Mrs. Cregan .......................... Pam DeBlaca

Anne Chute .......................... Emer O’Flaherty

Servant 1 .......................... Brian Torpey

Mr. Corrigan .......................... Hugh Gallagher

Myles-na-Coppaleen ............... Jackie Scanlan

Father Tom .......................... Mick Loughnane

Eily O’Connor .......................... Saoirse Byrne

Sheelah .......................... Maeve Plunkett

Bertie O’Moore .......................... Donagh Macnamara

Servant 2 .......................... Patricia Clune

Crew

Stage Manager......................... Bernie Harten

Set Design .......................... Mike Scanlon

Costume Design ..................... Amy McEnnis

Lighting ..................... Mick Kelly, Martin Moran & Eddie McCourt

Sound ..................... Arthur Ford

Assistant Stage Mgr. ............ Martin Moran

Set Construction ................... Bob Connors, John Collins, Mick Kelly,

Mick Loughnane, Mike Scanlon, Mick J. O’Loughlin

Costumes .......................... Annmarie Custy

Make-up .......................... Gertrude Finn, Olivia Loughnane, Ethel O’Mahony

Stage Crew .......................... Patricia Clune, Sinead Ginnane, Brid O’Connell

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Synopsis of Play

This Irish Melodrama is based on the tragic story of Ellen Hanley whose murdered body as washed ashore at Moneypoint in Co.Clare and buried nearby in Burrane cemetery. Boucicault’s play has a much happier ending and in the 1860’s The Colleen Bawn was an immediate success in London where it had the longest run in the history of the English Stage – its 230 performances making it “The Mousetrap” of it’s day

History of Group

Ennis Players have been competing on the 1 Act and 3 Act Festival circuit for many years and are delighted to bring this Irish classic on tour. Last year the group qualified for the All-Ireland Final in Athlone with another classic Brian Friel’s “The Loves of Cass Maguire”. The group was placed third in the All-Ireland Final in 2011 with “The Playboy of the Western World” by J.M.Synge