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Brendan Behan
The action takes plce in a cemetery in the Dublin mountains and in Mrs. Mallarkey's house. The Time - Well...
Produced after Behan's death and featuring the legendary Dubliners, this was described in the programme as 'an entertainment'. It would be best described as a comedy with music, set in a graveyard populated with two bawds, two blind men, the graveyard supervisor and a variety of mourners and undertakers.
Drámaí Ginearálta
Dráma Fada
11
5
16
Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details. The Original Cast included members of 'The Dubliners'.
14 March 1972
Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
Presented on the Peacock Stage.
Behan: The Complete Plays.
1978
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