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The Poker Session

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Hugh Leonard 

  • Synopsis

    At a family poker session the players are confronted with their contribution to the illness of released mental patient who has just killed his former rival. The Poker Session is a sort of welcome home party for Billy Beavis, who has spent the past twelve months in an asylum. It emerges that he was admitted to the asylum after losing his mind after a similar party. The other partygoers sidle around the roots of Billy's madness, in dialogue filled with macarbre humour, until all is revealed in the final act.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    3

  • Cast Size Female

    3

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Fran Maureen Toal
Kevin Joe Lynch
Mrs. Beavis Peggy Marshall
Billy Beavis Norman Rodway
Irene Pauline Delany
Teddy Marius Goring
Production Team  
Director Jim Fitzgerald
Set Designer William McCrow
Manager Christine Longford
Assistant Manager Ann O'Connor
Stage Director Rhona Woodcock
Stage Manager Maire Kelly
Set Painter Brian Collins
Assistant Carpenter Louis Molloy
Chief Electrician Arthur Jones
PR Terry Cronin
Carpenter Michael Lambert
Company Artistic Director Phyllis Ryan

RIGHTS INFORMATION

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    The Agency

  • Address

    24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park
    London W11 4LZ
    England

  • Phone

    + 44 (0)20 7727 1346

  • Email

    info@theagency.co.uk

  • Website

    www.theagency.co.uk

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.