Highly Efficient Sub Title A Comedy in Four Scenes AUTHOR Patricia O'Connor Setting The village of Ballydim in Northern Ireland during the early 1940s. Synopsis Margaret Henderson is an elementary school teacher in the Northern Ireland public school system, seeking to get her teaching diploma by working at Ballydim. As she struggles through her teaching practice, she encounters several major crises of confidence. These not only test her personally, but also point up searching questions for parents, the community and the education system itself. PLAY TYPE Plays General Number of Acts Full-Length Cast Size Male 4 Cast Size Female 4 Date of First Production 21 September 1942 Production Produced by Ulster Group Theatre ORIGINAL VENUE Group Theatre Original Cast Mrs Davidson Jean Barrie Margaret Henderson Beatrice Duffell Mary Davidson Jean Lloyd Mr Andrews R.H. MacCandless Miss Burke Nora O'Rawe John Scott John Reid Mr McFee Joseph Tomelty William Davidson John F. Tyrone Production Team Sound Reproduction and Records by W. Erskine Mayne General Manager Joseph Tomelty Produced by R.H. MacCandless Stage Manager Dan Fitzpatrick Chief Electrician Dan O'Connell (1) CLICK HERE for information on script availability, production rights and translations for this play Information for this entry was taken from the published script, and from the original production programme and press cuttings held at the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. Printer friendly version