Right Again Barnum
Sub Title
A Comedy
AUTHOR
Joseph Tomelty
Setting
The kitchen of a cottage outside Drogheda in 1941.
Synopsis
The Marley family hurridly evacuate to the Boyne country after their house is blown up in the Belfast Blitz. Together with their friend Barney Brudge, who is newly converted to religion after his near-death experience, they find lodging in the country with archaologist Jack Hart, who seems kindly and learned. In the next few days, however, the characterful Marleys discover all is not as it seems, and through numerous scrapes and adventures, resourceful Martha, lovelorn Gugs, would-be composer Willie John and loveable scatterbrained Rabby discover the truth.
PLAY TYPE
Plays General
Number of Acts
Full-Length
Cast Size Male
5
Cast Size Female
2
Date of First Production
7 December 1943
Production
Produced by Ulster Group Theatre
ORIGINAL VENUE
Group Theatre
Original Cast
Gugs MarleyElizabeth Begley
Albert BoninPatrick Canavan
Rabby MarleyJohn McDade
Mrs MarleyMin Milligan
Barney BrudgeJack O'Malley
Jack HartJohn F. Tyrone
Willie John MarleyJames Young
Production Team
Settings byDan Fitzpatrick
General ManagerJoseph Tomelty
Produced byJ.R. Mageean
Stage ManagerDan Fitzpatrick
Chief ElectricianDan O'Connell (1)
Records and ReproductionW. Erskine Mayne
Scripts & Rights Information
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Source of Information
Information for this entry has come from the company programme for the premiere production, the published script and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.
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