Legacy of Delight Sub Title A farcical tragic-comedy AUTHOR Hugh Quinn Setting Derrygowan House, Larkwood Villas and Shankill Road, Belfast, between 1936 and 1938. Synopsis A play about the rise and fall of the McFall family. When Mrs McFall inherits a legacy, the family moves from Sardinia Street on the Shankill Road to Derrygowan House and the the garden-party set, much to the misery of Mr. McFall, who misses his old surroundings. Bit by bit, however, the legacy is lost, and the family descends back down the prosperity ladder until finally they find themselves back where they began. PLAY TYPE Plays General Number of Acts Full-Length Cast Size Male 7 Cast Size Female 7 Date of First Production 2 August 1943 Production Produced by Ulster Group Theatre ORIGINAL VENUE Group Theatre Original Cast Mr. Morell Alfred Arnold Mrs. Cassel de Windt Jill Ballintyne Liza Jane McBey Jean Barrie Mr. Cassel de Windt Walter Brown Woman Rose Campbell Mrs. Morell Gertrude Duffin Boy Louis Gilbert Watson J. Kenneth Hamilton Margaret McFall Magdalaine Johnson Girl Jean Lloyd David McFall R.H. MacCandless Mr. Pim John McDade Martha McFall Min Milligan Alfie McCann Joseph Tomelty Production Team Sound Reproduction and Records by W. Erskine Mayne General Manager Joseph Tomelty Produced by R.H. MacCandless Stage Manager Dan Fitzpatrick Effects Florence Lee 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 original production programme, from press cuttings and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. Printer friendly version