Borderwine
AUTHOR
George Shiels
Setting
Feany's farmouse in 1944.
Synopsis
A play focusing on cross-border traffic during the years of the Second World War. A respectable farming family is converted, one by one, to smuggling, and only the religious father and a city-based sister manage to resist.
PLAY TYPE
Plays General
Number of Acts
Full-Length
Cast Size Male
9
Cast Size Female
5
Date of First Production
26 November 1946
Production
Produced by Ulster Group Theatre
ORIGINAL VENUE
Group Theatre
Original Cast
Mrs. FeaneyElizabeth Begley
JaneSheila Crawford
Julia FeaneyMargaret D'Arcy
Patrick FeaneyRobert Dempster
Nancy FirkinBeatrice Duffell
Tony LemonRonald Dwyer
Thomas NailerHarold Goldblatt
Sam FirkinR.H. MacCandless
Cassie FeaneyDaphne May
Dan FeaneyMaurice O'Callaghan
BarneyJack O'Malley
CurateArthur Ross
Uncle OineyJoseph Tomelty
Denis FeaneyJohn F. Tyrone
Production Team
Settings byDan Fitzpatrick
General ManagerJoseph Tomelty
Produced byR.H. MacCandless
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 was taken from the original production programme, press cuttings and the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.
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