Stars of Brickfield Street
Sub Title
A Comedy
AUTHOR
John Coulter
Notes
The cast list for this entry is drawn from reviews of the premiere production. As such, cast size details should be taken as approximate.
Setting
A kitchen house in Brickfield Street, Belfast.
Synopsis
Alec Neill is determined to become a famous playwright, but his family frowns on the idea. Nonetheless he perseveres, and one of his plays eventually wins fame and fortune in London. The family basks in reflected success but later, much to the members' discomfort, discover that they themselves are the central components of the play, which is set in their working-class district, and is not entirely flattering.
PLAY TYPE
Plays General
Number of Acts
Full-Length
Cast Size Male
6
Cast Size Female
5
Date of First Production
19 October 1948
Production
Produced by Ulster Group Theatre
ORIGINAL VENUE
Group Theatre
Original Cast
Unspecified Character(s)Elizabeth Begley
Unspecified Character(s)Margaret D'Arcy
Unspecified Character(s)R.H. MacCandless
Unspecified Character(s)John McDade
Unspecified Character(s)Sheila McGibbon
Unspecified Character(s)Min Milligan
Unspecified Character(s)Maurice O'Callaghan
Unspecified Character(s)Gwendolen Perrott
Unspecified Character(s)Joseph Tomelty
Unspecified Character(s)John F. Tyrone
Unspecified Character(s)James Young
Production Team
Production byJ.R. Mageean
Scripts & Rights Information
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Source of Information
Information for this entry was taken from press cuttings, and from the Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.
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