Dancing Shadow AUTHOR Micheál Mac Liammóir Setting The action of the play is a room in Antony Conlon's house in Dublin. Synopsis A melodrama about the tragic shadow a Spanish dancer casts across the fate of a Dublin family, the Conlons. Tina Conlon is in fact the daughter of the dancer and thus not related by blood to the brother, Larry, she adores so much, a fact that will complicate their adult life together. PLAY TYPE Plays General Number of Acts Full-Length Cast Size Male 4 Cast Size Female 6 Date of First Production 17 February 1941 Production Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions ORIGINAL VENUE Gaiety Theatre Original Cast Isabel Maria Conlon May Carey Laura Le Grange Coralie Carmichael Tina Peggy Cummins Roberto Le Grange Hilton Edwards Antony Conlon Liam Gaffney Mary Conlon Christine Hayden Tommy Reardon Roy Irving Larry Conlon Micheál Mac Liammóir Tina (grown-up) Meriel Moore Maggie Sally Travers Production Team Director Hilton Edwards Settings by Micheál Mac Liammóir Lighting Designer Hilton Edwards Stage Manager Cecil Monson Assistant Stage Manager Jean St. Claire Assistant Stage Manager James Devoy Assistant Stage Manager John Layton-Haylock Stage Carpenter Frank Caffrey (1) Set Painter Kay O'Connell Set Painter Molly MacEwen Chief Electrician Frank McEnhill Secretary Molly Eades Publicity Lucy Glazebrook CLICK HERE for information on script availability, production rights and translations for this play The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from press cuttings. Printer friendly version