Portrait of Miriam AUTHOR Micheál Mac Liammóir Setting The action passes in a country house somewhere between Dublin and Cork. Synopsis Hodge-podge thriller about a group of ill-matched travellers whose bus breaks down in the middle of the night and they have to shelter in a big house within which a mysterious portrait hangs. A fugitive joins them with a story of being driven demented by a devious wife. PLAY TYPE Plays General Number of Acts Full-Length Cast Size Male 5 Cast Size Female 4 Date of First Production 22 September 1947 Production Presented by Edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions Production Notes ORIGINAL VENUE Gaiety Theatre Original Cast Miss Philomena Quinn Betsy Bogues Mr. Jasper Phelan Denis Brennan Mr. Osmonde Burden Hilton Edwards Mr. Vincent Bolger Bryan Herbert Miss Deirdre Flynn Helena Hughes Rev. Fr. Thomas Kelleher Roy Irving Col. Denis Flynn Reginald Jarman Mrs. Sylvia Flynn Meriel Moore Mrs. Michael Gilmartin Nora O'Mahony Production Team Director Hilton Edwards Settings by Molly McEwen Lighting Designer Hilton Edwards Musical Director Ernest Broadhurst Manager Raymond Percy Stage Manager Brendan Smith Assistant Stage Manager Lilian Boit Assistant Stage Manager Patricia Kennedy (1) Props Master Tom Jones Scenic Artist Robert Heade Scenic Artist P. Mooney Chief Electrician H.J. Morrison Publicity Brendan Smith CLICK HERE for information on script availability, production rights and translations for this play The information for this entry was taken from the published script and press cuttings of the time. Printer friendly version