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Finders Keepers

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Peter Sheridan 

  • Setting

    The play is set on a grass mound near the Royal Canal sometime in the late nineteen-sixties.

  • Synopsis

    Set in North Inner City Dublin, Finders Keepers is the coming of age story of Pancho, his best friend Redser and their urgent young lives spent on the Royal Canal. Set against the background of the declining Dublin Docklands of the early 1970's, the play brings to life the larger than life world of the teenage imagination

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast Size Male

    3

  • Cast Size Female

    3

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Original Cast  
Sally Anne Kent
Redser Aaron Monaghan
Pancho Feidlim Cannon
Biddy Máire Ní Ghráinne
Catherine Lisa Lambe
Joe Joe Domhnall O'Donoghue
Production Team  
Director Martin Drury
Designer Carol Betera
Lighting Designer Sinead McKenna
Costumes Abbey Theatre Wardrobe Department
Sound Designer Cormac Carroll
Stage Director John Stapleton
Assistant Stage Manager Pamela McQueen
Set Construction Abbey Theatre Workshop
PR Gerry Lundberg
Photography Tom Lawlor (1)
Voice Coach Andrea Ainsworth

UNPUBLISHED SCRIPTS

  • Contact

    Peter Sheridan

  • Address

    70 Celtic Park Avenue
    Santry
    Dublin 9
    Republic of Ireland

RIGHTS INFORMATION

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Peter Sheridan

  • Address

    70 Celtic Park Avenue
    Santry
    Dublin 9
    Republic of Ireland

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.