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Please Break the Glass Gently

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Michael Judge 

  • Setting

    A cottage in rural Ireland, present day(1967).

  • Notes

    Produced as part of the O.Z. Whitehead prize winning season alongside M. Davin-Power's 'The Noon-Day Devil'.

  • Synopsis

    A one act comedy, in which we are introduced to an ambulance driver, for whom the procedure in cases of emergency, as defined by the regulations, is more important than the emergency itself. This champion of red tape lives by the bokk and very fittingly dies by the book.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    One Act

  • Cast Size Male

    2

  • Cast Size Female

    1

Original Production

Original Cast  
Con O'Shea Seamus Forde
Andy Maguire Liam Sweeney
Doreen Thorpe Gillian Hanna
Production Team  
Director Michael Bogdanov
Stage Director Redmond Morris
Stage Manager David Liddy
Chief Electrician Paddy Scanlon

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    Cliona Woodbyrne

  • Address

    (on behalf of the beneficiaries of the estate of the late Lil & Michael Judge)
    Weston House, Ballytegan Road, Gorey
    Co. Wexford Y25 HW54
    Republic of Ireland

  • Email

    clionawoodbyrne@gmail.com

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Cliona Woodbyrne

  • Address

    (on behalf of the beneficiaries of the estate of the late Lil & Michael Judge)
    Weston House, Ballytegan Road, Gorey
    Co. Wexford Y25 HW54
    Republic of Ireland

  • Email

    clionawoodbyrne@gmail.com

Source Of Information

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