Director
Actors
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Seamus O’Rourke
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Kevin Doonan
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Brona O’Brien
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Charlotte Rosemond
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Raymond Hackett
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Michael Reilly
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Catriona O’Reilly
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Jim Williamson
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Maura McGuinness
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Peter McNamee
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Cathal Farrelly
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Sean Ledwith
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Margaret Mimna
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Brian O’Reilly
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Kevin Lynch
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Killian McGuinness
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Anne Doonan
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Lil Fleming
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Colette McCabe
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Martina McCabe
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Patricia Ledwith
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Rita McCormack
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Geraldine Lane
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Mary Dowling
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Kathleen McCabe
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Eamonn Daly
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Sean Reilly
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Vincent Murray
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Thomas McDermott
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Tom Gray
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Paddy McDermott
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Rita Martin
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Brian McCaffrey
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Tom Morrow
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John Morrow
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Eileen Ward
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Jonathan Finnegan
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About
A verse comedy about 'God's Gentry', people who travel about the countryside and live a carefree life of celebration. Taking over the country for a year's carousal, they select the ancient God Balor to become their President, and he comes out of 1500 years' rest to preside over the good times. When stocks of food and drink run low, however, Balor is rejected, and the old order is eventually restored.
Setting
The little village of Knockaderry. The present.
Running Time
1Hr 50 Minutes - 15 minute interval after act twoAuthor
Donagh MacDonagh was a poet and playwright. He is a son of Thomas MacDonagh, a poet, playwright and teacher who was executed in the 1916 Rising. Donagh MacDonagh's published poetry includes Veterans (Cuala Press), The Hungry Grass (Faber and Faber) and A Warning to Conquerors (Dolmen Press). The scripts for all four of his plays are available to read on http://irishbornman.tripod.com/dmdworks.html