1955-10-10

Performance Date(s): 
Monday, October 10, 1955
Tuesday, October 11, 1955
Wednesday, October 12, 1955
Thursday, October 13, 1955
Friday, October 14, 1955
Saturday, October 15, 1955
Known Number of Performances: 
6
Programme Text: 

ABBEY THEATRE DUBLIN
Playing at THE QUEEN’S THEATRE
Pending rebuilding and Enlargement of the Abbey

Monday, 10th October, 1955, and following nights at 8

PETER
A Comedy in Three Acts by Rutherford Mayne
[…]
There will be Intervals of Ten Minutes between the Acts
[…]

ORCHESTRA
The Orchestra, under the direction of John Reidy, Mus., Bac., will perform the following selections:
Overture “A Gazza Ladra” Rossini
1st Interval Ceol Gaodhlach Reidy
2nd Interval Palovtsian [sic] Dances Borodin

View the cast and creative personnel for this performance on the Abbey Archive: 

http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/3572

Location of original programme: 

Abbey Theatre Archive: ATA MPG VOL 54/1955

View this programmes' parent collection on the Concert Programmes Database: 

http://www.concertprogrammes.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/8209

Musical Director(s): 
Ó Riada, Seán (1931-1971)
Composer(s): 
Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich (1833-1887)
Ó Riada, Seán (1931-1971)
Rossini, Gaetano (1780-1855)
Musical Work(s): 
Gazza ladra, La. Overture
Prince Igor. Polovtsian Dances
Playwright(s): 
Mayne, Rutherford (1878-1967)
Theatrical Work(s): 
Peter
Genre(s): 
Dance music
English drama (Comedy)
English drama -- Irish authors -- 20th century
Folk music -- Ireland
Operas -- Excerpts
Orchestral music
Overtures (Orchestra)
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