1959-10-27

Performance Date(s): 
Tuesday, October 27, 1959
Thursday, October 29, 1959
Saturday, October 31, 1959
Known Number of Performances: 
3
Programme Text: 

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

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 27th, 29th and 31st October, 1959 at 8

THE JAILBIRD
A Comedy in Three Acts by George Shiels
[…]
There will be Intervals of Ten Minutes between the Acts
[…]

The Orchestra under the direction of John Reidy, Mus. Bac., will perform the following selections:
Overture The Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai
1st Interval Kamarinskaya Glinka
2nd Interval Ceol Gaolach O Riada
[…]

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

http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/3728

Location of original programme: 

Abbey Theatre Archive: ATA MPG VOL 58/1959

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): 
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Nicolai, Otto (1810-1849)
Ó Riada, Seán (1931-1971)
Musical Work(s): 
Kamarinskaya
Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die. Overture
Playwright(s): 
Shiels, George (1881-1949)
Theatrical Work(s): 
Jailbird, The
Genre(s): 
English drama (Comedy)
English drama -- Irish authors -- 20th century
Folk music -- Ireland
Operas -- Excerpts
Orchestral music
Overtures (Orchestra)
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