The Plough and the Stars
- Summary
- 1961 Granada Television production for ITV of The Plough and the Stars by Seán O’Casey.
- Theatre play
- The Plough and the Stars by Seán O’Casey (1880-1964) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 14 February 1961
- Time
- 9.35-11.05pm
- Series
- Play of the Week
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Granada Television (1956-)
Credits
- Director
- Cliff Owen
- Playwright
- Seán O’Casey (1880-1964)
- Adapted for Television by
- Gerald Savory (1909-1996)
- Designer
- Sean Kelly
- Cast
Kate Binchy Mollser Gogan Colin Blakely Jack Clitheroe John Cowley Barman Donal Donnelly Willie, the Covey Declan Harvey Delivery Boy Marie Kean Mrs Gogan Dermot Kelly Peter Flynn Dermot MacDowell The Speaker Jack MacGowran Fluther Good Peggy Marshall Bessie Burgess Joan O’Hara Rosie Fagan Godfrey Quigley Capt Brennan Michael Robbins Corp. Stoddart Noel Sheridan Lieut. Langon Margaret Whiting Nora Clitheroe
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- IRA (Irish Republican Army); Irish drama; Republic of Ireland, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- TV Times, 10 February 1961 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 10; listing, p. 29
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