The Old Lady Says No! or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?

Summary

1964 BBC production of The Old Lady Says No! Or, Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon? by Denis Johnston.

Theatre play

The Old Lady Says No! Or, Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon? by Denis Johnston (1901-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

The main character of this play is an actor playing the part of Robert Emmet, one of the best-loved figures of Irish romantic literature who was hanged by the English in 1803.

Production history

First produced in Dublin in 1929.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 18 March 1964

Time

9.45-11.05pm

Series

Festival

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Michael Leeston-Smith

Producer

Peter Luke

Playwright

Denis Johnston (1901-1984)

Composer

Sean O’Riada

Designer

Mary Rea

Story Editor

Harry Moore

Cast

Anita Bolster	Lady Trimmer
Larry Burns	Tram Conductor / O’Cooney
Patrick Carter	Second Redcoat
John Cowley	Blindman
Sheelagh Cullen	Flapper
Donal Donnelly	Younger Man
Gerry Duggan	O’Mooney
Colette Dunne	Lizzie
Kitty Fitzgerald	Wife of Minister
Maggie FitzGerald	Katie
Harold Goldblatt	Major Sirr / Henry Gratton
Desmond Jordan	Joe
Marie Kean	Flower Woman
Barry Keegan	Stagehand / Minister of Arts and of Crafts
Patrick McAlinney	Doctor
Bridget McConnel	Maeve
Kevin McHugh	Trinity Medical
Declan Mulholland	Tout
Brian O’Higgins	Older Man
Finuala O’Shannon	Sarah Curran
Derry Power	O’Rooney
P. G. Stephens	First Redcoat / Gen. O’Smith
John Wood	The Speaker / Robert Emmet

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Irish drama; Republic of Ireland, as theme or setting; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 12 March 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 34; listing, with second photograph, p. 37