1940-08-26

Performance Date(s): 
Monday, August 26, 1940
Tuesday, August 27, 1940
Wednesday, August 28, 1940
Thursday, August 29, 1940
Friday, August 30, 1940
Saturday, August 31, 1940
Known Number of Performances: 
6
Programme Text: 

[…]
Monday, 26th August, 1940, and following nights at 8.15

FOURTH AND LAST WEEK OF
THE RUGGED PATH
A Play in Three Acts, by GEORGE SHIELS
[…]
There will be Intervals of Ten Minutes between the Acts
[…]

ORCHESTRA
F. M. MAY, Mus. Bac., Director
ALICE MacCARTHY Violin
DOROTHY CLIFTON ‘Cello

The Orchestra will perform the following selections:
Overture The Marriage of Figaro Mozart (1756-1791)
Irish Airs The Lark in the Clear Air arr. Hardebeck The Song of the Woods Hornpipe arr. Larchet
Fantasia La Bohème Puccini (1858-1924)

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

http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/1725

Location of original programme: 

Abbey Theatre Archive: ATA MPG VOL 39/1940

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

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

Musical Director(s): 
May, Frederick (1911-1985)
Composer(s): 
Hardebeck, Carl G. (1869-1945)
Larchet, John F. (1884-1967)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Musical Work(s): 
Bohème. Fantasia
Lark in the clear air, The
Nozze di Figaro, Le. Overture
Song of the woods, The
Performer(s): 
Clifton, Dorothy
MacCarthy, Alice
May, Frederick (1911-1985)
Playwright(s): 
Shiels, George (1881-1949)
Theatrical Work(s): 
Rugged path, The
Genre(s): 
Dance music -- Ireland
English drama -- Irish authors -- 20th century
Hornpipes
Operas -- Excerpts
Overtures (Piano trio)
Piano trios
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