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'The Emerald Isle'

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or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena
A Comic Opera in Two Acts
Written and told by BASIL HOOD
Composed by ARTHUR SULLIVAN and EDWARD GERMAN
The Earl of Newtown, K.P. (Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland)
Dr. Fiddle, D.D. (his Private Chaplain) Terence O'Brian (a Young Rebel)
Professor Bunn (Shakespearian Reciter.
Character Impersonator, etc.)
Pat Murphy (a Fiddler)
Black Dan. .....}(Irish Peasants)
Sergeant Pincher...}(H.M. Ilth Regiment of Private Perry .... Foot) The Countess of Nowtown
Lady Rosie Pippin (her Daughter) Molly O'Grady (a Peasant Girl) Susan (Lady Rosie's Maid) Nora.....}
Kathleen}(Peasant Girls)
THE WIRELESS Chorus
(Chorus Master, STANFORD ROBINSONI
THE WIRELESS ORCHESTRA Conducted by JOHN ANSELL
The cast includes LEONARD HENRY JACK MORRISON
ARTHUR HOSKING
STUART ROBERTSON
VIVIENNE CHATTERTON
MAVIS BENNETT
Act I. Outside the Lord-Lieutenant's country residence
Act II. The caves of Carrig-Cleena
Period : About a hundred years ago

Contributors

Told By:
Basil Hood
Composed By:
Arthur Sullivan
Unknown:
Edward German
Unknown:
Terence O'Brian
Unknown:
Pat Murphy
Unknown:
Black Dan.
Unknown:
Lady Rosie Pippin
Unknown:
Molly O'Grady
Conducted By:
John Ansell
Unknown:
Leonard Henry
Unknown:
Jack Morrison
Unknown:
Arthur Hosking
Unknown:
Stuart Robertson
Unknown:
Vivienne Chatterton
Unknown:
Mavis Bennett

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