by W. B. Yeats
Music composed and conducted by John Buckland
On Baile's Strand, one of Yeats's first verse plays, tells of the fight between the legendary Irish hero Cuchulain and his unknown son, and of Cuchulain's death fighting the waves. The play headed the bill on the opening night of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on December 27, 1904.
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Cast in order of speaking:
Kings:
Bryan Powley , David Laing
Rolf Lefebvre , George Merritt
Peter Howell , George Hagan and Edgar Norfolk The song sung by Gladys Whitred , Josephine Crombie and Olive Gregg
Production by Frederick Bradnum