by H.M. THE KING
(Programme on page 121)
Music by J. BENEDICT ,
Words by J. OXENFORD and DION BOUCICCAULT
A repeat performance presented by request by the STATION OPERA COMPANY
Dramatis Personæ :
Chorus Master, E. RATHBONE
ORCHESTRA conducted by HAROLD MORRIS
Piano, W. T. BONNER. Organ, G. BASKEYFIELD.
Directed by FRANK EDGE
ACT I
Scene 1. The ball in Tore Cregan
Scene 2. A woody pass leading to the gap of Duelloe
Scene 3. Interior of Eily's cottage ACT II
Scene I. Interior of Tore Cregan
Scene 2. Exterior of Eily's Cottage Scene 3. The Water Cave
ACT III
Scene 1. Exterior of Myles' cottage Scene 2. A ballroom in Castle Chute
SIR JULIUS BENEDICT 'S Opera is founded on Dion Boucicault 's play The
Colleen Bawn. Hardress Cregan (owner of a large estate. heavily involved) and Eily O'Connor (a peasant girl) are secretly married. To relieve his fortunes Cregan is persuaded by Corrigan (who holds the mortgage) to pay court to a rich heiress. The plot is concerned largely with the efforts of Cregan and Danny Mann to indueo Eily to give up her marriage lines,