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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

Contributors

Music By:
J. Benedict
Unknown:
J. Oxenford
Unknown:
Dion Bouciccault
Chorus Master:
E. Rathbone
Conducted By:
Harold Morris
Piano:
W. T. Bonner.
Unknown:
G. Baskeyfield.
Directed By:
Frank Edge
Eily O'Connor (tho Colleen Bawn):
Molly Hackney
Mrs Cregan LILAH DUNN Sheelah:
Lilah Dunn
Miss Ann Chute:
Ruby Holding
Hardress Cregan:
Frank Edge
Myles Na Coppaleen:
Frank Edge
Mr Corrigan:
James Frost
Father Tom:
James Frost
O'Moor Danny Man:
Cecil Cooper

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,

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Julius Benedict
Unknown:
Dion Boucicault
Unknown:
Colleen Bawn.
Unknown:
Hardress Cregan
Unknown:
Eily O'Connor
Unknown:
Danny Mann

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