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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

Contributors

Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Conducted By:
John Buckland
Unknown:
Bryan Powley
Unknown:
David Laing
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
George Merritt
Unknown:
Peter Howell
Unknown:
George Hagan
Unknown:
Edgar Norfolk
Sung By:
Gladys Whitred
Sung By:
Josephine Crombie
Unknown:
Olive Gregg
Production By:
Frederick Bradnum
Narrator:
David Laing
A Fool:
Allan McClelland
A Blind Man:
Harry Hutchinson
Cuchulain:
Liam Redmond
Conchubar:
T St John Barry
A Young King:
Ron Barron
The Young Man from Aoife's country:
Brian Haines
First Woman:
Olive Gregg
Second Woman:
Josephine Crombie
Third Woman:
Gladys Whitred

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