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[handwritten] Galway, 1971

LE BAL DES VOLEURS
by Jean Anouilh

presented by the Modern Language Society
The Taibhdhearc, Sunday April 25th

Cast:
Hector                         David Burke
Peterbono                   Francis Burke
Gustave                      Colm Murray
Lord Edgard                Harry Coady
Lady Hurf                    Ch O’Shaughnessy
Juliette                        Kathleen Mundy
Eva                              Ruth O'Donnell
Dupont-Dufort pêre     Martin Magee
Dupont-Dufort fils        Joseph Ducke
La Petite Fille               Marie-Paule Péry
Le Musicien
                 Pascal O h-Uallaiháin [sic]
La Nourrice                  Anne M. Deschamps 

Le Crieur Public
           Brendan O’Rourke
Agent de Police           Leonard Martin
Producer:                     Claude Mouton
Director:                       Marie-Paule Péry

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Act 1:
Lady Hurf and Lord Edgard are staying at Vichy with their two very rich nieces. So also are Peterbono, Hector, and Gustave, three Pickpockets, would-be confidence tricksters. The three thieves meet in various disguises. Good news! After a bad day’s picking, Hector and Gustave have met Eva and Juliette, the rich nieces.
They meet Lady Hurf disguised as Spanish Grandees are greeted by her as long-lost friends, the Duc de Miraflor y Grandes and his son. She invites them to stay at her villa, along with Dupont-Dufort, senior and junior, two bankers.

Act 2:
While Juliette and Gustave are suffering the pains of love, Hector is not making much progress with Eva. He can’t remember what disguise he was wearing, when he saw her first, Lord Edgard, suspicious of the three, has sent for a detective. He thinks Hector is a detective. — Later, as the three thieves relax in comfort, Gustave’s conscience pricks him and he wants to leave. Peterbono and Hector don’t agree.
— Lord Edgard has found the death-notice of the Duc of Miraflor but loses it. Juliette suspects Gustave but still loves him.

Act 3: Everyone is going to a Thieves Ball. Juliette and Gustave stay behind.

Act 4: We couldn’t spoil the surprise ending.