Programme for 'Le bal des voleurs', performed in 1971
Item
- Title
- Programme for 'Le bal des voleurs', performed in 1971
- Format
- JPEG
- Identifier
- VHD0002
- Description
- Programme for 'Le Bal des voleurs', a comedy by Jean Anouilh, performed by UCG students in 1971 in An Taibhdhearc theatre in Galway.
- Language
- English
- French
- Bibliographic Citation
- M. Kane, J. Conroy, ‘Programme for "Le bal des voleurs", performed in 1971’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13751, Archival Record Id VHRS
- Relation
-
French play in An Taibhdhearc, 1971
- Michael Kane's account of a French play in An Taidhbhearc
- People mentioned
- David Burke; Francis Burke; Colm Murray; Harry Coady; Charles O'Shaughnessy; Kathleen Mundy; Ruth O'Donnell; Martin Magee; Joseph Ducke; Marie-Paul Péry; Pascal Ó hUallacháin; Anne-Marie Deschamps; Brendan O'Rourke; Leonard Martin; Claude Mouton
- Places mentioned
- An Taibhdhearc theatre, Galway
- Contributor
- Michael Kane
- Publisher
- University of Galway Library
- Transcription
-
[inner page, left]
[handwritten] Galway, 1971LE BAL DES VOLEURS
by Jean Anouilhpresented by the Modern Language Society
The Taibhdhearc, Sunday April 25thCast:
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[inner page, right]
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.
- Rights
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