Packed House For Sligo Players At Athlone Festival

There was a packed audience and extra seating had to be provided at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in the Dean Crowe Memorial Hall, Athlone, on Wednesday night when a record-breaking crowd saw the Sligo Drama Circle present “My Three Angels”. The adjudicator, Mr. James Stack, said the producer had caught the right atmosphere of the play. The general setting was beautiful and on the whole it was very polished work indeed.

Mr. Stack thought that Lottie Bourke, as Emilie, looked just right and he liked her performance very much. Walter Mc Donagh, as her husband, played in the right key. Anne Bourke, as Marie Louise, while rather inexperienced, was very charming. Joe Mc Morrow, in the part of Gaston, was a good actor, but he would have preferred him to be a little more sinister. Jimmy Gilmartin, as the Sub-Lieut., was the answer to any young lady’s prayer. Brian Bohan, Eddie Fitzpatrick and Paddy Dooney, as the three convicts, were an extraordinarily good team. He was particularly impressed by Paddy Dooney, “a great natural genius”.

from The Sligo Champion, May 12th, 1962