Summer Theatre

I have been on a visit to your town with a Sligo friend. We are both keen theatre goers and we were delighted to learn through the Sligo Champion, which we get each week, that there was a Summer Theatre programme in Sligo. I can’t begin to tell you how much we enjoyed our visit to “Philadelphia, Here I Come”. What a delightful production! May I congratulate their producer. Mr. J. Meehan, and all of the cast on giving us such a splendid night’s entertainment. Even the smallest part was beautifully done and small parts so often suffer in big productions. Worthy of mention are the characters who played Kate Doogan (Catherine Clancy), Ned (Andrew Cullen), Tom (Aidan Sexton), Joe (Frank Brannigan), Canon Mick O’ Byrne(George Molloy) – a splendid Canon. Last, but not least, the actress who played Madge (Kay Guinane). Her’s was a professional performance. I felt it was she who built up the final scene to the final agonising curtain. May the Drama Circle go from strength to strength and may they gain the support they deserve. I enclose a small donation towards their Little Theatre fund.

“A Dublin Drama Lover”, Beechwood Road, Ranelagh, Dublin.

from The Sligo Champion, August 18th, 1972