Sligo Drama Circle’s Success At Athlone

Sligo Drama Circle were within one mark of winning the Esso Trophy – he Premier Award – at the All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone on Sunday night last. Their production, “My Three Angels”, also entered in the two or more act open section, was only one mark behind the winners, The Newpoint Players, Newry, with Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”. The Sligo group captured the cup for the two or more act open section and this is the third time they have won this trophy. Another award was won by Paddy Dooney, Brian Bohan and Eddie Fitzpatrick for their performance as the three convicts. This was the Gold Medal for the Best Actor and was awarded to these three players for “their great team work”.

The adjudicators were Mr. Ray Mc Anally and Mr. James Stack, and the former, said when deciding the final placings they had taken into consideration “the subtlest shades of meaning and the tiniest nuances of interpretation”. Continuing, he said that Lionel Gallagher, Sligo; Terence O’ Doherty and Maurice Sweeney, Lifford, and Seamus Mallon, Newry, had set a standard of production which was as high as one could desire in the Amateur Theatre.

from The Sligo Champion, May 19th, 1962