Montserrat

Mr. Seamus Breathnach offered very little criticism of Sligo Drama Circle who presented “Montserrat” on Wednesday night of last week at the Bundoran Drama Festival. Mr. Breathnach said: “I have very little to say about this performance. It gave me very great pleasure to watch this group at work. The setting and costumes were everything they should be. The only criticism I would have is with the producers (Una Lappin and Marie Mulvihill). They made a wonderful job of the play, and the only thing I have to say are in regard to movements and positions. The set was not the same as originally planned, I understand, being smaller, and though I found little wrong with it, it was probably responsible for the masking and groupings we had.

“Each and every member of the cast worked very hard indeed. They were beautifully cast. I think it would be wiser of us to adjourn and talk with the producers and each member of the cast. While the producers may not agree with me in everything, it is the only way I can be of any help to this group. It gave me such pleasure that it would be very wrong to give a list of such small details which made very little difference to the performance. By giving them to the producers it might be of help to them in any festival of the future”.

Those taking part were Michael Gunning as Zavala; Joe Flood (Antonanzas); Jimmy Gilmartin (Soldier); T.P. Hayes (Montserrat); Liam Mc Kinney (Morales); Eddie Mc Dermottroe (Izquierdo); Dominic Mc Govern (Fr. Coronil); Paddy Dooney (Salas Ina); Brian Bohan (Luhan); Lionel Gallagher (Ricardo); Monica Toher (Felisa); Marie Mulvihill (Matilde); Walter Mc Donagh (Salcedo).

from The Sligo Champion, March 26th, 1960