Katie Roche | |
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Mint Theater revival | |
Written by | Teresa Deevy |
Characters | Jo Mahony Amelia Gregg Reuben Katie Roche Margaret Drybone Stanislaus Gregg Frank Lawlor Michael Maguire |
Date premiered | 16 March 1936 |
Place premiered | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Irish Free State |
Original language | English |
Genre | expressionism |
Setting | Ireland, 1930s |
Katie Roche is a 1936 expressionist play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy. [1] [2] It has been staged by the Abbey Theatre eleven times with the most recent revival being in 2017. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Described as a "reputed favourite with amateur dramatic societies and theatre groups" the play has been staged by a broad range of companies, notable amongst these are productions by Radio Éireann, [7] Lennox Robinson in the Torch Theatre [8] and New York's Mint Theater Company. [9] [10]