11 November 1960 Factual 25 mins
Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the national institution founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1904. Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Short
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Frank O'Connor as Self - Narrator (voice)
Eileen Crowe as Self
Maureen Delany as Self
Barry Fitzgerald as Self
Siobhán McKenna as Self
Sean O'Casey as Self
Cyril Cusack as Self
Denis O'Dea as Self
Eithne Dunne as Self
Padraic Colum as Self
Ria Mooney as Self
Shelah Richards as Self
May Craig as Self
Gabriel Fallon as Self
Harry Brogan as Self
Eric Gorman as Self
Tom Hayes Producer
Jim O'Connor Producer
Wolfgang Suschitzky Director of Photography
Gerard Victory Original Music Composer
Frank O'Connor Writer
Tony Inglis Production Design
William Freeman Editor
Peter Birch Sound Recordist
Ralph Larrabeiti Camera Operator
Paul Rotha Director
Cradle of Genius: Salute to the Abbey Theatre! Trailer
France 09 July 1960
Ireland 11 November 1960
United States 03 December 1961
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