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Rutherford Mayne

RUTHERFORD MAYNE  (1878 - 1967)

 Nationality:    Irish
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Samuel J.Waddell (1878-1967), who wrote under the pseudonym of Rutherford Mayne, was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institute, qualified as an engineer at the Royal University, (as Queen's University was then known), and worked for the Irish Land Commission until his retirement as its head, in 1950. He acted and wrote for the Ulster Literary Theatre and his play the Drone was its first major success in 1908. He was probably the best known of the Ulster playwrights of the first half of the 20th century and his plays were for the most part popular.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=7212

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below is a list of Rutherford Mayne's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bridgehead         Captain Of the Hosts         Drone, The         Evening         Gomeril, The         If         Industry         Neil Gallina         Peter         Phantoms         Prologue, A         Red Turf         Troth, The         Turn Of the Road, The

Bridgehead

Bridgehead
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Plays of Changing Ireland, Macmillan, New York, 1936, pp 405-71
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 3 acts

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Captain Of the Hosts

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1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Belfast    08 Mar 1910

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Drone, The

Drone, The
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

1st Published:
Maunsel, Dublin, 1909; Luce, Boston 1912
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

Music:
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Genre:
2 act comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Evening

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1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Belfast    02 Mar 1914

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

1st Published:
the Lady of the House (magazine), Dublin, Christmas 1913, pp 43-44   -

Music:
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Genre:
one act playlet

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gomeril, The

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1st Produced:
Large Concert hall, the Rotunda, Dublin    29 Apr 1909

Organisations:
Theatre of Ireland (1906 - 1912)

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Genre:
humerous study

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If

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Belfast    25 Nov 1913

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Industry

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Belfast    06 Dec 1917

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Neil Gallina

Synopsis:
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Notes:
revised version of

1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Belfast    13 Dec 1916

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Peter

Peter
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1st Published:
Duffy, Dublin, 1944
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

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Genre:
Comedy in a Prologue, Three Acts and an Epilogue

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Phantoms

Phantoms
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

1st Published:
in Dublin Magazine, I, 5 (first series), December, 1923, pp 382-391
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

Music:
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Genre:
one act play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Prologue, A

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Dublin Magazine, II, 11 (first series), June 1925, pp 723-725   -

Music:
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Red Turf

Red Turf
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Belfast    05 Dec 1911

Organisations:
Ulster (Literary)Theatre

1st Published:
in the Drone and other plays, Maunsel, Dublin, 1912
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

Music:
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Genre:
one act tragedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Troth, The

Troth, The
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Crown Theatre, Peckham, London    31 Oct 1908

Organisations:
Mr William Mollison's Company

1st Published:
Maunsel, Dublin, 1909
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

Music:
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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Turn Of the Road, The

Turn Of the Road, The
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This play was produced for the first time on December 4, 1906 At the Examination Hall of Queen's University Belfast by the Ulster Literary theatre. This was under the Auspices And in Aid of of the Queen's College Literary And Scientific Society, with the performance being reviewed by the local press. It was then subsequently played in general performance for the first time from December 17-19, 1906.

1st Produced:
Examination Hall of Queen's University Belfast    04 Dec 1906

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Maunsel, Dublin, 1907
Selected plays of Rutherford Mayne, Colin Smythe Limited, 2000   978-0-86140-292-8

Music:
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Genre:
A One Act Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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