Gaiety Theare Dublin
Based on ‘The Whiteheaded Boy’ by Lennox Robinson.
Produced by Gaietystage Productions Ltd.
1987 (Opening 13th July – Previews 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th July)
PLAYWRIGHT
Fergus Linehan
THE CAST
Married Couple – Des Allen
Guard – Alan Archbold
Mickey the Post – David Bolger
John Duffy – Niall Buggy
Mother – Jan Cave
Teacher – Joe Conlon
Daughter – Gretchen Corrigan
Town Drunk – Martin Dempsey
Snooty Lady – Stephanie Elliott
Denis – Michael French
Peter Geoghegan – Nicholas Grennell
Donough Brosnan – John Guiney
Kate Geoghegan – Angela Harding
Baby Geoghegan – Susie Kennedy
Hannah – Pat Leavy
Aunt Ellen – Rosaleen Linehan
George Geoghegan – Vincent McCabe
Married Couple – Christine Mullen
Mrs Geoghegan – Joan O’Hara
Farmer – Donal Shiels
Naughty Boy – Vincent Shiels
Spinster Sister – Fiona Sinnott
Jane Geoghegan – Susan Slott
Spinster Sister – Rebecca Smith
Delia Duffy – Jacinta Whyte
MUSICAL NUMBERS
1. Just Another Small Town (Delia and Townspeople)
2. Someday we’ll get our Chance (George, Peter, Jane, Kate, Baby, Donough)
3. Pull (Aunt Ellen, George, Mrs Geoghegan)
4. I Knew he’d be different (Mrs Geoghegan)
5. Sum-Sum-Summertime (Denis, The Geoghegans, The Townspeople)
6. Kootchy Koo (Denis, Delia)
7. I’m Mad (Duffy)
8. Bogtrot (Denis, Delia, The Townspeople)
9. Could I live without you (Delia)
10. Good Friends Only (Aunt Ellen, Duffy)
11. Kootchy Koo (Reprise)
12. Old Fashioned Palour Song
13. Oh, What an Elegant Bride (Aunt Ellen, Kate, Jane, Baby, Hannah, Ladies of the Town)
14. He’s joined the Working Classes (Denis, The Geoghegans and Workmen)
GALLERY
SYNOPSIS
Denis Geoghegan, The Whiteheaded Boy, is a flamboyant and gregarious medical student. To his peers he is the epitome of sophistication, well-versed in everything apart from medicine.