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Cradle of Genius

19600.0 / 1025 min

Documentary

Overview

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

Cast

Frank O'Connor

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eileen Crowe

Self

Maureen Delany

Self

Barry Fitzgerald

Self

Siobhán McKenna

Self

Sean O'Casey

Self

Cyril Cusack

Self

Denis O'Dea

Self

Eithne Dunne

Self

Padraic Colum

Self

Ria Mooney

Self

Shelah Richards

Self

May Craig

Self

Gabriel Fallon

Self

Harry Brogan

Self

Eric Gorman

Self

Seaghan Barlow

Self

Crew

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

Edgar Wodd

Makeup Artist

Paul Rotha

Director