The White Steed is an award-winning play in three acts written in 1939 by Paul Vincent Carroll. It won the 1939 New York Drama Critics' Circle

New York Drama Critics' Circle

The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of 24 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York City metropolitan area. The organization was founded in 1935 at the Algonquin Hotel by a group that included Brooks Atkinson, Walter Winchell, and Robert Benchley...

 award for Best Foreign Play.

Setting

The setting of the play the present-day village of Lorcan, County Louth

County Louth

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, Ireland

Ireland

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.

Original cast

The show was performed at the Cort Theatre

Cort Theatre

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 and then moved to the John Golden Theatre

John Golden Theatre

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. It ran all together for 136 performances. It was staged by Hugh Hunt

Hugh Hunt

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, scenic design by Watson Barratt, general manager was Saul Abraham, and produced by Eddie Dowling

Eddie Dowling

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• Florence Barratt as Meg Megee
• Leslie Bingham as Rosieanne
• Roland Bottomley as Donnacaidh McGoilla Phadraig
• George Coulouris
  George Coulouris
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   as Father Shaughnessy
• Ralph Cullinan as Phelim Fintry
• Thomas P. Dillon as Inspector Toomey
• Barry Fitzgerald
  Barry Fitzgerald
  Barry Fitzgerald was an Irish stage, film and television actor.-Life:He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland. He is the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields. He went to Skerry's College, Dublin, before going on to work in the civil service, while...
  
   as Canon Matt Lavelle
• Elizabeth Malone as Brigid Brodigan
• Grace Mills as Sarah Hearty
• Farrell Pelly as Patrick Hearty
• Liam Redmond
  Liam Redmond
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   as Denis Dillon
• Jessica Tandy
  Jessica Tandy
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   as Nora Fintry
• Tom Tully
  Tom Tully
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  as Michael Shivers