Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 19 A Soul’s Awakening The Vagabond King (aka If I Were King, by Irish author Justin Huntly McCarthy) Her Compulsory Husband, a Comedy by Larry C. Johnson The Magnificent Lie The Betrayal Frankenstein, adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel Pal of My Cradle Days 26th December 1932 – The Hall hosted a Golf Club Committee Dance (source: Hall Journal). 6th January 1933 – R Murphy and J O’Flynn Cinderella Dance in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 8th to 9th January 1933 – Our Boy’s Club performed Love Or Money in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 10th to 12th January 1933 – Messrs Carron Brothers Travelling Picture Company showed 3 movies in the Hall (source: Hall Journal): The Millionaire (1931) starring George Arliss (NB: a young James Cagney also features) Argyle Case (1929) starring Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, John Darrow & Zasu Pitts The Hottentot (1929) starring Edward Everett Horton & Patsy Ruth Miller 13th to 17th January 1933 – Crazy Nights Travelling Variety Show in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 5th February 1933 – Jas. Ruane Athenry held a Victory Dance in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 24th to 27th February 1933 – Messrs Daniels Travelling Picture Company screened the following movies in the Hall (source: Hall Journal): The Showboat (1929) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Broadway (1929) Dracula (1931) 17th March 1933 – J Doherty held a Ceilidhe in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 16th 17th April 1933 – Athenry Dramatic Club performed a play called In the Days of the Tans by Maeve Kavanagh (source: Hall Journal). 7th May 1933 – D Cooley and James Barrett of Athenry, held a Ceilidhe dance in the Hall (source: Hall Journal). 8th to 10th May 1933 – Messrs Carron Brothers Travelling Picture Company showed movies, including the following (source: Hall Journal): The Gorilla, (1930) starring Joe Frisco, Harry Gribbon, Walter Pidgeon and Lila Lee The Girl of the Golden West (1930) Western starring Ann Harding and James Rennie Eucharistic Congress (1932) British Pathé newsreel 5th to 11th June 1933 – Paul Terry’s People’s Popular Players performed 7 nights in the Hall with a different play on each night, including the following (source: Hall Journal): Bought and Paid For, by Paul Terry Yellow Justice Taming a Wife, adaptation by Eric Stuart Green Goddess, by Paul Terry & John Dunphy This Beats All, by Eric Stuart 21st July 1933 – Wm L Dobell Travelling Company performed 3 plays in the Hall, across 3 successive nights (source: Hall Journal): What happened at 9:45, by Owen Davis & Sewell Collins The Creaking Door, by Elizabeth Sheridan Lend Me Your Wife, a by Fred Duprez 10th to 13th August 1933 – Metropolitan Players (Louis D’alton) performed 4 nights in the Hall (source: Hall Journal): Maura My Girl, by Louis D’alton Little Grey Hare, by Frank Dalton
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