Cradle of Genius

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 45 min
Premiere: 1960. November 11.

Director: Paul Rotha
Writer: Frank O'Connor
Starring: Frank O'Connor Eileen Crowe Maureen Delany Barry Fitzgerald

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

Discover

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

Art

Tony Inglis

Production Design

Camera

Wolfgang Suschitzky

Director of Photography

Ralph Larrabeiti

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Edgar Wodd

Makeup Artist

Directing

Paul Rotha

Director

Editing

William Freeman

Editor

Production

Tom Hayes

Producer

Jim O'Connor

Producer

Sound

Gerard Victory

Original Music Composer

Peter Birch

Sound Recordist

Writing

Frank O'Connor

Writer

Art

Tony Inglis

Production Design

Camera

Wolfgang Suschitzky

Director of Photography

Ralph Larrabeiti

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Edgar Wodd

Makeup Artist

Directing

Paul Rotha

Director

Editing

William Freeman

Editor

Production

Tom Hayes

Producer

Jim O'Connor

Producer

Sound

Gerard Victory

Original Music Composer

Peter Birch

Sound Recordist

Writing

Frank O'Connor

Writer