# Donnybrook!

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{{Infobox Musical
|name= Donnybrook!
|subtitle=
|image= Donnybrook! cast album.png
|caption= Original Broadway Cast Recording
|music= [Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist))
|lyrics= Johnny Burke
|book= [Robert E. McEnroe](/source/Robert_E._McEnroe)
|basis= 1952 film ''[The Quiet Man](/source/The_Quiet_Man)''
|productions= 1961 [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre)
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'''''Donnybrook!''''' is a [musical](/source/musical_theater), with music and lyrics by [Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist)) and book by [Robert E. McEnroe](/source/Robert_E._McEnroe). It is based on the 1952 film ''[The Quiet Man](/source/The_Quiet_Man)''. 
 
==Production==
''Donnybrook!'' opened on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) at the [46th Street Theatre](/source/46th_Street_Theatre) on May 18, 1961 and closed on July 15, 1961  after 68 performances and 2 previews. The director and choreographer was [Jack Cole](/source/Jack_Cole_(choreographer)), with sets and costumes by [Rouben Ter-Arutunian](/source/Rouben_Ter-Arutunian). The cast featured [Art Lund](/source/Art_Lund) (as John Enright), Joan Fagan (as Ellen Roe Danaher), [Eddie Foy Jr.](/source/Eddie_Foy_Jr.), [Susan Johnson](/source/Susan_Johnson_(American_musical_theatre_actress)) (as Kathy Carey) and [Philip Bosco](/source/Philip_Bosco) (Will Danaher).<ref>{{cite web|title=Donnybrook! |publisher=PlaybillVault |url=https://playbill.com/production/donnybrook-46th-street-theatre-vault-0000003109 |accessdate=July 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210050455/https://www.playbill.com/production/donnybrook-46th-street-theatre-vault-0000003109 |archivedate=Dec 10, 2021 }}</ref> The original actress for the role of Ellen, [Kipp Hamilton](/source/Kipp_Hamilton), left prior to opening due to a "respiratory ailment." Fagan was the stand-by for the role.<ref>Zolotow, Sam. "Fredric March May Play Angel In Paddy Chayefsky's 'Gideon': Coe and Cantor to Produce Play Opening Nov.". ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''. p.43. April 11, 1961</ref><ref>Clemens, Samuel. "Hollywood's Irish Lass", ''[Classic Images](/source/Classic_Images)''. p.13. July 2022</ref>

==Overview== 
John Enright, an Irish-American prizefighter, who has killed a man in the ring and vowed never to raise a hand again to anyone, returns to Ireland from America. He meets and woos a tempestuous Irish village maiden, Ellen Roe, who wants a man who will stand up and fight for her. However, Ellen's brother Will believes John to be a coward and gets in the way of the romance.<ref>Suskin, Steve.  [https://archive.today/20130131084623/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/132396-ON-THE-RECORD-LPs-Not-on-CD-Part-One "ON THE RECORD: LPs Not on CD, Part One"].  Playbill, August 31, 2009</ref> 

The score included the ballads, "He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely" and "I Have My Own Way", for Fagan and Lund, respectively, as well as "I Wouldn't Bet One Penny" and "Dee-lightful Is the Word" for the secondary couple, as well as a lively title song and the assertive "Sez I," which framed the show at the top of the first act and the end of the second.

==Song list==
;Act 1
*Sez I
*The Day The Snow Is Meltin'
*Sad Was The Day
*Donnybrook
*The Day the Snow is Meltin' (Reprise)
*Ellen Roe
*The Loveable Irish
*I Wouldn't Bet One Penny
*He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely
*I Have My Own Way
*A Toast To The Bride
;Act 2
*Wisha Wurra
*He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely (Reprise)
*A Quiet Life
*Mr. Flynn
*Dee-Lightful Is The Word
*For My Own

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2308 ''Donnybrook!'' at IBDb]
* [http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_d/donnybrook.htm ''Donnybrook!'' at The Guide to Musical Theatre]

Category:Musicals based on films
Category:1961 musicals
Category:Broadway musicals
Category:Musicals set in Ireland

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