# The White Steed

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Play written by Paul Vincent Carroll

***The White Steed*** is a play in three acts written in 1939 by [Paul Vincent Carroll](/source/Paul_Vincent_Carroll). It won the 1939 [New York Drama Critics' Circle](/source/New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle) award for Best Foreign Play.[1]

## Setting

The setting of the play is the present-day village of [Lorcan](/source/Lorcan), [County Louth](/source/County_Louth), [Ireland](/source/Ireland).

## Original cast

The show was performed at the [Cort Theatre](/source/Cort_Theatre) and then moved to the [John Golden Theatre](/source/John_Golden_Theatre). It ran all together for 136 performances. It was staged by [Hugh Hunt](/source/Hugh_Hunt), scenic design by Watson Barratt, general manager was Saul Abraham, and produced by [Eddie Dowling](/source/Eddie_Dowling).

- Florence Barratt as Meg Megee

- Leslie Bingham as Rosieanne

- [Roland Bottomley](/source/Roland_Bottomley) as Donnacaidh McGoilla Phadraig

- [George Coulouris](/source/George_Coulouris) as Father Shaughnessy

- [Ralph Cullinan](/source/Ralph_Cullinan) as Phelim Fintry

- Thomas P. Dillon as Inspector Toomey

- [Barry Fitzgerald](/source/Barry_Fitzgerald) as Canon Matt Lavelle

- Elizabeth Malone as Brigid Brodigan

- Grace Mills as Sarah Hearty

- Farrell Pelly as Patrick Hearty

- [Liam Redmond](/source/Liam_Redmond) as Denis Dillon

- [Jessica Tandy](/source/Jessica_Tandy) as Nora Fintry

- [Tom Tully](/source/Tom_Tully) as Michael Shivers

## Later performances

*The White Steed* was presented on the televised series [Play of the Week](/source/The_Play_of_the_Week) in 1959.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Past Winners"](https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html). *New York Drama Critics' Circle*. Retrieved 31 January 2025.

- [At the Internet Broadway Data Base](http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12414)

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