| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Description | Arrah-na-Pogue; or, The Wicklow Wedding was the second of Dion Boucicault's great "Irish plays", written after The Colleen Bawn and before The Shaughraun. The play was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Dublin on 7 November 1864, after which Boucicault rewrote it radically, cutting a duel in the final act, condensing the plot, and inserting a "sensation scene" in which Shaun climbs an ivy-covered tower wall. The first English production opened at the (Royal) Princess's Theatre, London, on 22 March 1865. It ran for 164 nights, with Agnes and Dion Boucicault in the roles of Arrah Meelish and Shaun the Post.
Material for this play includes illustrations and photographs, music, publicity material, newspaper cuttings and correspondence. There is material for nine productions of Arrah-na-Pogue, from 1864-1984. |