Juno and the Paycock

Adaptations

UK pressbook

Film

In 1930, a British film adaptation of the play was produced, which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the United States, it was also known by the title The Shame of Mary Boyle.

Cast

  • Barry Fitzgerald as The Orator
  • Maire O'Neill as Mrs Maisie Madigan
  • Edward Chapman as Captain Boyle
  • Sidney Morgan as "Joxer" Daly
  • Sara Allgood as Mrs Boyle ("Juno")
  • John Laurie as Johnny Boyle[2]

Television

There are various television adaptations of Juno and the Paycock:

  • 1938, BBC Television: starring Maire O'Neill as Juno and Harry Hutchinson as Captain Jack.[3]
  • 1951, BBC TV: starring Shela Ward and John Kelly.[4]
  • 1952, Canadian TV: starring Nancy Pyper and Frank Peddie.[5]
  • 1957, BBC TV: starring Peggy Marshall and Liam Redmond.[6]
  • 1960: US TV, starring Hume Cronyn and Walter Matthau.[7]
  • 1974, Swedish TV: Skuggan av en hjälte (The shadow of a hero).[8]
  • 1980, BBC TV: Starring Frances Tomelty as Juno and Dudley Sutton as Captain Jack.[9]

Radio

At least 11 adaptations have been produced for BBC Radio. Four of the first five starred Maire O'Neill, who previously appeared in Hitchcock's film as Juno's sister Mrs. Maisie Madigan.

  • 1937, adapted by Patrick Riddell and produced by Peter Creswell.[10]
  • 1941, adapted by Patrick Riddell and produced by James Mageean.[11]
  • 1942, adapted by L. A. G. Strong and produced by Joh Burrell.[12]
  • 1946, adapted by Patrick Riddell and produced by Fred O'Donovan.[13]
  • 1951, adapted by Patrick Riddell and produced by Fred O'Donovan.[14]
  • 1957, adapted by Patrick Riddell and produced by John Gibson.[15]
  • 1962, produced by Sam Langdon.[16]
  • 1976, produced and directed by Michael Heffernan.[17]
  • 1980, produced by Prudence Fitzgerald and directed by Roger Chevely.[18]
  • 1997, directed by Pam Brighton.[19]

The most recent production was broadcast 16 November 2014 on BBC Radio 3,[20] adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh with:

  • Sorcha Cusack as Juno Boyle
  • Stanley Townsend as Captain Boyle
  • John Kavanagh as Joxer
  • Beth Cooke as Mary Boyle
  • Rory Fleck Byrne as Johnny Boyle
  • Michele Moran as Maisie Madigan

Sound recordings

O'Casey "Recorded at his home in Totnes, Devon on November 12, 1952" the play's opening and closing scenes. These were issued on LP by Caedmon Records in the US, coupled with similar extracts from his autobiographies Inishfallen, Fare Thee Well (1949) and Pictures in the Hallway (1942). Caedmon also released a 1960 7" in the UK, just containing the Juno readings.[21]

A full recording of the play was made by Cyril Cusack Productions in June 1955, in association with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. It was issued as a boxed double LP by Angel Records[22] and regular LP by Columbia Records[23] in the UK. In the US, it was originally issued by Seraphim Records[24] and reissued in 1973 by Caedmon Records.[25] The performance has a spoken introduction by O'Casey. The cast includes:

  • Séamus Caomhánach as Captain Jack
  • Siobhán McKenna as Juno Boyle
  • Cyril Cusack as Joxer Daly
  • Maire Kean as Mrs. Maisie Madigan
  • Leo Leyden as Jonny Boyle
  • Maureen Cusack as Mary Boyle
  • Harry Brogan as "Needle" Nugent, a tailor

Musical

A musical adaptation of the play, titled Juno, was created by Marc Blitzstein (music, lyrics) and Joseph Stein (book) and opened on Broadway on 9 March 1959. Shirley Booth starred as Juno Boyle and Melvyn Douglas as the Captain. The musical version was a flop, closing after 16 performances, but Blitzstein's score was preserved on the original cast album and is today considered one of the composer's masterpieces. O'Casey gave his blessing to the project, but never saw the production.

Cast

  • Shirley Booth as Juno Boyle
  • Melvyn Douglas as Captain Boyle
  • Jack MacGowran as Joxer
  • Tommy Rall as Johnny Boyle[26]

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