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Involvement with The Abbey Experimental Theatre Company
The Abbey Experimental Theatre Company was formed by the members of the Abbey School of Acting in 1937. Among the work Yeats is credited with in the Abbey Theatre, she is also recorded as having worked on 5 productions in the Peacock Theatre with the Theatre Company:


 * Alarm Among the Clerks (1937)
 * The Phoenix (1937)
 * Harlequin's Positions (1939)
 * The Wild Cat (Not in AA)(1940)
 * Cavaliero (The Life of a Hawk)(1948)

Alarm Among the Clerks
Alarm Among the Clerks was a play written by Mervyn Wall and directed by Cecil Ford. It was first performed on Monday, 5 April 1937, and performed as part of a double bill with The Phoenix.

Synopsis
A play about the deadly tedium of day-to-day life for employees in a bank. The clerks complain to each other about 'the system' meaning both capitalism and their own particular bank's ethos. They retire to the local pub for a drink and inebriation conjures up a dream version of banking life to be played out after the realism of the opening.

Cast

 * Cecil Barror - Mr Plus
 * Victor Boyd - Publican
 * Brian Carey - Mr Finn
 * Frank Carney - Mr Selskar
 * Malachi Keegan - Mr Mullin
 * Dermot Kelly - Street Singer
 * Michael Kinsella - Harkin
 * John McDarby - Mr Doody
 * Austin Meldon - Mr Ireton
 * Geroid Ó'hÍceadha - Mr Fox
 * Anne Potter - Miss Noone
 * Shela Ward - Miss Boyd

Crew

 * Cecil Ford - Director
 * Malachi Keegan - Stage Manager


 * Geroid Ó'hÍceadha - Set Construction and Set Designer


 * Anne Yeats - Costume Designer and Scenic Painting

The Phoenix
The Phoenix is a play written by Nino Bartholomew, it was first performed in the peacock, directed by Frank Carney, on Monday, 5 April 1937 as a double bill with Alarm Among the Clerks. The production ran for 6 nights.

Cast

 * Cecil Barror - Oliver Goldsmith
 * Brian Carey - Dr. Theaker Wilder
 * Áine Cox - Catty Kiernan
 * Cecil Ford - Edward Mills
 * Dermot Kelly - O'Reilly
 * Austin Meldon - Jack Beatty
 * Mary O'Neill - Peggy O'Shaughnessy

Crew

 * Malachi Keegan - Stage Manager
 * Dermot Kelly - Assistant Stage Manager


 * Geroid Ó'hÍceadha - Carpenter Set Designer


 * Anne Yeats - Costume Designer and Scenic Artist

Harlequin's Positions
Harlequin's Positions is a play written by Jack B. Yeats, and first performed Monday, 5 June 1939. The production ran for 6 nights. It was co-directed by members of the acting company, Ria Mooney and Cecil Ford.

Synopsis
Rumours of war force a wealthy heiress to cut short her cruise and introduce tension and disquiet to a small Sligo town, it is set in the fictional town of Portnadroleen, County Sligo

Cast

 * Victor Boyd - First Pilot
 * Wilfred Brambell - Alfred Clonboise
 * Finbarr Howard - Boy
 * Dermot Kelly - Second Porter
 * Michael Kinsella - First Porter
 * Sheila Maguire - Claire Gillane
 * John McDarby - Second Pilot
 * Evelyn McNiece - Madame Rose Bosanquet
 * Moira McSwiggan - Kate
 * Robert Mooney - Johnnie Gillane
 * Geroid Ó'hÍceadha - Guard
 * Sarah O'Kelly - Apple Woman
 * Anne Potter - Annie Jennings

Crew

 * Ria Mooney - Director
 * Cecil Ford - Director
 * John Mc Darby - Stage Manager


 * Michael Kinsella - Assistant Stage Manager


 * Anne Yeats - Scenic Artist and Set Designer
 * Geroid Ó'hÍceadha - Carpenter

The Wild Cat (Not in AA)(1940)
The Wild Cat is a three act play by Gerard Malone, set in the kitchen and living room of the bungalow house of The Moynan Family. First performed by the Abbey Experimental Theatre on Sunday, February 18th, 1940. It was produced by Lennox Robinson.

Cast

 * Shela Ward - Mrs Moynan
 * Sheila Carty - Molly
 * Colm Hogan - Martin
 * Austin Meldon - Hugh
 * Cecil Ford - Allan
 * Josephine Fitzgerald - Mrs Fintan
 * Kitty Ryan - Betty
 * Sheila Maguire - Nurse Brown

Crew

 * Robert mooney - Stage Manager
 * Evelyn McNiece - Assistant Stage Manager
 * Anne Yeats - Settings Designer
 * Desmond Leslie - Scenic Painter
 * John McDarby - Set Constructor

Cavaliero (The Life of a Hawk)
Cavaliero ( The Life of a Hawk) is a play by Terence Smith directed by H.L. Morrow. It was first performed on Monday, 25 October, 1948 alongside two other plays, "The Briery Gap" and "Light Falling"

Cast

 * Raghnall Breathnach - Dinny
 * Eamonn Guaillí - His Honour

Crew

 * H.L. Morrow - Director
 * Anne Yeats - Set Designer

Patrons

 * Lennox Robinson
 * Dr Walter Starkie
 * Dr Richard Hayes
 * Ernest Blythe
 * F. R. Higgins

Committee

 * Ria Mooney
 * Josephine Fitzgerald
 * Evelyn McNiece
 * Anne Porter
 * Shela Ward
 * Cecil Ford
 * John McDarby

Hon. Secretaries

 * Anne Potter
 * Moira McSwiggan

Business Managers

 * P. H. Considine
 * C. F. Ford

Treasurers

 * Josephine Fitzgerald
 * Shela Ward