Barrington, Kathleen

Abbey Career

Actor during: 1964 - 1999

Director during:

Assistant Director during:

NOTES: See also under Caitlin Ni Bhearain. Joined the Abbey Acting Company in 1958.

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Actor Nora Clithroe The Plough and the Stars 1964 (Tour)
Actor Nora Clithroe The Plough and the Stars 1965 (Tour)
Actor Performers Recall The Years 1966 (Abbey)
Actor Bessie Burgess The Plough and the Stars 1966 (Abbey)
Actor Eleanor One for the Grave 1966 (Abbey)
Actor Bessie Burgess The Plough and the Stars 1966 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1966 (Abbey)
Actor Arte O'Neill The Shaughraun 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Laetitia Pilkington Dearly Beloved Roger 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Mother The Loves of Cass McGuire 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Arte O'Neill The Shaughraun 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Arte O'Neill The Shaughraun 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Maggie Fitzsimmons The Invincibles 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Mother The Loves of Cass McGuire 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Mrs Gildea Borstal Boy 1967 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1967 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Lucy Daunt The Last Eleven 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Babe Mc Cormick The Saint and Mary Kate 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Nora Burke In The Shadow Of The Glen 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Varia The Cherry Orchard 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Sadhbh An Baile Seo 'Gainne 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Ru Come and Go 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Claire The Maids 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Mary Salome The Wakefield Mystery Plays 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Noah's Wife The Wakefield Mystery Plays 1969 (Abbey)
Actor 2nd Woman The Wakefield Mystery Plays 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Byrne The Well of the Saints 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Miss Crozier An Deisceart Domhain 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Julia Soldier 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Amelia Curran Aaron Thy Brother 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Julia Soldier 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Amelia Curran Aaron Thy Brother 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Maria Dempsey Meadowsweet 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Kormlada Let The Ravens Feed 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Molly Byrne The Well of the Saints 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Byrne The Well of the Saints 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Ansty The Tailor and Ansty 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Susie Tynan The Far Off Hills 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Moll More In The Train 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Volumnia The Plebians Rehearse The Uprising 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Molly Byrne The Well of the Saints 1970 (Tour)
Administrator Not applicable Up with the Barricades 1970 (Tour)
Actor Ensemble The Stormy Seas and the Smooth Journey 1970 (Tour)
Actor Mary Cahel The Gaol Gate - (The Jail Gate) 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Mrs Henderson The Shadow of a Gunman 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Mrs Henderson The Shadow of a Gunman 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Nurse The Serpent Prince 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Volumnia The Plebians Rehearse The Uprising 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Lavarcham Deirdre Of The Sorrows 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Bridget Bruin The Land of Heart's Desire 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Nona The Player Queen 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Bridget Bruin The Land of Heart's Desire 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Nona The Player Queen 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Lavarcham Deirdre Of The Sorrows 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Sound of the Gong 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Hanging Harry, the Mersey Terror Ulysses in Nighttown 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Sound of the Gong 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Sound of the Gong 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Yelverton Barry Ulysses in Nighttown 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Zoe Higgins Ulysses in Nighttown 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Cora The Iceman Cometh 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Cora The Iceman Cometh 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Cora The Iceman Cometh 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Lizzy Sweeney Philadelphia, Here I Come! 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Players The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Chorus of Women Pull Down A Horseman 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Mary Flynn They Feed Christians To Lions Here, Don't They? 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Chorus of Women Pull Down A Horseman 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Mary Flynn They Feed Christians To Lions Here, Don't They? 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Witch The Golden Apple 1972 (Peacock)
Actor The Sister of the Ward The Silver Tassie 1973 (Abbey)
Actor In the Avondale Football Club The Silver Tassie 1973 (Abbey)
Actor The Sister of the Ward The Silver Tassie 1973 (Abbey)
Actor In the Avondale Football Club The Silver Tassie 1973 (Abbey)
Actor Witch The Golden Apple 1973 (Peacock)
Actor Old Woman Rites 1973 (Peacock)
Actor Elsie The Night Of The Rouser 1973 (Peacock)
Actor Dock Daisy The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Hannah (a servant) The Whiteheaded Boy 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Moon Blood Wedding 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Hannah (a servant) The Whiteheaded Boy 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Zoe Higgins Ulysses in Nighttown 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Mrs Yelverton Barry Ulysses in Nighttown 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Moll Cassidy The Devil A Saint Would Be 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Zoe Higgins Ulysses in Nighttown 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Mrs Yelverton Barry Ulysses in Nighttown 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Helen The Gathering 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Amelie Motherlove 1974 (Peacock)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1975 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1975 (Abbey)
Actor The Honourable Miss Skeggs The Vicar Of Wakefield 1975 (Abbey)
Actor Molly Brady Tarry Flynn 1975 (Abbey)
Actor Maria Twelfth Night - What you will 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Margaret Howley A Short Walk to the Sea 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Wooly Witch Witches Brew 1975 (Tour)
Actor A Woman (Woman from Rathmines) The Plough and the Stars 1976 (Abbey)
Actor A Woman (Woman from Rathmines) The Plough and the Stars 1976 (Abbey)
Actor A Woman (Woman from Rathmines) The Plough and the Stars 1976 (Abbey)
Actor Her Mummy Tea and Sex and Shakespeare 1976 (Abbey)
Actor Meg Boles The Birthday Party 1976 (Peacock)
Actor Margaret Much Ado About Nothing 1976 (Peacock)
Actor Tricia The Whipping 1976 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Webb Our Town 1976 (Peacock)
Actor Nurse Manus and the Mighty Dragon 1976 (Peacock)
Actor Margaret Much Ado About Nothing 1976 (Tour)
Actor Minister's wife The Old Lady Says No! - Originally titled 'Shadowdance' 1977 (Abbey)
Actor Renee Clapper The Emperor of Ice Cream 1977 (Abbey)
Actor Minister's wife The Old Lady Says No! - Originally titled 'Shadowdance' 1977 (Abbey)
Actor Renee Clapper The Emperor of Ice Cream 1977 (Abbey)
Actor Nadezhda Krupskaya(Nadya) Travesties 1977 (Abbey)
Actor Marina, an old children's nurse Uncle Vanya 1978 (Abbey)
Actor Eithne Inguba The Only Jealousy of Emer 1978 (Peacock)
Actor Anna's Voice Aristocrats 1979 (Abbey)
Actor Anna's Voice Aristocrats 1979 (Abbey)
Actor Rita I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 1979 (Abbey)
Actor Rita I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Rachel The Sea 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Mother Open Ended Prescription 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Nurse The Half Promised Land 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Nun The Half Promised Land 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Nun The Half Promised Land 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Nurse The Half Promised Land 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Rita I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 1979 (Tour)
Actor Nun The Half Promised Land 1979 (Tour)
Actor Nurse The Half Promised Land 1979 (Tour)
Actor Mrs Mc Cabe The Field 1980 (Abbey)
Actor Rita I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 1980 (Abbey)
Actor Harriet Stanley The Man who came to Dinner 1980 (Abbey)
Actor Doreen Donnelly The Closed Door 1980 (Peacock)
Actor Lavarcham Deirdre Of The Sorrows 1980 (Peacock)
Actor The Beggar Woman The Life of Galileo 1981 (Abbey)
Actor Miss Temple All in Favour Said No! 1981 (Abbey)
Actor Miss Temple All in Favour Said No! 1981 (Abbey)
Actor Sue Baylis All My Sons 1981 (Abbey)
Actor Maura Wrafter The Silver Dollar Boys 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Mulligan The Cat's Opera 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Maura Wrafter The Silver Dollar Boys 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Maggy Finnegan Tarry Flynn 1984 (Abbey)
Assistant Director Not applicable The Cherry Orchard 1984 (Abbey)
Actor Mother Da 1984 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Bear 1984 (Peacock)
Actor Performers Storytime 1984 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Prendergast All the Way Back 1985 (Abbey)
Actor Mrs Prendergast All the Way Back 1985 (Abbey)
Actor Biddy The King of Friday's Men 1985 (Abbey)
Actor Performers Storytime II 1985 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Crotty The Hard Life 1986 (Abbey)
Actor Maura Wrafter The Silver Dollar Boys 1986 (Abbey)
Actor Susie Tynan The Far Off Hills 1986 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable I am of Ireland 1988 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable I am of Ireland 1988 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable I am of Ireland 1988 (Tour)
Director Not applicable I am of Ireland 1989 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable I am of Ireland 1989 (Tour)
Actor The Sister of the Ward The Silver Tassie 1990 (Abbey)
Actor Bawd Ulysses in Nighttown 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Mervyn Talboys Ulysses in Nighttown 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Stephen's Mother Ulysses in Nighttown 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Mrs Crabtree Danny, the Witch and the Gobbin - Hans, the Witch and the Gobbin 1991 (Peacock)
Actor Biddy Lally Moses' Rock 1994 (Abbey)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1994 (Abbey)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1994 (Abbey)
Actor Mary McGonigle Looking at Ben Bulben 1994 (Peacock)
Actor Sara The Wall 1994 (Peacock)
Actor Mother Vinegar and Brown Paper 1995 (Peacock)
Actor Mother Vinegar and Brown Paper 1995 (Peacock)
Actor Second Witch Macbeth 1996 (Abbey)
Actor Ropeen The Hostage 1996 (Abbey)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1996 (Tour)
Actor Nurse Give me your answer, do! 1997 (Abbey)
Actor Maggie Finnegan Tarry Flynn 1997 (Abbey)
Actor Maggie Finnegan Tarry Flynn 1997 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 2004 (Abbey)
Performer Not applicable The Sound of the Gong 2004 (Abbey)