MacNamara, Brinsley

Abbey Career

Actor during: 1910 - 1919

Playwright during: 1919

Director, Abbey Theatre Board of Directors during: 1935

NOTES: Psuedonym of John Weldon. Actor, playwright, novelist and short story writer.

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Author Not applicable The Glorious Uncertainty
Author Not applicable The Grand House in the City
Author Not applicable The Rebellion in Ballycullen
Author Not applicable The Three Thimbles
Author Not applicable The Master
Author Not applicable Marks and Mabel
Author Not applicable Margaret Gillan
Author Not applicable Look at the Heffernans!
Author Not applicable The Land for the People
Actor Rebel The Piper 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Denis Barton The Casting-out of Martin Whelan 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Master Simon The Miser 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Policeman B The Rising of the Moon 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Men Riders to the Sea 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Jurymen / Boys/Women The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Jerry Brien The Clancy Name 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Policeman B The Rising of the Moon 1910 (Abbey)
Actor Porters The Rogueries of Scapin 1911 (Abbey)
Actor An Officer The Deliverer 1911 (Abbey)
Actor A Young Slave King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior 1911 (Abbey)
Actor Myles Gorman Thomas Muskerry 1911 (Abbey)
Actor Mat Simon The Well of the Saints 1911 (Abbey)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1911 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1911 (Tour)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1911 (Tour)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1911 (Tour)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1911 (Tour)
Actor Mr Casey The Mineral Workers 1911 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1911 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1911 (Tour)
Actor Bat Morrissey Birthright 1912 (Abbey)
Actor Men Riders to the Sea 1912 (Abbey)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1912 (Tour)
Actor Philly O'Cullen The Playboy of the Western World 1912 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1912 (Tour)
Actor Villagers The Well of the Saints 1912 (Tour)
Actor Nestor The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 1912 (Tour)
Actor Jerry Brien The Clancy Name 1912 (Tour)
Actor Mr Casey The Mineral Workers 1912 (Tour)
Actor A Policeman Spreading The News 1912 (Tour)
Actor Peter Forde The Rebellion in Ballycullen 1919 (Abbey)
Actor Witch Capone Only A Story 1977 (Peacock)