After a lifetimes service of forty one years, props master Stephen Molloy leaves the Abbey Theatre. He talks with Lisa Farrelly about his first impressions of the theatre, making sense of a whole world of props and the present day reality of our property market.
Short cut who's who: Former Abbey Theatre Alumni:
Tony Wakefield: Technical Director/Lighting designer/Head of Dept.
Mick Doyle: lighting technician/designer & Head of Dept.
Joe Ellis: General stage manger/Prop buyer
Brian Collins: Set designer/Production manager
Martin Fahy: Accountant/General Manager/Secretary NTS Ltd.
Jim Colgan: Sound Dept.
Paul Moore: Director.
Present day:
Eimer Murphy: Props maker
Andrea Ainswoth: Voice Director
Mairead Delaney: Archivist
Vicky Miller: Costume Dept.
Con Doyle: Visitors services manger/Part of the Doyle Abbey Theatre Dynasty
Of Mice and Men:1980/Tom Hickey/Liam Neeson/
Costume & Set Designer Juliet Watkinson
When am I getting me Clothes?: 1978/Pat Ingoldsby/Mick Lally
Recorded on Monday 14 January 2019 at the Abbey Theatre.
Interviewer & Editor: Lisa Farrelly
Sound operator: Derek Conaghy
01/2019 Broadcast 170119
Image (c) Ros Kavanagh
