Cradle of Genius (1960)
25m
Running Time
November 11, 1960Release Date
Plot.
Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the national institution founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1904. Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Short
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Cast & Crew.
Frank O'Connor
Self - Narrator (voice) / Writer
Eileen Crowe
Self
Maureen Delany
Self
Maureen Delaney
Actress
Barry Fitzgerald
Self
Siobhán McKenna
Self
Sean O'Casey
Self
Cyril Cusack
Self
Denis O'Dea
Self
Eithne Dunne
Self
Padraic Colum
Self
Ria Mooney
Self
Shelah Richards
Self
May Craig
Self
Gabriel Fallon
Self
Harry Brogan
Self
Eric Gorman
Self
Seaghan Barlow
Self
Jim O'Connor
Producer
Tom Hayes
Producer
Wolfgang Suschitzky
Director of Photography
Gerard Victory
Original Music Composer
William Freeman
Editor
Ralph Larrabeiti
Camera Operator
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
short
theatre
Wiki.
Cradle of Genius is a 1961 Irish short documentary film directed by Paul Rotha on the history of the Abbey Theatre. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.