Cradle of Genius
1960 | 25m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Paul Rotha |
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| Writer: | Frank O'Connor |
| Staring: |
| 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 | |
| Release Date: | Nov 11, 1960 |
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| Director: | Paul Rotha |
| Writer: | Frank O'Connor |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | theatre |
| Production Companies | Plough Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 21, 2026 Entered: May 12, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Frank O'Connor | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Eileen Crowe | Self |
| Maureen Delany | Self |
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Wolfgang Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Gerard Victory | Original Music Composer |
| Paul Rotha | Director |
| Peter Birch | Sound Recordist |
| Frank O'Connor | Writer |
| Ralph Larrabeiti | Camera Operator |
| Edgar Wodd | Makeup Artist |
| Tony Inglis | Production Design |
| William Freeman | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tom Hayes | Producer |
| Jim O'Connor | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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