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All the King’s Horses is a play written by Irish-born journalist and playwright John McDonnell in 1961.The play takes its title from the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty.The plot concerns an elderly Irish woman Kate Houlihan who dies and leaves her fortune equally between her two nephews Michael and William. Michael is a Southern Irish Republican and William is a Northern Irish Orangeman. To inherit the fortune Michael and William must spend a month in peace in Kate’s cottage.

author
John McDonnell (playwright)
premiere date
1961-03-20
premiere place
Abbey Theatre
premiere year
1961-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

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