Injured actor recovering

An actor who was accidently stabbed during a preview of a new play at the Peacock Theatre spent a second night in the Mater Hospital last night. Mr Micheal McElhatton, who plays the part of John Rooney in Twenty Grand, was cut on stage during what the playwright, Mr Declan Hughes, described as a "complex piece of choreography". A spokesperson for the theatre said Mr McElhatton was "making a good recovery".