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BERNARD FARRELL |
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Nationality: Irish Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Rosica Colin Ltd |
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Plays by Bernard Farrell |
All In Favour Said No | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Co-Op Books, Dublin, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11385 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A look at industrial relations and the people trapped therein. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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All The Way Back | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Brophy Books, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11386 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is a comedy of survival in suburbia. Sheila is the wife of a redundant executive. He was once a major force in business and rugby but now all he attracts is rejection. When Sheila takes matters into her own hands, the consequences are both comedic and startling. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Because just Because | ||
| 1st Produced: | part of a tour to schools | 1986 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11387 | |||
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Genre: | play for primary school students | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Because just Because is set in the American midwest of the 1870's, where landed settlers compete with cow-herders for ownership of the prairies. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bookworms | ||
| 1st Produced: | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | 01 Jun 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128283 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The book club decide to hold a meeting and bring their husbands - which turns out to be a recipe for disaster | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Canaries | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1980 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Co-Op Books, Dublin, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11388 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Canaries is a comedy about Tommy, Marie and Marie's father who go on holiday to the Canary Islands and meet up with Jane, Richard and their gang. Drinking, lying, partner-swapping and amusing incidents follow and Tommy and Marie end up having a holiday that they will never forget but not necessarily for the right reasons. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Don Juan | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11389 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Don Juan, the most notorious womaniser ever to live, seduces his way across the country until he meets his end and is swallowed up by the flames of hell. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Forty-Four Sycamore | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
Company: | Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford, Ireland | |||||
| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11390 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A frantic account of a dinner party involving two upwardly mobile young couples. Everything seems to be going according to plan until it emerges that another guest has been invited - one who is not entirely welcome. The party goes rapidly downhill from there with hilarious, if sometimes frightening, consequences. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Goodbye Smiler, It's Been Nice | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lantern Theatre, Dublin | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11391 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | An office staff variously reconstruct the death of the caretaker | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Happy Birthday Dear Alice | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford, Ireland | |||||
| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11392 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Happy Birthday Dear Alice focuses on the efforts of a dispersed, dysfunctional suburban family to commit their ageing, gentle, yet resilient mother to the uncertain fate of a nursing home. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Co-Op Books, Dublin, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11393 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Six people gather in a locked room for Encounter Therapy that promises to probe their lives. They get more than they bargained for when Joe Fell savagely exposes their real social and sexual secrets in this send-up of American group therapy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kevin's Bed | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11394 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | voices | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Kevin's Bed is a play of nostalgia, expectations and broken dreams. The setting is the celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of Dan and Doris a time for them to return to their old house, join in their celebrations, contemplate a life in disarray and remember the joy of their silver anniversary the Sonny and Cher days, the optimism and the expectations they had of their sons, John and Kevin. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Apache Reunion, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11395 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Last Apache Reunion deals with a group of men at their school reunion, trying to relive their past and, to the dismay of their wives, cover up what they would prefer to hide. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Legs Eleven | ||
| 1st Produced: | Holy Rosary Parish Hall, Harolds Cross Road, Dublin. | 1979 | ||||
Company: | Moving Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11396 | |||
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Genre: | Physical/Devised Theatre Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Social issues - housing, drug dependence - are explored within a life-parallel Bingo game | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lovers at Versailles | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11397 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
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Synopsis: | The play examines the plight of three women who are left behind when Stephen Sullivan suddenly dies. His wife, Clara, always suspected that Stephen had a hidden life. His daughter, Isobel, is determined to use every opportunity to move up the social ladder and Anna, Stephen's favourite daughter, is now offered a second chance at happiness. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Many Happy Returns | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49052 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Irene and Arthur have their house festooned for the return of Declan, the self-made millionaire from New Zealand. If everything goes to plan, Arthur's future is secure and it would if Old Matty were not around to listen at doors. But celebration soon turns to consternation as family and friends are reunited in Winter Wonderland' and all the old secrets are suddenly unwrapped like the Christmas presents | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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One, Two, Three, O'Leary | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11398 | |||
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Genre: | play for 5-12 year olds | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Davy and Mary are brother and sister. Davy is afraid of the dark and Mary watches too much television. They make friends with Kevin in the playground. Kevin has a toy gun, and he swaps it for Davy's bike. Initially both their parents intervene and insist that they swap back. Ultimately the parents relent, and allow the children build the friendship on their own terms. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Petty Sessions | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11399 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | 6c | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in late 19th century involving lawyers and circus performers | |||||
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Say Cheese! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11400 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | A satiric swipe at contemporary Irish life, letting us into the murky secrets which surround the man and his wife who have been selected Ireland's Happiest Couple'. When the sponsors of the competition re-enact their wedding reception, a Pandora's box of strange secrets and old deceits is opened. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Spirit of Annie Ross, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11401 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | voice | |||||
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Synopsis: | The Gerry Ryan Radio show has set a challenge for a number of people to stay over night in a haunted house. Each participant has their own reasons for taking part in the challenge, and as the night progresses their psychological ghosts appear. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stella By Starlight | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Mercier Press, Cork, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11402 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A wry and compassionate look at a couple coming to terms with shattered dreams, the internet and life in the Wicklow hills. | |||||
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Then Moses Met Marconi | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ursuline College, Sligo | 1983 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Three Team Plays, ed Martin Drury, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11403 | |||
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Genre: | play for post-primary senior cycle students | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Then Moses Met Marconi examines local and community radio in rural Ireland, as well as attitudes to women at work. The play explores the relationship between peoples private lives and the quality of personal communication their society encourages. | |||||
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