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MARY ELIZABETH BURKE-KENNEDY |
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Plays by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy |
Alice In Wonderland | ||
| 1st Produced: | Focus Theatre, Dublin | 1979 | ||||
Company: | Focus 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 | #5366 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | cross casting necessary | |||||
Notes: | An adaptation of the original novel by Lewis Carroll. | |||||
Synopsis: | The adventures of a young girl in an imaginary world | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Currigh The Shape Shifter | ||
| 1st Produced: | Focus Theatre, Dublin | 1980 | ||||
Company: | Focus 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 | #5367 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Curigh The Shape Shifter tells of the legend of Caherconree, a promontory fort, high in the middle of the Slieve Mish mountains. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Daughters | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #49168 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Emma | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
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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 | #49165 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from the original novel by Jane Austen | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Enter the Photographer | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #49169 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Golden Goose, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Focus Theatre, Dublin | 1979 | ||||
Company: | Focus 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 | #5368 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An adaptation of the classic fairy tale | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hansel And Gretel | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
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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 | #5369 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | cross casting necessary | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the classic fairy tale | |||||
Synopsis: | The story of two children who are abandoned by their parents in a time of famine. Lost in the depths of the forest, they think they have found rescue when they discover a house made of food. The house, however, is owned by a witch, who has sinister designs on Hansel and Gretel. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hard Times | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
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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 | #49166 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | from the original novel by Charles Dickens. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Legends | ||
| 1st Produced: | Focus Theatre, Dublin | 1980 | ||||
Company: | Focus 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 | #5370 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from 'Tadgh O Cathan and the Corpse' by W.B. Yeats, literally translated from the Irish by Douglas Hyde and from 'The Legend of Knockgrafton' by T. Crofton Croker | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mayor of Casterbridge, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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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 | #5371 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the original novel by Thomas Hardy. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mysteries 2000 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | The Machine | |||||
| 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 | #5372 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A new adaptation of the Mystery Plays (author unknown) written by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy, Derek Chapman, Declan Gorman, Johnny Hanrahan, Brendan Kennelly, Pat Kinevane, Gavin Kostick, Fergus Linehan, Aidan Mathews, Michael McCaffery, Nuala Ni Dhomhn | |||||
Synopsis: | Mysteries 2000 was a millennium project where fifteen writers were commissioned to produce new versions of sections of the Mystery plays. The plays were as follows: 'The Fall of Lucifer', 'Creation', 'Jesus, Mary & Joseph' and 'Judgement Day' by Michael McCaffery; 'Cain and Abel' and 'The Last Supper' by Aidan Matthews; 'Noah' by Fergus Linehan; 'Abraham & Isaac' by Johnny Hanrahan; 'Moses' by Joe O'Byrne; 'Temptation' and 'The Adulteress Woman' by Joseph O'Connor; 'Parliament of Heaven', 'The Seven Deadly Virtues' and 'Council of Jews' by Derek Chapman; 'The Death of Herod' by Pat Kinevane; 'John the Baptist' by Declan Gorman; 'My Mind of Questions' and 'Betrayal' by Brendan Kennelly; 'Lazarus', 'Buffeting' and 'Harrowing of Hell' by Gavin Kostick; 'Pilate's Wife' by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy; 'The Death of Judas' by Michael Scott; 'Ascension' by Deirdre Purcell and 'Song of Songs' by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nose, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Player's Theatre | 1983 | ||||
Company: | Kalendar Productions | |||||
| 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 | #5373 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from Nikolai Gogol's original. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Oedipus | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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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 | #5374 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | chorus | |||||
Notes: | A version of the myth. | |||||
Synopsis: | The story of a charismatic leader setting out to investigate corruption in his state, with devastating consequences for himself and for his family. Oedipus is the myth of a child born to a prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Parrot, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Round Room in the Mansion House, Dublin. | 1983 | ||||
Company: | Tadhg O'Kane Players in conjunction with the Dublin Theatre Festival | |||||
| 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 | #5375 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Parrot is based on an old Italian folk tale. The story is told by a down-at-hell parrot, who befriends a young girl. His story is about a princess who was so lonely that she had a life-sized doll of herself made to keep her company. One day the doll is kidnapped by robbers, who seize her carriage. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Silas Marner | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
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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 | #5376 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the original novel by George Eliot. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Star Child and Other Stories, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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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 | #5377 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | puppets | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from Oscar Wilde's original short stories. | |||||
Synopsis: | Three of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tales - The Star Child, The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant - are woven together and adapted for the stage. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Trial of Esther Waters, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | John Player Theatre | 1989 | ||||
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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 | #5378 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the original novel by George Moore. | |||||
Synopsis: | By virtue of her origin as a Victorian slum child, Esther Waters is condemned to a life of physical and economic slavery. She is a loser, an outsider and all the social and religious forces of her time conspire to keep her in that position, but she claims her rights as a woman and as a worker. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Uncle Silas | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
Company: | Theatre of Open Secrets | |||||
| 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 | #5379 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. | |||||
Synopsis: | Maud Ruthyn is an only child, brought up on a vast estate by her self-righteous father, Austin. She becomes obsessed with her Uncle Silas, whose elegant and haunting image she discovers in family portraits. When she hears rumours of his decadent living and disgrace she begins a crusade to reclaim him to the family. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wind of the Word, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | tour to schools | 1981 | ||||
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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 | #5380 | |||
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Genre: | play for primary school students | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A theatrical telling of the legend Labhrai Lionsaigh, the king with the donkey's ears. To hide his dread secret, Labhrai remains aloof and cold to all, including the princess who loves him. Deep in the forest on a hunting trip, Labhrai asks a young woodcutter to cut his hair. Seeing the king's ears, the woodcutter is bound to keep the king's secret. Unable to confide it even to his mother, the woodcutter becomes withdrawn and secretive. A druid tells the woodcutter to travel alone into the forest and tell it to the Tree of Good Counsel. As the wind rustles the leaves of the tree, the secret is whispered onto the wind. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Women in Arms | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ivernia Theatre, Cork | 1984 | ||||
Company: | Cork Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Seen and Heard: Six New Plays by Irish Women, ed Cathy Leeney, Carysfort Press, Dublin, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5381 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the epic poem Tain Bo Cuailgne. | |||||
Synopsis: | Women in Arms draws extensively from the great epic poem Tain Bo Cuailgne, to assert through the stories of Nessa, Macha, Deirdre and Maeve an alternative to the feeble, effete view of women in Irish history. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wuthering Heights | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
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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 | #5382 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from the original novel by Emily Brontė. | |||||
Synopsis: | The lives of the Earnshaw and Linton families are changed forever by the tempestuous love affair of Heathcliff and Cathy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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