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TOM COFFEY |
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Nationality: Irish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Tom Coffey worked as a schoolteacher and in industry before writing plays for the Abbey and the Lyric. He also wrote many episodes of the RTE drama serial The Riordans'. Other works include Gone Tomorrow, It Would Be Funny. . ., Stranger Beware, The Call, The Long Sorrow, and Them. His plays are produced regularly across Ireland and around the world.
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Plays by Tom Coffey
Anyone Could Rob a Bank | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin: Abbey Theatre playing at The Queen's, Ireland, EUR >>> | 01 Aug 1960 | ||||
Company: | Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach | |||||
| 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 | #68523 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three men discuss how easy it would be to rob the local bank. When the bank is robbed using their plan they suspect each other of doing it. | |||||
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Call, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin: Abbey Theatre playing at The Queen's, Ireland, EUR >>> | 14 Mar 1966 | ||||
Company: | Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach | |||||
| 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 | #7370 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Whilst working in London during the Blitz a man has a near death experience and turns from a drunkard into a religious fanatic. | |||||
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Gone Tomorrow | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Sep 1965 | |||||
Company: | Gemini Productions In association with 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 | #68524 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | Life in small town Ireland. | |||||
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It Would Be Funny. . .(if it wasn't so bloody ridiculous) | ||
| 1st Produced: | 19 Mar 1975 | |||||
Company: | Lyric 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 | #7371 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Five men and two women are adrift on a raft subsisting on raw fish. When another man is washed up on the raft dissention breaks out | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Long Sorrow, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin: Abbey Theatre playing at The Queen's, Ireland, EUR >>> | 19 Sep 1961 | ||||
Company: | Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach | |||||
| 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 | #68525 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A cross boarder raider and a RUC policeman both wounded take shelter in a churchyard. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stranger Beware | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin: Abbey Theatre playing at The Queen's, Ireland, EUR >>> | 17 Aug 1959 | ||||
Company: | Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach | |||||
| 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 | #68526 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | An alcoholic freedom fighter is murdered. | |||||
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Them | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eblana Theatre, Dublin | 18 Nov 1963 | ||||
Company: | Orion 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 | #68527 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Johnsie lives with his mother. He is constantly taunted by the locals for being "A bit queer in the head". His mother must decide whether to keep him at home or have him put away. | |||||
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