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HUGH LEONARD (1927 - 2009) |
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Nationality: Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
'Hugh Leonard' is the pen-name of John Keyes Byrne. He is, as Christopher Fitz-Simon has written, `the most prolific and most technically assured of modern Irish playwrights', and his cosmopolitanism is shown by the range of his work, twenty-five plays (eighteen of which have been published), and seven adaptations of others' work for stage, something like thirty individual plays for television, work for over forty TV series totalling well in excess of 120 original episodes, and over 100 episodes for serials based on others' works (Emily Bronte, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Somerville & Ross, for example), as well as over a dozen film scripts. The output is truly phenomenal. Although a constant contributor to television, it is for the theatre that he has produced his finest work.
Plays by Hugh Leonard
Au Pair Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 Sep 1968 | |||||
Company: | Dublin Theatre Festival In association with Gemini Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays and Players", London, December, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-08611401417 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20609 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| a reverse Pygmalion as rough Irish bill collector becomes love slave to English lady in this view of the battle between England and Ireland | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Barracks, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 06 Oct 1969 | |||||
Company: | Dublin Theatre Festival In association with Gemini 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 | #20610 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adapted from book by John McGahern | |||||
Synopsis: | Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom--and loneliness--marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Big Birthday, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin: Abbey Theatre at the Queen's Theatre, Ireland, EUR >>> | 23 Jan 1956 | ||||
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 | #20611 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Patrick Farrell is one hundred years old. His family and friends gather round to celebrate his birthday and no-one is going to mess this up for him. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Da | ||
| 1st Produced: | Olney, Maryland | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Of The Year Vol.44", Elek, London, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-08611401417 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20612 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Dublin, the 1960s. After Da's funeral, Charlie returns to his childhood home only to find his father's ghost stubbornly unwilling to leave the house or his son's mind. As the events of Charlie's youth and Da's troubled relationship with Mother are replayed, we discover the darkly comic, bittersweet relationship that existed between father and son. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 0623; Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1521 | |||||
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Dead, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1967 | ||||
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 | #20613 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dublin One | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 Sep 1963 | |||||
Company: | Dublin Theatre Festival and Gemini 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 | #20614 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 27 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An adaptation of six stories from James Joyce's 'Dubliners'. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Family Way, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 Aug 1964 | |||||
Company: | Gemini 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 | #20615 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Eugene Labiche. Adapted from "Celimare, Le Bien-Aime" | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Great Expectations | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 Nov 1995 | |||||
Company: | Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978057301778-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20616 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | An adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian tale of the young Pip's ascent through the English social classes with the help of his benefactor, Magwitch. | |||||
Synopsis: | Bringing to life all the vivid characters of the original and conveying the story with great clarity, atmosphere and theatrical flair | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Irishmen | ||
| 1st Produced: | Olney, Maryland | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20617 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Italian Road, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1954 | ||||
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 | #20618 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kill | ||
| 1st Produced: | 05 Oct 1982 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-08611401417 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20619 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| The tenant of Kill House - seventy-five miles from Dublin, if you know the short-cut - is entertaining a distinguished group of guests. The menu includes boiled mutton, blackmail, intimidation, bribery and crimes of the flesh. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Of The Last Of The Mohicans, the | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Oct 1975 | |||||
Company: | Irish Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-057311426-7 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20620 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | voice | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| The mood is one of hilarious comedy as Dominick, having packed his wife off on retreat to an obscure saint's shrine, is poised to enjoy an adulterous affair with sexy Grace. Grace arrives, followed by Dominick's wife, followed by Grace's husband - a formidable Aer Lingus pilot. Eventually the evening is resolved amicably although not quite how Dominick intended! May be performed as part of the triple bill Suburb of Babylon. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Late Arrival Of The Incoming Aircraft, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20621 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leap In The Dark, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin: Abbey Theatre at the Queen's Theatre, Ireland, EUR >>> | 21 Jan 1957 | ||||
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 | #20622 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Liam Liar | ||
| 1st Produced: | 18 Aug 1976 | |||||
Company: | Noel Pearson 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 | #20623 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from 'Billy Liar' by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. | |||||
Synopsis: | Relocated to Ireland, Liam Liar tells the story of a lazy, wildly inventive, daydreaming, irresponsible clerk with an extraordinarily vivid imagination and an inability to tell the truth. Unable to come to grips with the drab reality of his life, or with his own lack of direction, he treats his girlfriends and his family irresponsibly and spends his time retreating into that daydream world where he is the dictator of an imaginary country. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Life, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 Oct 1979 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-08611401417 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20624 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Drumm visits his neighbour Mary for the first time in six years. She describes her new kitchen but when she takes him into it, it is as it was forty years ago, and seated at the table is her young self. From then on, the lives of four people, their intermingled relationships, whims of chance and clashes of personality which affected their destinies, are recounted by a method which mingles past and present. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lily Lally Show, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 23 Aug 1994 | |||||
Company: | ||||||
| 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 | #20625 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mary Moone, an old vaudevillian, insists that she does not audition, and yet here she is in front of an unseen and unknown audience. "Do I get the part?" she asks, only half in jest and what transpires is, in spite of herself, an audition. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love In The Title | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Mar 1999 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd (13 July 2000) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-057301889-3 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20626 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| This gentle and lyrical play portrays the lives of three generations of women. When Katie arrives in Corcamore in Ireland to paint a watercolour of the legendary stone of Clough-a-Regan, she is accompanied by the youthful versions of her mother, Triona, and her grandmother, Cat. Katie exists in the present but Triona and Cat are in their own time. Their conversation reveals their family history and its intricate relation with the wider history of their culture. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madigan's Lock | ||
| 1st Produced: | 25 Mar 1958 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brophy, Dublin, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | 090-796088X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20627 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | At the end of a lost canal is an equally lost pub, which will reward those who discover it with 'free pints 'til God calls time and gently leads them upstairs to His own lounge bar above'. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mask Of Moriarity, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 Oct 1985 | |||||
Company: | Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20628 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Thriller Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An impossible murder on Waterloo Bridge and the true identity of Jack the Ripper are but two of the problems faced by Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they face up to their arch-enemy in this spoof of the Conan Doyle stories. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Vol VII (1987) Page 0757 | |||||
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Mick And Mick | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Oct 1966 | |||||
Company: | Dublin Theatre Festival In association with Gemini Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20629 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | bleached hair and low cut dresses do not go down well with family when woman returns to Ireland for her brother's ordination | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moving | ||
| 1st Produced: | 21 Apr 1992 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-057301837-4 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20630 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | Cross casting is essential | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| It is 1957 and the Noone family is moving into a new house in Dublin. Presiding over the event is the Removals Man, who steps in and out of the action to explain the characters and their stories. The second half of the play is set in 1987 and the same family, no older than before, is moving into an even better house, their new relationships reflecting the revolutions that have taken place in family life in the intervening years. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nothing Personal | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Oct 1975 | |||||
Company: | Irish Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-057311426-7 | |||
| Music: | 978-057311426-7 | doollee no | #20631 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Garrulous suburbanite Phil is taken by Pat, whom he has just met in a pub, to No. 19, the home of Betty, whose husband is interned in the North. Initially, the atmosphere is jovial as they await a fourth member of the party, but it becomes increasingly sinister and Phil realizes he has been kidnapped. He must await the fourth member and execution. Forms part of the triple bill Suburb of Babylon. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Passion Of Peter Ginty, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 18 Sep 1961 | |||||
Company: | Gemini 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 | #20632 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 24 | Female | 19 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen. A new version of the original play Peer Gyn. Choreography for the original production was credited to the Egyptian Festival Ballet | |||||
Synopsis: | The action moves from Dublin during the Civil War in 1922 to abroad in 1942 and back home some years later | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Patrick Pearse Motel, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Mar 1971 | |||||
Company: | Gemini Productions and Dublin Theatre Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-08611401417 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20633 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Both husband and wife and their respective lovers end up in same empty out of season motel | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pizzazz | ||
| 1st Produced: | 05 Nov 1983 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-057301641-7 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20634 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Whilst waiting to hire out cabin cruisers on the River Shannon, two apparent strangers play an elaborate game, which involves re-enacting a marriage on the rocks, with the other people in the reception area as a supporting cast. But this is a Chinese box of a play and all is not what it seems. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poker Session, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 23 Aug 1963 | |||||
Company: | Dublin Theatre Festival and Gemini Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20635 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | At family poker session they are confronted with their contribution to the illness of released mental patient who has just killed his former rival | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quick, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Oct 1967 | |||||
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 | #20636 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a dithering wife at the VIP lounge at the airport attempting to run away | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Roman Fever | ||
| 1st Produced: | 05 Oct 1983 | |||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20637 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | From the story by Edith Wharton. On a restaurant terrace in Rome, Mrs Slade and Mrs Ansley are reminiscing about a Roman holiday they had together many years before. Mrs Slade, envious of the other's daughter's engagement to a rich marchese cannot resist a spiteful jibe which demolishes a cherished memory. But in the end it is Mrs Slade's illusions that are shattered. | |||||
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Saints Go Cycling In, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1965 | ||||
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 | #20638 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
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Scorpions | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1983 | ||||
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 | #20639 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Senna For Sonny | ||
| 1st Produced: | 23 Aug 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 | #20640 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Recently returned from a seven year exile, Chas (married to Roisin) is about to present his new invention for the approval of an old civil war adversary, who is now the Minister for Defence. Much depends on the success of this demonstration, but domestic life must meanwhile go on. Sonny, the Mangans' pride and joy, has not visited in two days and a coming rainstorm stirs poignant memories for Roisin. | |||||
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Some Of My Best Friends Are Husbands | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||||
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 | #20641 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Stephen D | ||
| 1st Produced: | 24 Sep 1962 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20642 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 30 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | An adaptation of the biographical works of James Joyce, 'Stephen Hero' and 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'. | |||||
Synopsis: | Episodes in growing up of young Irishman who renounces family, church and country | |||||
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Summer | ||
| 1st Produced: | Olney, Maryland | Jan 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-08611401417 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20643 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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| Three married couples, accompanied by the son of one and daughter of another, assemble on a hill near Dublin to picnic. During the afternoon the various relationships between them, on the surface and beneath it, become apparent, while the young people regard their elders somewhat sardonically across the generation gap. Six years pass, and the group come together again but the place has changed, as they have. In their various ways all show the passage of the years. | |||||
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Time Of Wolves And Tigers, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Oct 1975 | |||||
Company: | irish Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-057311426-7 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20644 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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| Jumbo, an alcoholic civil servant, returns home half-drunk. His wife has left him and Jumbo is afraid of the empty house. Seeking reassurance he starts phoning friends, only to discover that he is in trouble at work. Feeling isolated, he manages to contact his wife and persuades her to return home, promising to mend his ways. But Jumbo knows he can never change and the play ends with him trying to come to grips with his fear of his empty house and life. May also be performed as part of the triple bill Suburb of Babylon. | |||||
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Time Was | ||
| 1st Produced: | 21 Dec 1976 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Penguin, London, 1981 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20645 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Set in middleclass Dublin suburbia, this is a comedy fantasy which puts forward the theory that because so many people are longing for the 'good old days', time has ruptured and people are disappearing back into the past of which they claim to be so fond. Similarly people they want to see again are appearing by the score. How these happenings are handled by P.J. and Ellie and their guests John and Bea provides an hilarious and occasionally thought provoking evenings entertainment. | |||||
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View From The Obelisk | ||
| 1st Produced: | 05 Oct 1983 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573016417 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20646 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Convalescing, Owen insists on showing Rosemary the view from a hilltop near Dublin. But he is exhausted after the climb and Rosemary goes to summon a car. While she is gone, a boy appears and Owen strikes up a conversation with him. The boy goes, and it is only when Rosemary returns that Owen realizes why the boy seemed so familiar ... May be performed as part of the triple bill Pizzazz. | |||||
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Walk On The Water, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gas Company, Dun Laoghaire. | Jan 1960 | ||||
Company: | Orion Productions as part of 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 | #20647 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | an adventure on the Old pier, Dublin | |||||
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When The Saints Go Cycling In | ||
| 1st Produced: | 27 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 | #135018 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | adaptrd from the Dalkey Archive by FLann O'Brien | |||||
Synopsis: | Into the insane mix of characters that include James Joyce, St. Augustine and a 'man who may turn into a bicycle', throw Mick Shaughnessy, who, with the aid of strong drink, his friend Hackett, and Mary(whom they both want). Struggling to find order in this metaphysical chaos, Mick undergoes a crisis of faith both sublime and ridiculous. | |||||
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