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DEREK MAHON (1941 - ) |
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Nationality: Irish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941, studied at Trinity College, Dublin and the Sorbonne, and has held academic and journalistic appointments in Dublin, London and New York. He worked for some years as a screenwriter, specialising in the adaptation of
Plays by Derek Mahon
Cyrano De Bergerac | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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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 | #43603 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Edmond Rostand | |||||
Synopsis: | Cyrano woos his adored Roxane on another's behalf, and she believes his beautiful words issue from the drop dead gorgeous soldier, Christian | |||||
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High Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Guildhall, Derry | 1984 | ||||
Company: | Field Day Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Gallery Press, Republic of Ireland, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22035 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Moliere. After 'The School For Husbands' . First performed in a double bill with 'The Riot Act' by Tom Paulin (listed separately). | |||||
Synopsis: | A verse comedy in two acts which relocates Moliere's 'The School for Husbands' to a Georgian house in Ireland during the 1980s | |||||
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Phaedra | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | The Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Gallery Press, Republic of Ireland, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22036 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Jean Racine. The action takes place at the summer palace at Troezene | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on Euripides' 'Hippolytus' and the 'Phaedra of Seneca', Phaedra's main theme is the tragic misunderstanding between men and women. A wife falls violently in love with her unresponsive stepson while her husband and father fail to understand | |||||
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School for Wives, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre, Belfast. | 1989 | ||||
Company: | Arts Theatre, Belfast. | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Gallery Press, Republic of Ireland, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22037 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Moliere | |||||
Synopsis: | Arnolphe has got it all worked out. He reckons that wives are unfaithful to their husbands because they are too well-versed in the ways of the world. He chooses a young girl, Agnes, and tries to grow himself a wife. | |||||
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