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MARK O'ROWE (1970 - ) |
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Nationality: Irish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Curtis Brown Group Ltd (agent: Nick Marston) |
Mark O'Rowe was born in Dublin in 1970 and grew up in Tallaght. Since winning the George Devine Award for Howie the Rookie in 1999, Mark O'Rowe has electrified audiences with his distinctive dramatic style and dark, dangerous storytelling.
Plays by Mark O'Rowe
Anna's Ankle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre, Tallaght | 17 Feb 1997 | ||||
Company: | Bedrock | |||||
| 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 | #26456 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Bedrock's 'Electroshock: A Theatre of Cruelty Season'. | |||||
Synopsis: | An obsession with a young girl's ankle by a sadistic snuff video director. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Aspidistra Code, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | rehearsed reading at the Peack Theatre, Dublin | 02 Dec 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Mark O'Rowe Plays: One, Nick Hern Books, London (2011) and >>> Nick Hern Books, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421608 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26457 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of the National Association for Youth Drama's Stage IT! Young Playwright's Project | |||||
| Brendan and Sonia, head over heels in debt, are forced to hire their own protection against a volatile loan shark. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crestfall | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 May 2003 | |||||
Company: | The Gate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Mark O'Rowe Plays: One, Nick Hern Books, London (2011) >>> and Nick Hern Books, London, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421608 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26458 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| so dark that all but the tiniest glimmer of light has been extinguished, depicts three women trapped between nightmares and waking. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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From Both Hips | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre, Tallaght | 25 June 1997 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Mark O'Rowe Plays: One, Nick Hern Books, London (2011) and >>> Nick Hern Books, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421608 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26459 | |||
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 | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| From Both Hips sees Paul, a Dublin man shot in the hip during a bungled police raid, embark on a violent journey of revenge. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Howie The Rookie | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Feb 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781854594228 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26460 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| a white knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable, where the most brutal events take on a mythic significance | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kissaway | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | Semper Fi (Ireland) | |||||
| 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 | #26461 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Made in China | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Apr 2001 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | in Mark O'Rowe Plays: One, Nick Hern Books, London (2011) and >>> Nick Hern Books, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421608 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26462 | |||
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 | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| a dreadful accident sparks a savage tug-of-war between two criminal foot soldiers. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Terminus | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Jun 2007 | |||||
Company: | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421745 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68826 | |||
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Genre: | 105 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Catapult into a fantastical world of singing serial killers, avenging angels and love-sick demons. ' . . . hilarious, stunning, surprisingly touching and enormously satisfying . . . Not for the faint of heart! | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI Issue 07 Page 355 | |||||
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