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KEN BOURKE |
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Nationality: Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Plays by Ken Bourke |
Breathing Space | ||
| 1st Produced: | Church of Ireland Oarochial Hall, Clonmel, County Tipperary | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Galloglass Theatre 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 | #4098 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A devised play scripted by Ken Bourke | |||||
Synopsis: | Bound by the cultures they have inherited, the characters in Breathing Space seek to go beyond geographical and emotional divides to get a glimpse of the possibility of genuine human connections in an increasingly disparate modern world. Breathing Space weaves the stories of eight people whose lives are at a moment of significant change. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Buck Jones and the Body Snatchers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin Theatre Festival | 2009 | ||||
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 | #111493 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Down The Line | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49123 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Fixing Bill Haley | ||
| 1st Produced: | Firhouse Community College, Dublin 24, as part of a tour to schools. | 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 | #49121 | |||
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Genre: | play for post-primary school students | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Fixing Bill Haley encourages pupils to consider work in a holistic way, inviting them to look at their lives as a whole and to consider work as one part of it. It explores different value systems in relation to work and encourages pupils to develop a creative and imaginative response to work. | |||||
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Galloping Buck Jones | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | Lyric Theatre and Tinderbox Theatre 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 | #49122 | |||
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 | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
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Synopsis: | A rumbustious episode in the life of Buck Jones, 18th-century nobleman, lover, hero, duellist - and man facing ruin. Determined to avoid destitution by marrying lovely heiress Fidelia, his plans are thwarted by the activities of highwayman Larry Clinch and the arrival of mysterious Crowe Street actress Elvira Daly. As Buck struggles to save the money, the marriage and the day, coincidences and discoveries pile up, until all eventually ends well in a double wedding. | |||||
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Hunt For Red Willie, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4099 | |||
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 | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | On a remote stretch of bog in County Donegal in 1829, a local landlord meets his end while in pursuit of the notorious Red Willie. Foul play is suspected and the hunt is on. A farcical romp that casts a warm side-long glance at some of the classic plays o | |||||
Synopsis: | On a remote stretch of bog in County Donegal in 1829, a local landlord meets his end while in pursuit of the notorious Red Willie. Foul play is suspected and the hunt is on. A farcical romp that casts a warm side-long glance at some of the classic plays of Irish theatre. | |||||
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Well, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | tour to schools | 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 | #4100 | |||
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 for 8-10 year olds | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Well explores the consequences for relationships within a family when significant matters remain unacknowledged and not discussed. It deals with some of the pressures and problems associated with the transition to adulthood. | |||||
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Wild Harvest | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #4101 | |||
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 | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The play exposes the powerlessness of a group of young men and traces what happens when they begin to meddle with the past and kick back against the rules that are supposed to contain them. | |||||
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