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Tom Coffey

TOM COFFEY

  
Nationality:    Irish
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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.
- http://www.irishassociation.ca/?page_id=798

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=3227

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below is a list of Tom Coffey's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Anyone Could Rob A Bank         Call, The         Gone Tomorrow         It Would Be Funny. . .(If It Wasn't So Bloody Ridiculous)         Long Sorrow, The         Stranger Beware         Them

Anyone Could Rob A Bank

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.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre/amharclann na Mainistreach

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1497

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Call, The

Synopsis:
Whilst working in London during the Blitz a man has a near death experience and turns from a drunkard into a religious fanatic.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre/amharclann na Mainistreach

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1522

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Gone Tomorrow

Synopsis:
Life in small town Ireland.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Gemini Productions In association with Dublin Theatre Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1584

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It Would Be Funny. . .(If It Wasn't So Bloody Ridiculous)

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

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Lyric Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=403

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Long Sorrow, The

Synopsis:
a cross boarder raider and a RUC policeman both wounded take shelter in a churchyard.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre/amharclann na Mainistreach

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1504

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Stranger Beware

Synopsis:
an alcoholic freedom fighter is murdered.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre/amharclann na Mainistreach

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1388

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Them

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.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Eblana Theatre, Dublin    18 Nov 1963

Organisations:
Orion Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1677

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