SHANE CONNAUGHTON
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Plays by Shane Connaughton
Divisions |
| 1st Produced: | Oscar Theatre, Sandymount, Dublin | 1981 | ||
| Company: | Oscar Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | doubling possible | |||
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Synopsis: Divisions explores the broken marriage of Pat and Mary and their subsequent struggle to rebuild their lives. Mary attempts to get their marriage annulled by the Catholic Church, a process she discovers is long, arduous and not often fruitful. Pat goes on a spree of emotional turmoil, drink and violence. The play explores divorce, the arguments for it and the objections to it by a very conservative society. | ||||
Hang All The Harpers |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | musicians | |||
Notes: written by Shane Connaughton, Marie Jones | ||||
Synopsis: An exploration of the role Irish music has played in national identity, from the time of Elizabeth I to the 1990 bicentenary of the siege of Derry | ||||
I Do Like To Be |
| 1st Produced: | Soho Poly, London | 1986 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Lily |
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||
| Company: | Irish Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: an eighteen year old leaves life in rural Ulster for the bright lights of Dublin | ||||