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G P Gallivan

G P GALLIVAN

  (192 - 2003)
Nationality:    Irish
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G P Gallivan's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of G P Gallivan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Beginning of Truth, A         Campobasso         Decision At Easter         Dev         McCormack         Mourn The Ivy Leaf         Sir Buccaneer         Stepping Stone, The         Watershed

Beginning of Truth, A

Synopsis:
Grubby world of politics and the pain of self knowledge

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1st Produced:
Eblana Theatre, Dublin    24 Apr 1968

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Campobasso

Synopsis:
Campopasso a revolutionary dictator has mind games played on him by two hostages

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1st Produced:
DublinTheatre Festival    1965

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Decision At Easter

Synopsis:
Dublin Easter 1916. A Republican family is appalled when one of the sons joins the British Army

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1st Produced:
Gate Theatre, Dublin    17 Mar 1959

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dev

Synopsis:
The career of Eamon de Valera from 1919 to 1932

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1st Published:
Dublin Co-op Books   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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McCormack

Synopsis:
The story of John McCormack one of the most successful opera singers ever

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1st Produced:
Dublin City Theatre    1980

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Genre:
Musical theatre Musical

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  2            Other:  douling possible

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Mourn The Ivy Leaf

Synopsis:
Parnell and the 1886 Galway bye election

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1st Produced:
Eblana Theatre, Dublin    Jan 1960

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Sir Buccaneer

Synopsis:
Henry Morgan pirate and Deputy Governor of Jamaica

Notes:
Music by George Meredith; lyrics by Audrey Meredith; book by G P Galivan

1st Produced:
Dublin Theatre Festival    28 Sep 1964

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Stepping Stone, The

Synopsis:
The story of Michael Collins and his assassination

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1st Produced:
Olympia Theatre, Dublin    19 Aug 1963

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Watershed

Synopsis:
Steve has opted out of the rat race and lost his confidence. His wife, Kate is facing the menopause and thinks she is going mad. Their friend Maurice is a prissy confirmed bachelor

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1st Produced:
Eblana Theatre, Dublin    1967

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1st Published:
Proscenium Press 1981   -

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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