JOHN B KEANE   (1928 - 2002)


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Plays by John B Keane

JOHN B KEANE
Big Maggie
1st Produced:
1969
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1969
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
9
Female
8
Parts Other:
-
Notes: new version Dublin 1988
Synopsis: mother's visions of the correct future for her children begins to sit with increasing discomfort on the shoulders of her surly offspring
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JOHN B KEANE
Buds Of Ballybunion, The
1st Produced:
1979
Company:
Theatre of the South
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1979
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Genre:
Musical Comedy
Musical
Parts:
Male
-
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: The Buds of Ballybunion is a musical comedy which tells the story of farming families who holiday in the resort town after the harvest has been saved. The families stayed in houses or 'buds' where they were offered a room, a fire and a stove to cook on.
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JOHN B KEANE
Change In Mame Fadden, The
1st Produced:
Cork
1971
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1973
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Chastitute, The
1st Produced:
1980
Company:
Cork Opera House In association with Gemini Productions
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1981
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
10
Female
10
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: -
Synopsis: John Bosco McLaine is a chastitute, a bachelor farmer who is celibate by force of circumstance. This play tells of his many endeavours to find a mate.
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JOHN B KEANE
Crazy Wall, The
1st Produced:
Waterford, Connecticut
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1974
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Faoiseamh
1st Produced:
Dublin
1970
Company:
-
1st Published:
Avel Linn, Dublin
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Field, The
1st Produced:
1965
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1967
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
11
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: new version Dublin 1987
Synopsis: study of the love a man can have for land and the ruthless lengths he will go in order to obtain the object of his desire
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JOHN B KEANE
Good Thing, The
1st Produced:
Limerick
1976
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1976
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Highest House On The Mountain, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1961
Company:
-
1st Published:
Progress House, Dublin
1961
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Hut 42
1st Produced:
Dublin
1962
Company:
-
1st Published:
Proscenium Press, Dixon, California
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Man From Clare, The
1st Produced:
Cork
1963
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1963
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-
Parts:
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Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Many Young Men Of Twenty
1st Produced:
Cork
1961
Company:
-
1st Published:
Progress House, Dublin
1961
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-
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Matchmaker
1st Produced:
Dublin
1975
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Moll
1st Produced:
Killarney, County Kerry
1971
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1971
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
No More In Dust
1st Produced:
Dublin
1962
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
One-Way Ticket, The
1st Produced:
Listowel, County Kerry
1972
Company:
-
1st Published:
Performance, Elgin, Illinois
1972
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Parts:
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Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Rain At The End Of The Summer, The
1st Produced:
Cork
1967
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1967
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Genre:
Modern Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Roses Of Tralee, The
1st Produced:
Cork
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Sharon's Grave
1st Produced:
Cork
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
Progress House, Dublin
1960
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Sive
1st Produced:
Walsh`s Ballroom, Listowel, County Kerry
1959
Company:
-
1st Published:
Progress House, Dublin
1959
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Genre:
Folk Drama
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
6
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: new version Dublin 1985
Synopsis: the attempt of a scheming matchmaker and a bitter woman to sell an innocent young girl to a lecherous old man
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JOHN B KEANE
Values
1st Produced:
Cork
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1973
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: includes The Spraying of John O'Dovey, Backwater, The Pure Heart of Gold
Synopsis:
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JOHN B KEANE
Year Of The Hiker, The
1st Produced:
Cork
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
Mercier Press, Cork
1964
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-
Parts:
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Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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