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Gate Theatre, Dublin >>>

2001

Gate Theatre

in McPherson Collected Plays 2, Nick Hern Books, London

2004

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One Act

1

1

two chairs

Notes:
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Synopsis:
The story of Matthew and Margaret, childhood sweethearts who are now in their fifties. He is a Jesuit who investigates miracles for the Vatican; she runs a rural bed and breakfast. When he is sent to see the 400-year-old remains of a girl found in their h

Old Vic Theatre, London >>>

2000

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

in Conor McPherson Four Plays, Nick Hern Books, London

1999

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Play/Drama

2

1

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Synopsis:
centers around John Plunkett, an undertaker in his late fifties. The play is divided into three scenes, all of which take place in his office in Dublin on Christmas Eve. In the morning we see John interacting with Mark, a twenty-year-old boy who is helping John while the boss, Noel, is in hospital having tests. John and Mark return from a funeral service, and John regales Mark with stories from his past, and how he met Noel, who is incidentally, Mark's uncle. Noel saved John from a life of alcoholism and gave him a job here. John seems anxious for Mark to keep him company this morning, and he only allows him to leave when the whiskey he is knocking back runs out. The next scene sees the arrival of Mary, John's estranged daughter who's in her thirties. She implores John to come and see Helen, his wife and her mother. She is sick in hospital and has asked to see John. John abandoned his family twenty years ago, and his feelings of guilt and anguish make him turn angrily on Mary. But he finally agrees to go. Mar

City Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1994

Fly By night Theatre Company

in "This Lime Tree Bower", Hern, London

1996

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Monologue

One Act

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The story of a paid thugs flight from his bosses and the guards across Ireland with, in his care, the wife and daughter of the man he is supposed to threaten

Firken Crane Centre, Shandon, Cork

1994

Fly By night Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

5

4

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Synopsis:
Kevin, an engineering graduate, returns from work on an irrigation project in Melai, without the answers he went there to find. The play follows the first days of Kevin's return to Ireland.

International Bar, Dublin

1993

Fly By night Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

2

2

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Synopsis:
Joes grant from the IDA has stopped and it looks like his graphic design agency will fold. He must fire his one employee, Jill, but how can he do it diplomatically? What starts with Joes fatuous banter leads to something more serious

University College Dublin

1990

DramSoc

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

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Gate Theatre, Dublin >>>

2001

Gate Theatre

Nick Hern Books, London >>>

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15 monologues

One Act

3

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Synopsis:
In Port Authority, we meet Kevin, Dermot and Joe, three generations of Dublin men. Their stories, told by means of three interlocking monologues, explore the possibilities they have had in their lives for happiness and love.

International Bar, Dublin

1992

Fly By night Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

14

4

doubling possible

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Synopsis:
Through the night, Joe Walshe presents 'the John & Jane Doe show' on DBR+J27 107.1FM where he tries very hard to highlight the richness and glamour of the lives of ordinary folk: housewife Anne, superintendent Brian, poet Kevin, theology guru Eddie, and recently-freed pal Bob. Meanwhile, the rest of the world  pubescent boys, call girls, technicians, bar-stool intellectuals, nurses, and louts  carries on undeterred.

City Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1994

Fly By night Theatre Company

in "This Lime Tree Bower", Hern, London

1996

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Monologue

One Act

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A young Irishman with a drink problem tells of three momentous days in his life when his drab nine-to-five existence is obliterated in an escapist binge which threatens to engulf him.

University College Dublin

1991

DramSoc

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

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Cottesloe, National Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2006

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Nick Hern Books, London >>>

2006

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Play/Drama

5

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother whos recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul. . .."I hope your eye is in. I hope your game is up. Because to tell you the truth, I'd love a run for my money just once. Or maybe you just feel like giving in. Maybe it's a relief to finally be set free from the jaws of God's wilderness, is it?"

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

2004

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Nick Hern Books, London

2004

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Play/Drama

3

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Ian has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one of his first clients. John's wife has been killed in a car accident, and he keeps seeing her ghost. As John recovers with Ian's help, Ian himself is going under with troubles of his own.

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1997

Bush Theatre

Nick Hern Books, London

1997

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Monologue

One Act

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A cynical and jaded drama critic falls for a beautiful young actress. In pursuing her he meets a group of modern day vampires, who offer him eternal life. His part of the bargain is to feed their bloodlust

International Bar, Dublin

1994

Fly By night Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

2

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Neil and Stephen are two opinionated reviewers for a small publishing house. Chris, their boss, lets it drop to Neil that it might be in his interest to recommend a 'tell-all' rock memoir. Stephen, on the other hand, thinks the book should be used as lavatory paper. How can Neil convince Stephen of the books merits without compromising his integrity?

University College Dublin

1989

DramSoc

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Play/Drama

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-

-

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Crypt Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1995

Fly by Night Theatre Company and Iomha Ildanach

in "This Lime Tree Bower", Hern, London

1996

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Play/Drama

3

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-

Notes:
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Synopsis:
In overlapping monologues, three young men from a small seaside town near Dublin tell of their inextricably linked lives and the eventful week which was to change things for good.

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

1997

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

Nick Hern Books, London >>>

1997

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Play/Drama

4

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In a bar in rural Ireland, the landlord and three regulars attempt to spook a young woman who has recently arrived from Dublin. But as the conversation moves on it is Valerie who scares the men.