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PAUL MERCIER |
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Nationality: Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Paul Mercier is a founding member and artistic director of the Passion Machine theatre company. His plays have received numerous awards such as the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award for Best New Irish Work, The Sunday Independent Arts Award, The Sunday Tribune Arts Award, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and an Edinburgh Fringe First Award. His 1998 Dublin Trilogy received the Evening Herald/Dublin Theatre Festival Award for Best Irish Production and The Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Production. He has written and directed two award-winning short films for Brother Films, 'Before I Sleep' and 'Lipservice'.
Plays by Paul Mercier
Buddleia | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23951 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 43 | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Diarmud And Grainne | ||
| 1st Produced: | Taibhdhearc na Gallimhe | 2001 | ||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23952 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Down The Line | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23953 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Drowning | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23954 | |||
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Genre: | The Rock Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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East Pier | ||
| 1st Produced: | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | 11 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128266 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Kevin meets Jean for the first time since they were teenagers. Kevin has been racked with guilt for years since forcing Jean to have sex on the pier. But Jean tells him that she wanted to do it with him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Passion Machine (1872313051), 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23955 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Homeland | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45175 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Tthe main character, Jerry Newman, making a brief return to Ireland from "Heaven" (a villa in Italy) to do some consultancy work. Loosely based on the Celtic myth of Oisin, the play extends Mercier's favoured theme of the search for values in a changing Ireland: "We used to have an inferiority complex. Now we have an airport complex." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kitchensink | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23956 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Native City | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tivoli Theatre, Dublin | 1998 | ||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23957 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 75 | Female | 32 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pilgrims | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23958 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Spacers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23959 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Studs | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23960 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | tells the story of the Rovers, a hopeless local soccer team from Dublin's Northside, who are galvanised by their new manager, Walter - a stranger in town who carries a vague mystique of past glories on the pitch. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wasters | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
Company: | The Passion Machine | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23961 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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We Ourselves | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vicar Street, Dublin | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23962 | |||
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Genre: | seven consecutive monologues | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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