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T C MURRAY (1873 - 1959) |
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Nationality: Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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The playwriting career of Thomas Cornelius Murray (17 January 1873 7 March 1959) started in 1909 with the production of his first play, Wheel of Fortune (which he revised in 1913 and renamed Sovereign Love), at the Cork Little Theatre, but it was his Birthright, produced at the Abbey Theatre in the following year that established him as a writer of stark and tragic realism. His most enduring plays were all written during the next two decades, but none of the plays written after 1930 can be compared for quality with his earlier work.
Plays by T C Murray
Aftermath | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Jan 1922 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talbot Press, Dublin and T Fisher Unwin, London, 1922 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134903 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 7 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Autumn Fire | ||
| 1st Produced: | 08 Sep 1924 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | George Allen and Unwin, London 1925; Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1926 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80220 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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| Rural Ireland, the 1920s. Farmer Owen Keegan, a middle aged widower with two grown up children, is famed throughout the county for his strength and vigour. When he falls in love with Nance Desmond, an attractive young woman half his age, he must fight the disapproval and hostility of his neighbours and relatives, as the lives of Owen, Nance, and Owen's son and daughter are torn apart by his passion. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Birthright | ||
| 1st Produced: | 27 Oct 1910 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Maunsel and Co, Dublin, 1911 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80221 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
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Blind Wolf, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 Apr 1928 | |||||
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 | #134904 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | later retitled The Karavoes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Briery Gap, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 25 Oct 1948 | |||||
Company: | The Abbey Experimental Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Spring and Other Plays, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80222 | |||
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Genre: | one act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
Flutter Of Wings, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Nov 1930 | |||||
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 | #134905 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Green Branch, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Dublin Magazine, July 1943, XVIII, 3, pp 15-34 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135525 | |||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Illumination | ||
| 1st Produced: | 31 Jul 1939 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/ | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80223 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
Karavoes, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #135527 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | retitled version of The Blind Wolf | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Maurice Harte | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Jun 1912 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Maunsel and Co, Dublin and London, 1912 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80224 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
Michaelmas Eve | ||
| 1st Produced: | 27 Jun 1932 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | George Allen and Unwin, London 1932 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134906 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Pipe in the Fields, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 Oct 1927 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Dublin Magazine, April 1927, II, 2, pp 7-30 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80225 | |||
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Genre: | one act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
Sovereign Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | 11 Sep 1913 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Spring and Other Plays, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-86140-149-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80226 | |||
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Genre: | one act comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Wheel Of Fortune | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
Spot In The Sun, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 14 Feb 1938 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Dublin Magazine, April 1928, XIII, 2, pp 14-36 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134907 | |||
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Genre: | one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Spring | ||
| 1st Produced: | 08 Jan 1918 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Spring and Other Plays, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134908 | |||
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Genre: | one act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Stag At Bay, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | George Allen and Unwin, London 1934 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135526 | |||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Wheel Of Fortune, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 02 Dec 1909 | ||||
Company: | Cork Dramatic Company | |||||
| 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 | #134909 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The first play by TC Murray which he revised in 1913 and renamed Sovereign Love | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||


