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Kings Head Theatre, London >>>

1976

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

One Act

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1

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Synopsis: the love between an actress and a young bishop is blighted by verbal embarrassment

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1977

Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>

Gallery Press, Dublin

1980

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Charade

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3

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musicians

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Synopsis: Dismissed from their teaching jobs, two young Belfast songwriters form a songwriting outfit to churn out fodder for all occasions, including Protestant ditties and instant Catholic ballads to fallen heroes. After receiving two live bullets through the post and warnings from an old teaching colleague, they set off in flight to Dublin and then to London. Success seems at hand, Belfast seems very far away. . . but for how long?

Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, UK >>>

1986

Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, UK >>>

in "Three Plays for Ireland", Oberon, London

1989

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Play/Drama

9

3

students

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Synopsis: A recreation of the highs and lows of one of Irish theatre's legendary figures which raises interesting current questions about celebrity, success and the responsibility of the playwright to his own place and people. This stage biography, written in the style of Victorian melodrama, dramatises the struggle between Boucicault's creativity and the socio-cultural and political forces of the time.

Kings Head Theatre, London >>>

1978

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

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3

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Notes: music by Shaun Davey

Synopsis: the factions on a Caribbean Island, originally colonised by the Irish, are defined through creed instead of colour

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1980

Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>

Co-op Books, Dublin

1980

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Black Comedy

Comedy

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4

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Synopsis: The story of Quinn, a mortician, who performs as an amateur magician, ably assisted by his attractive but morbid tap-dancing daughter, Delia. The disappearance (and death?) of his wife, a strike of coffin-bearers, and the subsequent collapse of the business lead him to a complete breakdown and a kind of living death. Images, allegories, and fairy-tales are all mixed in with bewildering complexity

Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Ireland >>>

1984

Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Ireland >>>

in "Three Plays for Ireland", Oberon, London

1989

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Play/Drama

18

6

doubling possible

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Synopsis: After the "botched birth" of the 1798 rebellion, Henry Joy McCracken struggles to compose his last address to the people of Belfast before he hangs, and recalls the seven ages of his life, from youthful idealism to disillusion and despair. Each age is presented in the style of a famous Irish writer, including Boucicault, Behan and Beckett. In the end, his last words are drowned out by the thump of a Lambeg drum

Guildhall, Derry, Ireland

1987

Field Day Theatre Company

in "Three Plays for Ireland", Oberon, London

1989

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Play/Drama

2

3

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Synopsis: Four people are gathered together in a Belfast working-class parlour-house where, against the background of the Ulster Workers' Strike, they work out their relationships to each other, to the world outside, to the past. Only Marian is aware of a fifth presence - the ghost of Lily Matthews, the previous occupant.

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

1983

Tron Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

in Stewart Parker Plays 1, Methuen, London

2000

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Play/Drama

17

3

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Synopsis: Having found an old map which seems to prove that the Irish discovered America. George Mahoney seduces Map Curator Victoria Pratt with it.

Kings Head Theatre, London >>>

1975

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published in Plays and Players

1976

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Play with Music

4

2

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Synopsis: The story of a bicycle-shop owner, Frank, who is passionately convinced that bicycles will be the salvation of the modern city. Frank is a romantic with great nostalgia for the past. His brother Julian, who had been in London, where he became an anarchist, has now returned home determined to destroy what he sees as a hopelessly corrupt society. The conflict between these two brothers lies in Parker's exploration of the roots of the present-day conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. The story really concerns Frank's painful education into the realities of Belfast life. The play includes a conventional love story and a chorus figure called the Trick Cyclist who sings most of the songs and embodies the spirit of Belfast. Jimmy Kennedy, who wrote "Red Sails in the Sunset," "Isle of Capri," and "South of the Border," did the music for the songs. There are seven songs, ranging from an 1890s music hall song to a 1930s Noel Coward type of song. Not only does the play span eighty years, but it

Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival, KY, USA >>>

1980

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

Short Play

One Act

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2

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Synopsis: A quick witted American woman inspects an Irish musician's Flat for possible accomodation and challenges his various cultural biases.