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The Pit, Barbican, London >>>

1992

RSC

Warner Chappell Plays, London

1992

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Synopsis:
Old superstitions survive throughout the world, but nowhere as strongly as among the men who work the fishing boats in the Irish town of Wexford. The shoals of herring have long since left the local waters and the fisherman are now reduced to working in a local mussel packing factory - except one. Eagle remains a true independent, a lone individual clinging to the sea, struggling to keep the old traditions alive in a fast-changing world. Now in his forties, many of the local customs have died out with his generation and the younger men who have followed have become disaffected, having nothing of the spirit which once meant 'belonging'. The last of a dying breed, Eagle proudly holds on to his past despite knowing that he will also soon be forced to have the freedom of the sea for the factory floor. Before he does, however, he decides to revive an old local rite-of-passage ritual for his own son, Issac: a night spent alone on an uninhabited offshore island. It proves to be a gesture which awakens both envy and

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1991

Bush Theatre

in "The Wexford Trilogy", Hern, London

1992

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Part of The Wexford Trilogy

Synopsis:
Artie is the sacristan in the local church. Caring for his elderly mother, he spends most of his time with Father Pat and Dominic the young alter-server - that is until Angela starts to help with the church flowers. The two begin a soaring affair, but when somebody tells Angela's husband, Archie is left to face life without her

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1993

Abbey Theatre

in The Cavalcaders & Amphibians, Nick Hern Books, London

1995

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Memory Play

Play/Drama

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Synopsis:
The Cavalcaders explores the lives and loves of four barbershop singers and shoe repairmen from small-town Ireland. They spend their days mending shoes and their nights as singers of local legend. Their musical harmonies, however, are not reflected in their private lives.

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Nick Hern Books, London

1997

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Synopsis:
In Southern Ireland, young love grown stale, ambition dulled and lives left only partly lived.

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1988

Bush Theatre

in "First Run", Hern, London

1989

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Play/Drama

6

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Part of The Wexford Trilogy

Synopsis:
The pain and disillusionment following the break-up of a family form the backdrop to this drama set in a pool-hall. Jimmy and the other regulars waste hours with their cues until Jimmy has a bust up with his girlfriend and embarks on a spree of violence.

Wexford

1986

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

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Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

2001

Abbey Theatre

Nick Hern Books, London

2001

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis:
Oweney's barber shop and the rooms to let above it offer refuge to a host of lonely hearts: a recently laid-off hotel night porter, an angry young artist, an orphan girl, a wounded old widower, a likeable bruiser and the beautiful Maeve. All of them, in their various ways, fall under Oweney's loving spell.

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1989

Bush Theatre

in "The Wexford Trilogy", Hern, London

1992

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Play/Drama

4

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Notes:
Part of The Wexford Trilogy

Synopsis:
Eileen works in her father's betting shop. Molly, Steven and Joe manage to keep their regrets about the past safely locked away and young Georgie is ready to turn his back on the outside world and follow their example, until the return of the legendary Danger Doyle. Having turned his back on the cycle of missed opportunities and thwarted desires to run away to London with Eileen's mother, Danger Doyle now offers Eileen the possibility of escape.