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T C Murray

T C MURRAY  (1873 - 1959)

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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.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=9898

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below is a list of T C Murray's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Aftermath         Autumn Fire         Birthright         Blind Wolf, The         Briery Gap, The         Flutter Of Wings, A         Green Branch, The         Illumination         Karavoes, The         Maurice Harte         Michaelmas Eve         Pipe in the Fields, The         Sovereign Love         Spot In the Sun, A         Spring         Stag At Bay, A         Wheel Of Fortune, The

Aftermath

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Talbot Press, Dublin and T Fisher Unwin, London, 1922   -

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Autumn Fire

Autumn Fire
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.

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George Allen and Unwin, London 1925; Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1926
in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/    0-86140-149-2

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Birthright

Birthright
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Maunsel and Co, Dublin, 1911
in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/    0-86140-149-2

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Blind Wolf, The

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later retitled the Karavoes

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Briery Gap, The

Briery Gap, The
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the Abbey Experimental Theatre Company

1st Published:
in Spring and Other Plays, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917
in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/    0-86140-149-2

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Flutter Of Wings, A

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Green Branch, The

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in the Dublin Magazine, July 1943, XVIII, 3, pp 15-34   -

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Illumination

Illumination
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Karavoes, The

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retitled version of the Blind Wolf

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Maurice Harte

Maurice Harte
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Maunsel and Co, Dublin and London, 1912
in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/    0-86140-149-2

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Michaelmas Eve

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George Allen and Unwin, London 1932   -

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Pipe in the Fields, The

Pipe in the Fields, The
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in the Dublin Magazine, April 1927, II, 2, pp 7-30
in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/    0-86140-149-2

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Sovereign Love

Sovereign Love
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aka Wheel Of Fortune

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in Spring and Other Plays, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917
in Selected Plays of T C Murray, http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/    0-86140-149-2

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Genre:
one act comedy

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Spot In the Sun, A

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in the Dublin Magazine, April 1928, XIII, 2, pp 14-36   -

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Spring

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in Spring and Other Plays, Talbot Press, Dublin, 1917   -

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Stag At Bay, A

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George Allen and Unwin, London 1934   -

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Wheel Of Fortune, The

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the first play by TC Murray which he revised in 1913 And renamed Sovereign Love

1st Produced:
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Cork Dramatic Company

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