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Samples from some of these plays are posted on the site. The full texts are available on request. Amateur companies may apply for permission at the usual rates to perform the plays. |
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Manna (1 act) Bitter-sweet comedy set in a cheap cafe among a group of lonely people seeking comfort in fantasy. Cast: 4F - 2M Performed by Olivian Players (third placed in All Ireland One Act Amateur Drama Festival, 1995) |
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Amazon (1 act) Comedy drama concerning the relationship between two sisters brought together to mind their old mother, and the unlikely man who temporarily comes between them. Cast: 2F - 1M Performed by: Pink Panda Theatre Company, Andrew's Lane, 1996. Winner of best production at CAT club, Cork, 1995. Irish Fest, Chicago, 2003. |
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The Best Man (1 act) Set in the aftermath of a wedding reception where the cleaning lady meets a serial best man and gets swept into a time warp. Cast: 2F - 2M Honorable mention at the 1997 O Z Whitehead awards. |
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Dream House (2 act) Reclusive middle-aged woman who lives with her invalid mother, and the handyman who comes to build a new bathroom and perhaps fulfil a few fantasies. Cast: 2F - 2M Performed: Winner of the 1997 Esso Award for a new play at All Ireland Amateur Drama Festival, Athlone. Rehearsed reading at the King's Head Theatre, Islington, 1999. |
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Don't Drink The Milk (1 Act) In an old folks home the lives of two timid inmates, Mary and Kathleen,
are transformed by the arrival of Pearl, a lively old lady with
spirit and imagination. Bridie, the bossy nursing auxiliary is not
amused. A bitter-sweet comedy about the transforming power of imagination, this play won the OZ Whitehead competition and was short-listed for the Fingal Scribe competition. Cast: 4F |
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Happy Endings (1 Act) Leonora finds her ambitious niece has stolen the plot of her own first novel, and her lover as well. She plots revenge in the comfy family home where her sweet-natured sister now lives. Written initially for stage, performed at CAT club in Cork, 1999
and subsequently rewritten for radio and broadcast on Anna Livia
in 2001. Cast: 3F |
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King Of Infinite Space (80-85 minutes) Nothing to do with my novel of the same name, this is a one-man play about a Sineater, a man who visits the bedside of the recently deceased and takes on himself their sins. An intense drama. Cast: 1M |
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