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Michael West

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Michael West's work for the Corn Exchange includes A Play on Two Chairs, Car Show, Dublin By Lamplight, Everyday, Man of Valour and an adaptation of James Joyce's Dubliners. In collaboration with Team theatre he has written two plays for children: Forest Man and Jack Fell Down. Other work includes versions of The Marriage of Figaro (Abbey), Tartuffe (Gate), Moliere's Don Juan and The Tender Trap (an adaptation of La Double Inconstance by Marivaux), both for Pigsback. He has also translated or adapted work by Arrabel, de Musset, Bely and Brecht. Other plays include Monkey, Sardines, Snow, The Quirk Estate, and a piece for radio, The Death of Naturalism. His play Conservatory was produced by the Abbey Theatre at the Peacock in 2014.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Play on Two Chairs Michael West
Conservatory Michael West
Dear Ireland I Jimmy Murphy John Connors Sinéad Burke Ursula Rani Sarma Shane O'Reilly Dermot Bolger Zhu Yi Nancy Harris Carys D. Coburn Pom Boyd Owen McCafferty Meadhbh McHugh Stacey Gregg Frank McGuinness Colm Keegan (2) Feli Speaks Phillip McMahon Gina Moxley Darach Mac Con Iomaire Blindboy Boatclub Abbie Spallen Sonya Kelly Emmet Kirwan Michael West Margaret Perry Rosaleen McDonagh Joseph O'Connor (1) David Ireland Kit de Waal Jody O'Neill Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Carmel Winters Deirdre Kinahan Enda Walsh Zoe Ní Riordáin Iseult Golden Karen Cogan Sarah Hanly Thomas Kane Byrne
Death and the Ploughman Michael West
Dublin by Lamplight Michael West
Dublin by Lamplight Michael West
Everyday Michael West
Foley Michael West
Forest Man Michael West
Freefall Michael West
Jack Fell Down Michael West
Man of Valour Michael West
Monkey Michael West
Sardines Michael West
Scene Around Six Michael West
Snow Michael West
The Fall of the Second Republic Michael West
Tiny Plays for Ireland Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Darren Donohue Antonia Hart Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin