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Michael James Ford

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Michael James Ford is an actor, director and writer whose original plays include Bloody Phoenix, Happy Henrietta, Macklin: Method and Madness (Co-written with Gary Jermyn), Hedy Lamarr and the Easter Rising and For King and Kinnitty.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Hedy Lamarr and the Easter Rising Michael James Ford
The Battle of Kildare Place Emma Gilleece Michael James Ford

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Oscar and the Sphinx Michael James Ford Glynis Casson Ada Leverson
The Poe Show Michael James Ford Edgar Allan Poe
The Remarkable Rocket Michael James Ford Oscar Wilde
The Star Trap Michael James Ford Bram Stoker

Actor

Play Title Playwright
16 Possible Glimpses Marina Carr
Bleeding Poets Daniel Reardon
Blinded by the Light Dermot Bolger
Deeds of Deceit Matthew Ralli
Don Juan Bernard Farrell Molière
Dracula Michael Scott (2) Bram Stoker
Emma Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Jane Austen
Hedy Lamarr and the Easter Rising Michael James Ford
Innocence Frank McGuinness
Little Women Anne-Marie Casey Louisa May Alcott
Mangan's Last Gasp Gerard Lee
Medea Brendan Kennelly Euripides
Observe the Sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme Frank McGuinness
See You Next Tuesday Ronald Harwood
Silas Marner Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy George Eliot
Souper Sullivan Eoghan Harris
Spenser's Laye Daniel Reardon
The Picture of Dorian Gray Alice Coghlan Oscar Wilde
The Poe Show Michael James Ford Edgar Allan Poe
The Remarkable Rocket Michael James Ford Oscar Wilde
Wringer Stewart Roche

Director

Play Title Playwright
A Fishpond All On Fire Tif Eccles
Breaking Out Declan Lynch
Nuts and Bolts Fiona Looney
Oscar and the Sphinx Michael James Ford Glynis Casson Ada Leverson Ada Leverson
Adapted from the works of Ada Leverson.
So Long, Sleeping Beauty Isobel Mahon
The Battle of Kildare Place Emma Gilleece Michael James Ford
The First Pegeen George O'Brien
The Poe Show Michael James Ford Edgar Allan Poe
The Star Trap Michael James Ford Bram Stoker
Adapted from the original story by Bram Stoker.
Too Much of Nothing Mark O'Halloran David Wilmot

Producer

Play Title Playwright
As Married As We Get Kevin McGee
Couch Siofra Campbell
The Head of Red O'Brien Mark O'Halloran
Whatever Happened to Joe Magill? Lorcan Roche

Stage Manager

Play Title Playwright
Too Much of Nothing Mark O'Halloran David Wilmot