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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 Iseult Golden Manchán Magan Sarah Hanly Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien John Connors Aoife Martyn Shane O'Reilly Arthur Riordan Nancy Harris Andrea Molino Owen McCafferty John O'Donovan (2) Frank McGuinness Blindboy Boatclub Deirdre Kinahan Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Emmet Kirwan Zoe Ní Riordáin Abbie Spallen Rosaleen McDonagh Karen Cogan David Ireland Jimmy Murphy Michael West Jody O'Neill Ursula Rani Sarma Zhu Yi Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire Sonya Kelly Margaret Perry Joseph O'Connor (1) Kit de Waal Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker Mark O'Halloran Carmel Winters Una McKevitt Shaun Dunne Enda Walsh
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 Darren Donohue Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Dermot Bolger Sean McLoughlin Michelle Read Rosaleen McDonagh Deirdre Kinahan Niamh Creely Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Evan Lee D'Alton Ardal O'Hanlon Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Gerald Murphy Adrienne Michel-Long Jody O'Neill Gregory Rosenstock Colin Murphy Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Antonia Hart

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Don Juan Michael West Molière
Dubliners Michael West Annie Ryan James Joyce
FRNKNSTN Michael West Mary Shelley
Lolita Michael West Vladimir Nabokov
Solar Bones Michael West Mike McCormack
Tartuffe Michael West Molière
The Marriage of Figaro Michael West Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
The Seagull Michael West Anton Chekhov
The Tender Trap Michael West Pierre De Marivaux

Director

Play Title Playwright
A Play on Two Chairs Michael West
Monkey Michael West
Sardines Michael West
Scene Around Six Michael West
Snow Michael West