Companies

Playwrights and Actors

OVERVIEW

Description

Playwrights and Actors was formed in 1984. The company's directors were Kevin McHugh, Phyl Stafford, Neil Donnelly and Sean McCarthy. During its existence the company toured productions throughout Ireland. In 1986 the company launched a season of new Irish writing at the Gaiety Theatre and four new Irish plays at the Peacock Theatre in 1988.

New Irish Plays Produced By Playwrights and Actors

Play Title	Playwright
A Death at 16 Prince Regen Platz	Tom Walsh
Oscar	David Norris Oscar Wilde Edited by Kevin McHugh.
Shady Ladies	Mary Halpin
Soldiers	Liam Mac Uistín
The Boys of Summer	Neil Donnelly
The Full Shilling	Pat Ingoldsby
The Movements of Mr Brooker	Jim O'Donnell
The Rat Part 1	Wesley Burrowes

Premiered In 2020

Dream, Sleep, Connect

Twenty Fifty

Solar Bones

Flights

Embargo

Latest Playography Update

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Updated 27 Oct 2022

Playwright
Carmel Winters, Enda Walsh, Iseult Golden, Sarah Hanly, John Connors, Shane O'Reilly, Nancy Harris, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Feli Speaks, Gina Moxley, Abbie Spallen, Michael West, Shaun Dunne, Manchán Magan, Eva O'Connor, Edna O'Brien, Aoife Martyn, Arthur Riordan, Andrea Molino, John O'Donovan (2), Deirdre Kinahan, Zoe Ní Riordáin, Karen Cogan, Jimmy Murphy, 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, Una McKevitt, Blindboy Boatclub, Emmet Kirwan, Rosaleen McDonagh, David Ireland, Jody O'Neill
Company
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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Irish Theatre Institute
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Registered Charity Number: CHY 20847
Company Registration Number: 338199
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