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Cork Dramatic Company (1909 - 1913)

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In November 1908 Daniel Corkery, Terence MacSwiney and TC Murray were founder members of the Cork Dramatic Society, which had their headquarters at 'An Dún' in Father Matthew Street, Cork. The company launched the careers of playwrights TC Murray and Lennox Robinson, before these writers were produced by the Abbey. There final productions were plays by J Bernard McCarthy performed at The Cork Opera House in 1913.

Founder

Founder

Founder

Terence J. MacSwiney

New Irish Plays Produced By Cork Dramatic Company (1909 - 1913)

Play Title	Playwright
The Embers	Daniel Corkery
The Hermit and the King	Daniel Corkery
The Lesson of his Life	Lennox Robinson
The Wheel of Fortune	T.C. Murray

Premiered In 2020

Solar Bones

Flights

Dear Ireland I

Twenty Fifty

Restoration

Latest Playography Update

Dear Ireland I

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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