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