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ARTHUR RIORDAN

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Arthur Riordan is a founder-member of Rough Magic Theatre Company and has appeared as an actor in many of the company's productions. Riordan has also performed with most of Ireland's leading theatre companies including the Passion Machine, Druid and The Abbey. Riordan appeared as MC Dev in his self-penned one-man show, 'The Emergency Session', at the 1992 Dublin Theatre Festival, which subsequently toured Ireland and to Glasgow. Apart from the plays listed below, Riordan has also written 'The Last Temptation of Michael Flatley', a one-act play that has proven popular on the amateur circuit.

PLAYWRITING CREDITS

Play Title Playwright
Boomtown Pom Boyd Declan Hughes Arthur Riordan
Dear Ireland I Blindboy Boatclub Dermot Bolger Pom Boyd Sinéad Burke Karen Cogan John Connors Carys D. Coburn Kit de Waal Shaun Dunne Iseult Golden Stacey Gregg Sarah Hanly Nancy Harris David Ireland Thomas Kane Byrne Colm Keegan (2) Sonya Kelly Deirdre Kinahan Emmet Kirwan Darach Mac Con Iomaire Manchán Magan Aoife Martyn Owen McCafferty Rosaleen McDonagh Frank McGuinness Meadhbh McHugh Una McKevitt Phillip McMahon Andrea Molino Gina Moxley Jimmy Murphy Zoe Ní Riordáin Edna O'Brien Eva O'Connor Joseph O'Connor (1) John O'Donovan (2) Mark O'Halloran Jody O'Neill Shane O'Reilly Margaret Perry Ursula Rani Sarma Arthur Riordan Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Abbie Spallen Feli Speaks Keith James Walker Enda Walsh Michael West Carmel Winters Zhu Yi
Hidden Charges Arthur Riordan
Improbable Frequency Bell Helicopter Arthur Riordan
Rap Éire Des Bishop Arthur Riordan
Shooting Gallery Des Bishop Arthur Riordan
The Emergency Session Arthur Riordan
The Train Arthur Riordan Bill Whelan

ADAPTATIONS

Play Title Playwright
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Arthur Riordan James Joyce
Peer Gynt Arthur Riordan Henrik Ibsen
Slattery's Sago Saga Arthur Riordan Flann O'Brien

ACTOR

Play Title Playwright
A Mug's Game Molière
Bleeding Poets Daniel Reardon
Breaking Out Declan Lynch
Digging For Fire Declan Hughes
En Suite Joe O'Byrne
Excitement Jim Culleton Maeve Binchy
Halloween Night Declan Hughes
Happy Birthday Dear Alice Bernard Farrell
I Can't Get Started Declan Hughes
Love in a Glass Jar Nancy Harris
Massive Damages Declan Lynch
Operation Easter Donal O'Kelly
Peer Gynt Arthur Riordan Henrik Ibsen
Rap Éire Des Bishop Arthur Riordan
Scenes from an Album William Trevor
Shooting Gallery Des Bishop Arthur Riordan
Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer Bryan Delaney Michel Tremblay
The Alternative Oisín Kearney Michael Patrick
The Dogs Donal O'Kelly
The Emergency Session Arthur Riordan
The Gay Detective Gerard Stembridge
The Last Apache Reunion Bernard Farrell
The Star Child and Other Stories Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Oscar Wilde
The Whisperers Elizabeth Kuti Frances Sheridan
The Woman in White Declan Hughes Wilkie Collins
Tottenham Court Road Jim Culleton Maeve Binchy
Wired to the Moon Jim Culleton Maeve Binchy

BOOK AND LYRICS

Play Title Playwright
Improbable Frequency Bell Helicopter Arthur Riordan
A musical with Book and Lyrics by Arthur Riordan, and Musical Composition and Sound Design by Bell Helicopter.
The Train Arthur Riordan Bill Whelan