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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 Arthur Riordan Declan Hughes Pom Boyd
Dear Ireland I Sonya Kelly Margaret Perry Joseph O'Connor (1) David Ireland Kit de Waal Jody O'Neill Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Mark O'Halloran Arthur Riordan Una McKevitt Andrea Molino Blindboy Boatclub John O'Donovan (2) Carmel Winters Emmet Kirwan Deirdre Kinahan Enda Walsh Rosaleen McDonagh Zoe Ní Riordáin Iseult Golden Karen Cogan Sarah Hanly John Connors Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma Shane O'Reilly Zhu Yi Nancy Harris Pom Boyd Owen McCafferty Stacey Gregg Frank McGuinness Thomas Kane Byrne Feli Speaks Sinéad Burke Gina Moxley Dermot Bolger Abbie Spallen Michael West Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Eva O'Connor Carys D. Coburn Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire
Hidden Charges Arthur Riordan
Improbable Frequency Arthur Riordan Bell Helicopter
Rap Éire Arthur Riordan Des Bishop
Shooting Gallery Arthur Riordan Des Bishop
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 Arthur Riordan Des Bishop
Scenes from an Album William Trevor
Shooting Gallery Arthur Riordan Des Bishop
Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer Bryan Delaney Michel Tremblay
The Alternative Michael Patrick Oisín Kearney
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 Arthur Riordan Bell Helicopter
A musical with Book and Lyrics by Arthur Riordan, and Musical Composition and Sound Design by Bell Helicopter.
The Train Arthur Riordan Bill Whelan