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JIMMY MURPHY

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Jimmy Murphy's first play, 'Brother's of the Brush', opened at the Peacock Theatre for the 1993 Dublin Theatre Festival where it won the Best New Irish Play Award and the 1994 Stewart Parker Trust Award. The play has subsequently been performed in various countries around the world and at the Arts Theatre, London. Murphy's plays for radio include 'Mandarin Lime', 'Peel's Brimstone' and 'The Jangle of the Keys'. Writing for television includes 'Ballykissangel' and 'Tinsel Town'. 'Of This Brave Time', based on eye witness testimonies taken from Fearghal McGarry’s book Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising, was performed as a staged reading on the Peacock stage of the Abbey Theatre in 2015. Jimmy is a member of Áosdána and lives in Dublin.

PLAYWRITING CREDITS

Play Title Playwright
A Picture of Paradise Jimmy Murphy
Aceldama Jimmy Murphy
Brothers of the Brush Jimmy Murphy
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
Perfidia Jimmy Murphy
The Castlecomer Jukebox Jimmy Murphy
The Hen Night Epiphany Jimmy Murphy
The Kings of the Kilburn High Road Jimmy Murphy
The Kiss Jimmy Murphy
The Muesli Belt Jimmy Murphy
The Seamster's Daughter Jimmy Murphy
What's Left Of The Flag Jimmy Murphy

DIRECTOR

Play Title Playwright
The Seamster's Daughter Jimmy Murphy