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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 Phillip McMahon Owen McCafferty Frank McGuinness Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Abbie Spallen Michael West Darach Mac Con Iomaire Shaun Dunne Sonya Kelly Manchán Magan Margaret Perry Eva O'Connor Joseph O'Connor (1) Edna O'Brien Kit de Waal Aoife Martyn Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Arthur Riordan Keith James Walker Andrea Molino Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Emmet Kirwan Rosaleen McDonagh David Ireland John O'Donovan (2) Jody O'Neill Deirdre Kinahan Zoe Ní Riordáin Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma Zhu Yi Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Carmel Winters Enda Walsh Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn Iseult Golden John Connors Meadhbh McHugh Sarah Hanly Shane O'Reilly Colm Keegan (2) Nancy Harris
Perfidia Jimmy Murphy
The Castlecomer Jukebox Jimmy Murphy
The Hen Night Epiphany Jimmy Murphy
The Kings of the Kilburn High Road 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