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Laurence McKeown

Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1977, Laurence McKeown joined the 1981 hunger strike and refused food for seventy days. He has written extensively on his experiences with the H-blocks.

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Play Title	Playwright
A Cold House	Laurence McKeown Brian Campbell
The Laughter of Our Children	Brian Campbell Laurence McKeown
The West Awakes	Laurence McKeown Jimmy McAleavey Kieron Magee Rosaleen Walsh (2)
Two Roads West	Laurence McKeown

Premiered In 2019

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Updated 27 Oct 2022

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

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