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Michael West

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Michael West's work for the Corn Exchange includes A Play on Two Chairs, Car Show, Dublin By Lamplight, Everyday, Man of Valour and an adaptation of James Joyce's Dubliners. In collaboration with Team theatre he has written two plays for children: Forest Man and Jack Fell Down. Other work includes versions of The Marriage of Figaro (Abbey), Tartuffe (Gate), Moliere's Don Juan and The Tender Trap (an adaptation of La Double Inconstance by Marivaux), both for Pigsback. He has also translated or adapted work by Arrabel, de Musset, Bely and Brecht. Other plays include Monkey, Sardines, Snow, The Quirk Estate, and a piece for radio, The Death of Naturalism. His play Conservatory was produced by the Abbey Theatre at the Peacock in 2014.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Play on Two Chairs Michael West
Conservatory Michael West
Dear Ireland I Jimmy Murphy David Ireland John Connors Colm Keegan (2) Ursula Rani Sarma Jody O'Neill Shane O'Reilly Phillip McMahon Nancy Harris Darach Mac Con Iomaire Zhu Yi Owen McCafferty Sonya Kelly Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Frank McGuinness Margaret Perry Felicia 'FELISPEAKS' Olusanya Joseph O'Connor (1) Gina Moxley Kit de Waal Abbie Spallen Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Michael West Keith James Walker Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan Thomas Kane Byrne Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Carmel Winters Sinéad Burke Deirdre Kinahan Blindboy Boatclub Enda Walsh Dermot Bolger Zoe Ní Riordáin Emmet Kirwan Iseult Golden Carys D. Coburn Karen Cogan Rosaleen McDonagh Sarah Hanly Meadhbh McHugh
Death and the Ploughman Michael West
Dublin by Lamplight Michael West
Everyday Michael West
Foley Michael West
Forest Man Michael West
Freefall Michael West
Jack Fell Down Michael West
Man of Valour Michael West
Monkey Michael West
Sardines Michael West
Scene Around Six Michael West
Snow Michael West
The Fall of the Second Republic Michael West
Tiny Plays for Ireland Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Antonia Hart Darren Donohue