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Patrick Murray

1938 - 2006

Settings by

Play Title	Playwright
Big Maggie	John B. Keane
The Au Pair Man	Hugh Leonard
The Change in Mame Fadden	John B. Keane
The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft	Hugh Leonard
The Orphans	Tom Murphy

Designer

Play Title	Playwright
Kitty	Padraic O'Farrell
Parental Guidance	Eamonn Kelly
Peer Gynt	Declan Burke-Kennedy Henrik Ibsen Adapted from Ibsen's original.
Religious Knowledge	Eamonn Kelly
Smallone	John Anthony Murphy
Strong as Horses	Emelie FitzGibbon Devised by Emelie FitzGibbon in association with Graffiti Theatre Company.
The Barracks	Hugh Leonard John McGahern
The Chastitute	John B. Keane
The Dead	Hugh Leonard James Joyce Based on the short story of the same name, first published in 1914.
The Deadman's Beard	Micheál Lovett
The Inside Trap	Joe O'Donnell
The Patrick Pearse Motel	Hugh Leonard
Women in Arms	Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Adapted from the epic poem Tain Bo Cuailgne.

Decor by

Play Title	Playwright
Moll	John B. Keane

Set Designer

Play Title	Playwright
My Silver Bird	Patrick Galvin The original programme credits My Silver Bird as an entertainment devised by Mary O'Malley. Patrick Galvin is credited with Play and Lyrics.
Wuthering Heights	Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Emily Brontë Adapted from the original novel by Emily Brontë.

Costume Designer

Play Title	Playwright
My Silver Bird	Patrick Galvin The original programme credits My Silver Bird as an entertainment devised by Mary O'Malley. Patrick Galvin is credited with Play and Lyrics.

Premiered In 2020

Dear Ireland I

Embargo

Before You Say Anything

The Fall of the Second Republic

Theatre for One (and a Little One)

Premiered on this day

City Mission

Premiered 03 Oct 1988

Playwright
Antoine Ó Flatharta
Company

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