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Jocelyn Clarke

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Jocelyn Clarke was lead theatre critic for the Sunday Tribune for many years and also contributed features and reviews to various publications such as the Sunday Times, American Theatre and Irish Theatre Magazine. He has lectured in theatre criticism and dramaturgy at the Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD, the Gaiety School of Acting, University College Dublin and at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre in Connecticut. Apart from his work in Ireland, Clarke has worked with the SITI Company in New York, adapting 'Bob' from interviews with American director Robert Wilson and Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures Underground'.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Man Called Judas Jocelyn Clarke
At Swim Two Birds Jocelyn Clarke
First Cosmonaut Jocelyn Clarke
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish Jocelyn Clarke

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Alice Through the Looking Glass Jocelyn Clarke Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Jocelyn Clarke Lewis Carroll
At Swim Two Birds Jocelyn Clarke Flann O'Brien
The Poor Mouth Jocelyn Clarke Flann O'Brien
The Third Policeman Jocelyn Clarke Flann O'Brien

Dramaturg

Play Title Playwright
A Brief Taste of Lightning Malcolm Hamilton
A Cry From Heaven Vincent Woods
Ariel Marina Carr
Beauty in a Broken Place Colm Tóibín
Homeland Paul Mercier
Meat and Salt Marina Carr
Based on a traditional fairy tale.
Savoy Eugene O'Brien
Still Life Malcolm Hamilton
The Road to Carne Jim Nolan
The Wolf of Winter Paula Meehan