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Seán McCarthy

Seán McCarthy was born in Cork. He joined the Abbey Theatre as an actor in 1964. In the 1970s, he was Literary Manager to the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh and Artistic Director to The Young Lyceum. In 1979 he returned to Ireland and became script editor at The Abbey Theatre. He is the author of a number of stage, radio and television plays.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title	Playwright
Beneath One Banner	Seán McCarthy
Childish Things	Seán McCarthy
Dixie	Seán McCarthy
Fr Mathew	Seán McCarthy
God is Good	Seán McCarthy
Rise and Shine	Seán McCarthy
The Fantastical Feats of FINN MacCOOL	Seán McCarthy
The Marble Madonna	Seán McCarthy
Three Bunches of Blood and a Lump of Fog	Seán McCarthy
When Jolie Met Christie	Seán McCarthy

Adaptations

Play Title	Playwright
A Doll's House	Seán McCarthy Henrik Ibsen
Bullaí Mhártain	Seán McCarthy Seán McCarthy Donncha Ó Céilleachar
Dan Pheaidí Aindí	Seán McCarthy John B. Keane
Mallachtaí Muintire	Seán McCarthy Pádraic Ó Conaire

Actor

Play Title	Playwright
Aisling as Tír na nÓg	Eoghan Ó Tuairisc Micheál Mac Conmara
An Choinneal	Pádhraig Ó Giollagáin
Cúis Gháire Chugainn	Tomás Tóibín Armand Salacrou
Díorma Don Bhás	Tomás Tóibín Alfonso Sastre
Emer agus an Laoch	Niall Tóibín Edward Golden Dónal Ó Cuill Seosamh Mac Giolla Eoin
Is É A Dúirt Polonius	Críostóir Ó Floinn
Pocléim	Liam Mac Uistín

Assistant Producer

Play Title	Playwright
At Bantry	James McKenna

Stage Director

Play Title	Playwright
Cemented With Love	Tomás Mac Anna Sam Thompson Adapted from Thompson's teleplay of the same name which was first broadcast on the BBC in 1965.

Director

Play Title	Playwright
Dan Pheaidí Aindí	Seán McCarthy John B. Keane
Gaeilgeoirí	Antoine Ó Flatharta
Our Jane	Michael Skelly
Shady Ladies	Mary Halpin
Stone Mad	Fergus Linehan (1) Adapted from Seamus Murphy's original book of the same name.
The Hidden Curriculum	Graham Reid