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Johnny Hanrahan

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Johnny Hanrahan was a founder member and Artistic Director of Meridian Theatre Company, Cork. For Meridian, he has written numerous plays including 'Volpone', 'Lear' and 'Headroom' and has adapted Maria Edgeworth's 'Castle Rackrent' as well as Gogol's 'Government Inspector' ('Adios Amigos') and his classic short story, 'The Overcoat'. For the London Irish Festival 1991, Hanrahan wrote 'The Battle of Aughrim', and in 1992 he wrote a comic adaptation of 'Dracula' ('How's Your Blood Count') for Mickey O'Donoghue's New Vic Theatre, London. He has directed many of these productions, in some cases with his musical collaborator, John Browne. Johnny has also worked with Operating Theatre, The Ark, Passion Machine, Cork 2005 and the Everyman Palace. He is a former chair of Theatre Forum, a founder of Cork Arts Development Committee and The National Sculpture Factory and was a board member of Cork 2005. He lives in Cork.

Company Jobs

Job Title Company
Artistic Director Meridian Theatre Company

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Craving Johnny Hanrahan John Browne
Head Room Johnny Hanrahan
Healing The Dead Johnny Hanrahan
Love Machines Johnny Hanrahan
Madam T Johnny Hanrahan
Mysteries 2000 Brendan Kennelly Michael McCaffery Deirdre Purcell Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Johnny Hanrahan Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Declan Gorman Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Fergus Linehan (1)
Reading Turgenev Johnny Hanrahan
Stone Mad Johnny Hanrahan
The Art of Waiting Johnny Hanrahan
The Exit Wound Johnny Hanrahan
The Fourth Wise Man John Browne Johnny Hanrahan
The Mistress of Silence Johnny Hanrahan
The Pied Piper Johnny Hanrahan John Browne
The White Lady Johnny Hanrahan

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Adios Amigos Johnny Hanrahan Nikolai Gogol
Castle Rackrent Johnny Hanrahan Maria Edgeworth
Lear Johnny Hanrahan William Shakespeare
The Double Johnny Hanrahan Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Overcoat Johnny Hanrahan Nikolai Gogol
Volpone Johnny Hanrahan Ben Johnson

Director

Play Title Playwright
Beats 'n' Pieces Raymond Scannell
Chair Olwen Fouéré
Written by Olwen Fouere in collaboration with Roger Doyle and Johnny Hanrahan
Craving Johnny Hanrahan John Browne
Head Room Johnny Hanrahan
Lear Johnny Hanrahan William Shakespeare
Love Machines Johnny Hanrahan
Madam T Johnny Hanrahan
Based on Maupassant's comic short story, The House of Madam Tellier.
Mind That 'tis My Brother Gaye Shortland
Adapted by the author from her novel of the same name.
One Is Not A Number Billy Roche
Raccoon Tom Hall
The Art of Waiting Johnny Hanrahan
The Exit Wound Johnny Hanrahan
The Fourth Wise Man Johnny Hanrahan John Browne
The Mistress of Silence Johnny Hanrahan
Adapted from the original novel by Jacqueline Harpman.
The Pied Piper Johnny Hanrahan John Browne
The White Lady Johnny Hanrahan
Volpone Johnny Hanrahan Ben Johnson
Adapted from Ben Jonson's satirical comedy Volpone.

Designer

Play Title Playwright
Head Room Johnny Hanrahan
Volpone Johnny Hanrahan Ben Johnson
Adapted from Ben Jonson's satirical comedy Volpone.

Artistic Director

Play Title Playwright
Knock 3 Times Gaye Shortland
Love, Peace and Robbery Liam Heylin

Costumes

Play Title Playwright
The Art of Waiting Johnny Hanrahan