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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Don Juan Michael West Molière
Dubliners Michael West Annie Ryan James Joyce
FRNKNSTN Michael West Mary Shelley
Lolita Michael West Vladimir Nabokov
Solar Bones Michael West Mike McCormack
Tartuffe Michael West Molière
The Marriage of Figaro Michael West Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
The Seagull Michael West Anton Chekhov
The Tender Trap Michael West Pierre De Marivaux

Director

Play Title Playwright
A Play on Two Chairs Michael West
Monkey Michael West
Sardines Michael West
Scene Around Six Michael West
Snow Michael West