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

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