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

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