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

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