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Jimmy Murphy

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Jimmy Murphy's first play, 'Brother's of the Brush', opened at the Peacock Theatre for the 1993 Dublin Theatre Festival where it won the Best New Irish Play Award and the 1994 Stewart Parker Trust Award. The play has subsequently been performed in various countries around the world and at the Arts Theatre, London. Murphy's plays for radio include 'Mandarin Lime', 'Peel's Brimstone' and 'The Jangle of the Keys'. Writing for television includes 'Ballykissangel' and 'Tinsel Town'. 'Of This Brave Time', based on eye witness testimonies taken from Fearghal McGarry’s book Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising, was performed as a staged reading on the Peacock stage of the Abbey Theatre in 2015. Jimmy is a member of Áosdána and lives in Dublin.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Picture of Paradise Jimmy Murphy
Aceldama Jimmy Murphy
Brothers of the Brush Jimmy Murphy
Dear Ireland I Enda Walsh John Connors Iseult Golden Darach Mac Con Iomaire Sonya Kelly Shane O'Reilly Sarah Hanly Margaret Perry John O'Donovan (2) Nancy Harris Joseph O'Connor (1) Deirdre Kinahan Owen McCafferty Kit de Waal Zoe Ní Riordáin Frank McGuinness Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Karen Cogan Feli Speaks Keith James Walker Jimmy Murphy Gina Moxley Mark O'Halloran Ursula Rani Sarma Abbie Spallen Zhu Yi Michael West Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Pom Boyd Shaun Dunne Emmet Kirwan Stacey Gregg Manchán Magan Rosaleen McDonagh Thomas Kane Byrne Eva O'Connor David Ireland Sinéad Burke Edna O'Brien Jody O'Neill Dermot Bolger Aoife Martyn Carys D. Coburn Arthur Riordan Meadhbh McHugh Andrea Molino Colm Keegan (2) Phillip McMahon Carmel Winters
Perfidia Jimmy Murphy
The Castlecomer Jukebox Jimmy Murphy
The Hen Night Epiphany Jimmy Murphy
The Kings of the Kilburn High Road Jimmy Murphy
The Kings of the Kilburn High Road Jimmy Murphy
The Kiss Jimmy Murphy
The Muesli Belt Jimmy Murphy
The Seamster's Daughter Jimmy Murphy
What's Left Of The Flag Jimmy Murphy

Director

Play Title Playwright
The Seamster's Daughter Jimmy Murphy