People

Cyril Cusack

1910 - 1993

Cyril Cusack was born in Durban, South Africa, in 1910. He moved to Ireland with his mother as a small boy, and appeared on stage and in film from the age of six. He joined the Abbey Theatre as an actor at the age of 21. He appeared in numerous plays at the Abbey, Gate and on London stages. In addition he produced, directed and wrote for theatre. He was a renowned film actor and appeared in more than 100 films in his lifetime.

Company Jobs

Job Title	Company
Founder	Cyril Cusack Productions

Playwriting Credits

Play Title	Playwright
Tar Éis an Aifrinn	Cyril Cusack

Adaptations

Play Title	Playwright
The Temptation of Mr. O	Cyril Cusack Franz Kafka

Actor

Play Title	Playwright
A Bride for the Unicorn	Denis Johnston
A Deuce O' Jacks	F R Higgins
A Life	Hugh Leonard
A Spot in the Sun	T.C. Murray
An Stoirm	Aodh Mac Dhubháin Alexander Ostrovsky
An Traona sa Mhóinfhéar	Fachtna Ó hAnnracháin Séamus de Faoite
Bird's Nest	Lennox Robinson
Carmilla	Lord Longford Sheridan Le Fanu
Céad Bliain D'Aois	Tomás Ó hÉighneacháin Serafín Alvaréz Quintero Juaquín Álvarez Quintero
Crystal and Fox	Brian Friel
Faustus Kelly	Flann O'Brien
Give Him a House	George Shiels
Katie Roche	Teresa Deevy
Killycreggs in Twilight	Lennox Robinson
Mícheál	Máiréad Ní Ghráda Leo Tolstoy
Moses' Rock	Frank O'Connor Hugh Hunt
Na Cluig	Proinsias Ó Míodhacháin
Neal Maquade	George Shiels
Old Road	Michael Joseph (M.J.) Molloy
Ordóg an Bháis	Mícheál Ó hAodha
Parnell of Avondale	W.R. Fearon
Pilgrims	Mary Rynne
Quin's Secret	George Shiels
Roger Casement	Roger McHugh Alfred Noyes
Rossa	Roger McHugh
Shadow and Substance	Paul Vincent Carroll
She Had to Do Something	Sean O'Faolain
Storm Song	Denis Johnston
Summer's Day	Maura Molloy
Tenants At Will	George Shiels
The Barrel Organ	Robert Collis
The Bishop's Bonfire	Sean O'Casey
The End House	Joseph Tomelty
The Grand House in the City	Brinsley MacNamara
The Great Adventure	Charles I Foley
The Heritage	J.K. Montgomery
The Invincibles	Hugh Hunt Frank O'Connor
The King of Spain's Daughter	Teresa Deevy
The Man in the Cloak	Louis d'Alton
The New Regime	George Shiels
The O'Cuddy	Andrew Wharton
The Passing Day	George Shiels
The Patriot	Maeve O'Callaghan
The Plot Succeeds	Austin Clarke
The Second Kiss	Austin Clarke
The Silver Jubilee	Cormac O'Daly
The Spanish Soldier	Louis d'Alton
The Temptation of Mr. O	Cyril Cusack Franz Kafka
The Vicar of Wakefield	Tom Murphy (1) Oliver Goldsmith
The Voices of Doolin	Walter Macken
The Wise Have Not Spoken	Paul Vincent Carroll
They Went By The Bus	Frank Carney
Three Sisters	Frank McGuinness Anton Chekhov
Tomorrow Never Comes	Louis d'Alton
Vigil	A.P. Fanning
William John Mawhinney	St. John Greer Ervine
Wuthering Heights	Ria Mooney Donald Stauffer Emily Brontë
Yahoo	Lord Longford

Director

Play Title	Playwright
An Páistín Fionn	Seosamh Mac Grianna Lennox Robinson Aistriúchán ar 'The Whiteheaded Boy' (1916)
An Phíb Fé Sna Bántaibh	Risteárd Ó Foghludha T.C. Murray Aistriúchán ar 'The Pipe in the Fields' (1927)
An tÉirighe Amach	Gearóid Ó Lochlainn
Aon-Mhac Aoife Alban	Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha
Blúire Páipéir	Piaras Béaslaí
Buaidh an Ultaigh	Séamus Ó Néill
Fear na Sainnte	Máire Ní Dhábhoireann Molière Aistriúchán ar 'L'Avare' (1668)
Gruagach Dúr an Deagh-Chroidhe	Maghnus Ó Domhnaill Carlo Goldoni Aistriúchán ar 'Le Bourru bienfaisant' (1771)