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Jennifer Johnston

JENNIFER JOHNSTON

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Jennifer Johnston's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Jennifer Johnston's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Andante Un Poco Mosso         Christine         Desert Lullaby, The         How Many Miles To Babylon?         Indian Summer         Invisible Man, The         Moonlight And Music         Mustn't Forget High Noon         Nightingale And Not the Lark, The         O Ananias, Azarias And Miseal         Porch, The         Reflections         Triptych         Twinkletoes

Andante Un Poco Mosso

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Arts Theatre, Belfast    1981

Organisations:
New Writers Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Christine

Christine
Christine is the wife of Billy and she mourns his violent death at the hands of the IRa

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Monologues" published by Lagan Press   978-1873687703

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Desert Lullaby, The

Desert Lullaby, The
the story of two elderly women - housekeeper Nellie and harmlessly insane Flora

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Lyric Theatre

1st Published:
Lagan Press   978-1873687260

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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How Many Miles To Babylon?

Synopsis:
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Notes:
an Adaptation of her original novel of the same name

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Lyric Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Indian Summer

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Lyric Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Invisible Man, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Moonlight And Music

Synopsis:
Moonlight and Music is an emotional journey through the dark history of one womans life. A schoolteacher who loses her job reflects on her lifestyle. Over the course of one long night, she pours herself numerous drinks and attempts to come to terms with her past.

Notes:
This play was originally produced, Along with five other one Act plays, As part of the Y2K Festival.

1st Produced:
Civic Theatre, Dublin >>>    08 Feb 2000

Organisations:
fishamble

1st Published:
Contained in: "Selected Short Plays" published by New Island Books   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=64

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Mustn't Forget High Noon

Mustn't Forget High Noon
the best friend of a young Protestant man, Billy, has just been shot by the IRa

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Monologues" published by Lagan Press   978-1873687703

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Nightingale And Not the Lark, The

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Notes:
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Organisations:

1st Published:
Contained in: "Selected Short Plays" published by New Island Books   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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O Ananias, Azarias And Miseal

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
Contained in: "Selected Short Plays" published by New Island Books   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Porch, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Man In the Moon Theatre, London    1993

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Reflections

Synopsis:
This is a pairing of two plays, Twinkletoes by Jennifer Johnston and Forgotten Milk by Bernard McMullan. Derry City. Two women, two generations, one story. On the night of her daughter's wedding, Karen returns home alone, reflecting on the life she is living because of her terrorist husband's actions. 20 years later, Karen's daughter lives in a changed Northern Ireland, but still lives with the decisions she made at 17.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Jennifer Johnston, Bernard McMullan

1st Produced:
Stage Left Studio
214 West 30th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY, New York 10001    40801

Organisations:
British National Theatre of America

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Triptych

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Twinkletoes

Twinkletoes
the wife of a top IRa prisoner and is looked up to by her community

Notes:
Twinkletoes was originally presented As A companion piece to 'O Ananias, Azarias And Miseal' (listed separately) which was originally produced As A stand Alone piece At the Peacock theatre in 1988.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Monologues" published by Lagan Press   978-1873687703

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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