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DEREK MAHON (1941 - )
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Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941, studied at Trinity College, Dublin and the Sorbonne, and has held academic and journalistic appointments in Dublin, London and New York. He worked for some years as a screenwriter, specialising in the adaptation of
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Cyrano De Bergerac High Time Phaedra School For Wives, TheCyrano De Bergerac
Synopsis:
Cyrano woos his adored Roxane on another's behalf, and she believes his beautiful words issue from the drop dead gorgeous soldier, Christian
Notes:
Original Playwright - edmond Rostand
1st Produced:
Organisations:
National Theatre, London
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 10 Female: 4 Other: extras
Further Reference:
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Top of PageHigh Time
Synopsis:
a verse comedy in two acts which relocates Moliere's 'the School for Husbands' to a Georgian house in Ireland during the 1980s
Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere. After 'the School For Husbands' . First performed in A double bill with 'the Riot Act' by Tom Paulin (listed separately).
1st Produced:
the Guildhall, Derry 1984
Organisations:
Field Day Theatre Company
1st Published:
the Gallery Press, Republic of Ireland, 1985 -
Music:
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 3 Other: -
Further Reference:
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Synopsis:
Based on euripides' 'Hippolytus' and the 'Phaedra of Seneca', Phaedra's main theme is the tragic misunderstanding between men and women. a wife falls violently in love with her unresponsive stepson while her husband and father fail to understand
Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Racine. the Action takes place At the summer palace At Troezene
1st Produced:
Organisations:
the Gate Theatre
1st Published:
the Gallery Press, Republic of Ireland, 1996 -
Music:
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 5 Other: -
Further Reference:
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Top of PageSchool For Wives, The
Synopsis:
arnolphe has got it all worked out. He reckons that wives are unfaithful to their husbands because they are too well-versed in the ways of the world. He chooses a young girl, agnes, and tries to grow himself a wife.
Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere
1st Produced:
Arts Theatre, Belfast. 1989
Organisations:
Arts Theatre, Belfast.
1st Published:
the Gallery Press, Republic of Ireland, 1986 -
Music:
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 1 Other: -
Further Reference:
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