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Harriet O'Carroll

HARRIET O'CARROLL  

 Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  

Harriet O'Carroll was a physiotherapist before turning to writing full-time in 1979. Her short stories, published in anthologies by Virago & Beacon Press, have won awards and been broadcast on BBC Radio Northern Ireland and RTE. She has had six radio plays transmitted by RTE and three by BBC Radio 4 Northern Ireland. Recently, RTE chose MINUET as their entry for the Prix Italia, the radio Drama award.

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below is a list of Harriet O'Carroll's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bottle Of Smoke, A         Trickster, The

Bottle Of Smoke, A

Synopsis:
Based on a true story from the late 19th century, A Bottle Of Smoke explores the motivations of a husband, and his neighbours who burned his ailing wife believing her to be possessed

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1st Produced:
Limerick: Belltable Arts Centre, Ireland, EUR    1998

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  doubling possible

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Trickster, The

Synopsis:
satire of class pretension, relocated to LimErick in the 19th century.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere. Adaptation of Les Foubieres De Scapin

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Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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