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Hugh Carr

HUGH CARR

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

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

         Dionysia         Encounter In the Wilderness         Goodbuy Sam Maguire         Heart Laid Bare, The         Heloise And Abelard         Journey Through Samsara         Yesterday's Lovers

Dionysia

Synopsis:
Macdara Magee, a rumbustious Irish Writer, thought dead, is celebrated at a Summer School production of his play about Dionysus, God of Birth, Death and regeneration. attending the performance is Mac, who claims to be none other Macdara Magee himself, much to the shock of the small town scoffers and begrudgers.

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1st Produced:
Royal academy of Music, Dublin    1989

Organisations:

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Encounter In the Wilderness

Synopsis:
Peter abelard (1079-1142) was a French philosopher, considered one of the greatest thinkers of the 12th century. He fell in love with his pupil Heloise, the niece and pride of Canon Fulbert. they became lovers, and were secretly married. an outraged Fulbert exacted revenge on abelard by having him castrated. abelard entered the Benedictine Order, Heloise became a nun. Ten years lapse before they meet again, and it is this period of their relationship that the play addresses.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
edwards-Mac Liammoir Gate Theatre Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  choir

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Goodbuy Sam Maguire

Synopsis:
Two brothers, successful but morally flawed entrepreneurs, (having filched the Sam Maguire Cup as a prank)crash in their getaway car. they are both killed in the accident - but don't realise this for quite a while. the play explores the different perspectives on life's many dilEmmas, as seen by the (ostensible)living and the dead.

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Heart Laid Bare, The

Synopsis:
a play about the life of Patrick Kavanagh, based upon the poet's writing and other sources.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dry Bread Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Heloise And Abelard

Synopsis:
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Notes:
aka encounter in the Wilderness

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Journey Through Samsara

Synopsis:
a young couple consult a therapist, who takes them through regression sessions, exploring many Dramatic events in their past lives.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin    2002

Organisations:
Theatre Without, Bray

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Yesterday's Lovers

Synopsis:
a love story across the decades of change

Notes:
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1st Produced:
eblana Theatre, Dublin    1985

Organisations:

1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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