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Joseph Crilly

JOSEPH CRILLY  

 Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Rochelle Stevens & Co   


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

 Kitty And Damnation         No Tide On The Lough         On Mcquillan's Hill         Second-Hand Thunder         Shuttle         Steps To Strength And Fame, The

Kitty And Damnation

Synopsis:
Irish playwright Joseph Crilly sets his new play at a key point in Irish history just after the Catholic Emancipation act has been passed in 1829 and opens it in Belfast where he presents it as a still contentious issue. However, although a petition against the act with its many signatures written on a great length of cloth is an important feature of his plot, this is not a political play. The fact that the eponymous Kitty is a Catholic doesn't stop the son of her village's best-off Protestant from wanting to marry her, nor does the fact that she's probably also been with most of the lads in the village.
- Howard Loxton, British Theatre Guide

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1st Produced:
Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London    13 Aug 2009

Organisations:
Giant Olive Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  male voice

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No Tide On The Lough

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On Mcquillan's Hill

Synopsis:
On McQuillan's Hill examines a number of traumatic days in the life of the hard-living, rural Ulster Maline family as Fra's early release from prison under the Good Friday agreement coincides with the return of his long-emigrated sister Marian to McQuillan's Hill. This combination of events proves explosive both for the siblings and those around them, as memories of old deeds mix with present-day revelations encompassing sex, love and sectarian violence in a small community.

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1st Published:
Tinderbox, Belfast, 2000   -

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Second-Hand Thunder

Synopsis:
Second-Hand Thunder is a drama that examines the interplay between the personal and the political in a small mid-Ulster town. Two pillars of the community - one a Protestant farmer, the other a Catholic solicitor - are locked in a deadly power struggle. When a young idealistic teacher attracts their attention through her cross-community work, a train of events is set in motion which haunts the community and the next generation to come.

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1st Produced:
The Playhouse, Derry, Ireland    1998

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1st Published:
Tinderbox, Belfast, 1998   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Shuttle

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1st Produced:
London    -

Organisations:
the Red Room

1st Published:
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Music:
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Steps To Strength And Fame, The

Synopsis:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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