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Margaretta D'arcy

MARGARETTA D'ARCY  (1922 - )

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 Ars Longa, Vita Brevis         Ballygombeen Bequest, The         Blow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave         Business Of Good Government, The         Crown Strike Play, The         Devil And The Parish Pump, The         Fridays Hiding         Galaway Women's Voice Group         Granny Welfare And The Wolf         Happy Haven, The         Harold Muggins Is A Martyr         Hero Rises Up, The         Hunting Of The Mongrel Fox, The         Island Of The Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British Theme         Little Gray Home In The West, The         Little Red Riding Hood         Making Of Muswell Hill, The         Mary's Name         Menace Of Ireland ?, The         Mother, The         My Old Man's A Tory         No Room At The Inn         Non-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts         Pinprick Of History, A         Royal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor         Rudi Dutschke Must Stay         Sean O'scrudu         Silence         Trial And Prison Experience Of The Countess Markievicz         Two Hundred Years Of Labour History         Vandaleur's Folly         Vietnam Carnival         Voices Of Irish Political Prisoner         West Of Ireland Women Speak

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Synopsis:
improvisation on an art master shot in a wood whilst taking part in a Territorial army exercise

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
London    1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "eight Plays I", Cassell, London, 1965   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Theme for Variations

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  extras inc children

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Ballygombeen Bequest, The

Synopsis:
english absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants.

Notes:
written with John Arden, Aka The Little Gray Home In The West

1st Produced:
Belfast    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Scripts 9", New York, September, 1972   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
anglo-Irish MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Blow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Galway    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Business Of Good Government, The

Synopsis:
King Herod's realisation that the child Jesus must be killed in order to preserve the government

Notes:
written with John Arden; Aka A Christmas Play

1st Produced:
Brent Knoll, Somerset    1960

Organisations:
-

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Music:
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Genre:
Nativity

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  4            Other:  or unisex

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Crown Strike Play, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Galway    1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

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Devil And The Parish Pump, The

Synopsis:
pressing issue was the new piped water scheme, local agitprop

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Corrandulia Arts And entertainment Club

1st Produced:
Corrandulia, Galway    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
20 min play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 characters

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Fridays Hiding

Synopsis:
experiment In The Laconic as Scottish farmer hides to avoid paying his men

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays" Methuen, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Galaway Women's Voice Group

Synopsis:
explorations of a feminist interpretation of classical theatre, in order to achieve a Dramatic expression of contemporary Irish women's themes.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Galaway    1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
explorations

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Granny Welfare And The Wolf

Synopsis:
Propaganda against Tory welfare cuts

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Muswell Hill Street Theatre

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Happy Haven, The

Synopsis:
Basic conflicts between the doctors and patients at a geriatric hospital

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Bristol    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "New english Dramatists 4", Penguin, London, 1962   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Harold Muggins Is A Martyr

Synopsis:
a battle finally seals the fate of Muggin's cafe after it has been taken over by the establishment

Notes:
written with John Arden And Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre

1st Produced:
London    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hero Rises Up, The

Hero Rises Up, The
The amorous relationship between Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson is shown with excerpts from his naval victories.

Notes:
written with John Arden And Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre

1st Produced:
London    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0416139501

Music:
-

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Genre:
Romantic MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  9            Other:  extras

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Hunting Of The Mongrel Fox, The

Synopsis:
protest at a decision to hang a young couple in Dublin

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Island Of The Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British Theme

Synopsis:
a long and complex re-telling of the arthur and Merlin myth.

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
London    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, feb/Mar, 1973   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama, Music

Parts:
Male:  25            Female:  9            Other:  extras

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Little Gray Home In The West, The

Synopsis:
english absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants.

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
rehearsed reading at Sugawn Theatre, London    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pluto Press, London, 1980   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Sat MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Little Red Riding Hood

Synopsis:
Propaganda against Tory welfare cuts

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Muswell Hill Street Theatre

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Making Of Muswell Hill, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
London    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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-

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Mary's Name

Synopsis:
women's right to keep their own name after marriage

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Galaway Theatre Workshop

1st Produced:
Galway    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Menace Of Ireland ?, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Bradford    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Mother, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
London    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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My Old Man's A Tory

Synopsis:
Propaganda against Tory welfare cuts

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Muswell Hill Street Theatre

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

Parts:
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No Room At The Inn

Synopsis:
concern for the Travelling population of Galway

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Galaway Theatre Workshop

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Non-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts

Synopsis:
Life and career of James Connolly martyr of the 1916 easter Rising.

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Liberty Hall, Dublin    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pluto Press, 5 vols., 1977   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
26 hour epic Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  41            Female:  4            Other:  or 12m4f

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Pinprick Of History, A

Synopsis:
reveals the opposition encountered whilst the Galway Theatre Workshop toured a play

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
almost Free Theatre, London    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
"intervation" Historical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Royal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor

Synopsis:
a "legendary" tale about the adventures of a troupe of strolling actors.

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Rudi Dutschke Must Stay

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Sean O'scrudu

Synopsis:
support for an industrial dispute

Notes:
written with John Arden And collectively written with Galaway Theatre Workshop

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
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Silence

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Galway    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

Parts:
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Trial And Prison Experience Of The Countess Markievicz

Synopsis:
Readings from the Countess's memoirs and letters

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Caxton House, London    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Readings

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Two Hundred Years Of Labour History

Synopsis:
for Socialist Labour League Rally

Notes:
written with John Arden And others

1st Produced:
alexandra Palace, London    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Historical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Vandaleur's Folly

Synopsis:
Success and failure of agricultural co-operative in the West of Ireland in 1831.

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
Lancaster    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
eyre Methuen, London, 1981   -

Music:
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Genre:
anglo-Irish MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  24            Female:  5            Other:  or 6m3f

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Vietnam Carnival

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with John Arden

1st Produced:
New York University    1967

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Voices Of Irish Political Prisoner

Synopsis:
Readings from women prisoner's letters and diaries

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
People's Voice Cafe, New York    1980

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Readings

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West Of Ireland Women Speak

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Women's Space, London    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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