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Patrick Hughes

PATRICK HUGHES  (1922 - 2000)

 Nationality:    Irish
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 Alas Poor Finkel         Freda Hanson         Free Boote , The         Green Desert         Green Desert, The         Holy Ground, The         Invitation To A Circus         Mirror Mirror On The Wall         Mixer, The         Orpheus         Place Of My Own, A         Rest In Violence         Rich Full Life, The         Springs Of Innocence, The         Two Singles From Platform 12         Voyagers, The

Alas Poor Finkel

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Peggy Ramsay said 'Finkel is quite a problem: I think you've not adopted a sufficiently loving attitude tt the characters you make fun of.'

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Location small town About one hour by train from Charring Cross Sets The Kitchen The Living Room The Hallway The Office The Studio 1960

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Genre:
Televison play farce

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Freda Hanson

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Free Boote , The

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Green Desert

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Green Desert, The

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The Green Desert was written early in 1966, over a period of about 5 weeks. Though set in 1798, and allowing licence historically correct, it is not a historical piece. No play can be. as Goethe puts it 'we lend them our minds.' For myself, a play - to be a play -- reflects it's own time. THE DESERT was probably written in a reaction in the hypocritical and emotional celebrations of the 1916 rebellion. If this is so, and the initial impulse has been sublimated, artistically, then the work has significance. . all rebellions, all implimented ideas exaust themselves and are slowly taken over by and claimed by the species they rebelled snd shouted against. (Proof? The decendents of the mob who shouted against Synge have been in active control of THE aBBEY for over thirty years.) The importance of the play may be that for the first time it sweeps away sentiment and dishonesty: after thirty years of it. Believe me, O'Casey would have had a tougher passage - ten years later. - this play was produced in Belfast april 1967 Mary O'mallay was running The Lyric. a cast of 12. It was well reviewed - Irish Times etc. at this point he had disagreement with Peggy Ramsay who did not want to handle it, she said that she was not suggesting that he was celebrating cruelty and violence but the play was pretty packed with this, and much of it would be enjoyed for the wrong reasons. His new agent, Doglas Rae(CMa) however gave it to Bernard Miles who found it ' Dramatic at all levels, passionate and immensely truthful' The Mermaid Theatre bought the performing rights but in the end did not get the play on.

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Belfast    1967

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Holy Ground, The

Synopsis:
set in Literary Pub in Dublin, allergorical, powerful,lyrical dialogue

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Cast: Godfrey Quigley Liam Sweeney Donal McCann Desmond Cave Dominic Roche Robert Carlile, Jnr And Ann Brogan. Directed by Michael Bogdanov. Generally considered A full stage production essential for this work.

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play reading Dublin    1968

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Play Circle Dublin

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Invitation To A Circus

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Written in 1958 - Agent Gareth Wigan (MCa), And Philip Mackie of Granada hailed it As A dazzling tragic-comedy, Alan Badel took An option for the Westminster Theatre, but it lapsed. The writer thought the work full of bitter predictions.

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Mirror Mirror On The Wall

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Mixer, The

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Orpheus

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a play in 3 Acts set in 1950's - A living room A run down Victorian house in provincial city. Absolutely integral to production the use of music Concerto for oboe And strings by Cimarosa Arranged A. Benjamin Columbia DX 1137 Played by Evelyn Rothwell on old 78 (available CD Cimarosa Arrr.by John Barbirolli.) Characters: Peter Wells, Euridyce (Dicey); Annie Allen; Bill Copeland. Peggy Ramsay said she was pretty sure it would go on but prefered A cautious letter rather than one full of promises which Are later broken. Later Douglas Rae liked it but it did not get produced.

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Place Of My Own, A

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televised by Granada in June 1960 Cast William Hartnell Brian Pringle Dudley Sutton Paul Farrell And Robert Shaw. Directed by James Ormerod Designer Seamus Flannery Good reviews Philip Purser The Telegraph And Times

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Granada    17 Jun 1960

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Faber and Faber Limited; First Edition edition (1961)   B002MYYCE2

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Rest In Violence

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Cast: Richard Harri,s Patrick McGoohan

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Granada    1958

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Rich Full Life, The

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Springs Of Innocence, The

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Two Singles From Platform 12

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Voyagers, The

Synopsis:
Small time builder sinking into debt, story of failure and gradual decline. Local government official goes into building business and fails

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Cast: Ewen Solon Campbell Singer John Breslin And Simone Lovell. First play for television Adapted by Gerald Savoury. ' My play isn't drawn from Any real life incident, but I've seen one or two builders go bankrupt in my time' said Patrick Hughes

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Television Playhouse TV Granada    Oct 1958

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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