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Ann Henning Jocelyn

ANN HENNING JOCELYN

  (1948 - )
Nationality:    Swedish / Irish
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Ann Henning Jocelyn was born in Sweden and finished her education in England. After an early playwright debut whilst still at university she worked in London as a literary and dramatic translator. Since the mid 1980s she has been living in the West of Ireland, where she has been writing full-time. As Ann Henning she is best known for the best-selling Connemara Whirlwind Trilogy; her regular radio broadcasts in Ireland and Sweden resulted in the inspirational books Keylines and Keylines for Living, which have been published in six languages, including Chinese. Her four stage plays to date have been performed in various countries, and her English translations of plays by Jon Fosse and Henning Mankell have won international acclaim.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=1104

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         Alternative, The         And We Shall Never Be Parted (Og Aldri Ska vi Skiljas)         Antelopes, The (Antiloperna)         Austria         Baptism Of Fire         Becoming the Tree         Doonreagan - a private domain of Ted Hughes         Fair Wind, The (Den riktige vind)         Limbo         Mater Nexus         Night On the Run         Only Our Own         Purse Your Lips and Blow         River Horse, The and Other Horse         Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo         Room for Love         Smile         Sphere Of Light, The         Time of Darkness (Morkertid)         Two Days in Rome         Visits (Besok)         White, Rich, Free         Winter (Vinter)
Alternative, The

Synopsis:
dealing with the delicate issue of child abuse

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1st Produced:
Ireland     1998

Organisations:
Connemara Theatre Company

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And We Shall Never Be Parted (Og Aldri Ska vi Skiljas)

And We Shall Never Be Parted (Og Aldri Ska vi Skiljas)
In And We'll Never be Parted, Jon Fosse exploits theatre's unique potential for ambiguity: as a woman anxiously waits for her husband, are we watching reality, fantasy, memory, or even a ghost story?

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Original Playwright - Jon Fosse

1st Produced:
Dublin     2000

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Antelopes, The (Antiloperna)

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Original Playwright - Henning Mankell

1st Produced:
Wiesbaden     2005

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Austria

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Cecelie Loveid

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Baptism Of Fire

Synopsis:
Genteel attempts to maintain convention and morality go out the window as a group gathers to baptise a baby born to the wayward daughter of a well-intentioned clergyman and another woman's husband.

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1st Produced:
Town Hall Theatre, Clifden     1997

Organisations:
Connemara Theatre Company

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Becoming the Tree

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Notes:
adapted from the book by Jill Teck

1st Produced:
Ireland     1999

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Doonreagan - a private domain of Ted Hughes

Doonreagan - a private domain of Ted Hughes
Doonreagan House in Cashel, Connemara, for many years home to the author of this play, was where future Poet Laureate Ted Hughes took refuge in the late 1960s, after the death of his wife Sylvia Plath. With him were his two young children by Sylvia, as well as his lover Assia Wevill and baby daughter Schura. Doonreagan explores the doomed relationship between Ted and Assia during their brief but intense spell in Connemara: an ultimate test of conjugality and family life, at which neither of them had excelled so far. Based on years of personal research and experience, Doonreagan opens up new angles on this tragic triangle drama and the mystery of Sylvia Plath's death.

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workshop production Doonreagan, Cashel, Co Galway, Ireland in May 2013

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Fair Wind, The (Den riktige vind)

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Original Playwright - Cecelie Loveid

1st Produced:
Galway, Ireland     2000

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Limbo

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Original Playwright - Margareta Garpe

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Mater Nexus

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Original Playwright - Lene therese Teigen

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Night On the Run

Synopsis:
Karin Helander writes: "Night on the Run has the feeling of the wild stories children love to invent. Maria Montelius' expressive text is a wonderful mix of bizarre word combinations, linguistic whims, razor sharp imprints of feelings and breakneck absurdities. It is crazy and poetic, wise and freaky, hurtful and longing, consoling and sympathetic. It is a runaway play about a charging night in an abandoned girl's life. In a department store closed for the night she searches for her omniscient storyteller."

Notes:
Original Playwright - Martina Montelius part of the Swedish Embassy's Small Feet Go Far Festival.

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Organisations:
Hampstead Theatre

1st Published:
Colombine Teaterforlag,    

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Genre:
Childrens Youth Audience

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Only Our Own

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In the Irish war of independence in the 1920s, hundreds of stately homes were burnt to the ground and the owners' ancestral lands seized. So what became of the dispossessed Anglo-Irish families? Where did they go? Did they come to England, to live here amongst us, drawing a veil over their traumatic past? Or did they stay in Ireland, doing their best to assimilate into a society that had no place for them? How has the present generation adapted to the modern world? Has the Anglo-Irish culture been eradicated, or does it still persist? Only Our Own follows three generations of one such family, their struggle to survive - socially, culturally and psychologically - into our days, while an emerging new class takes over as custodians of their heritage. Reflecting an imposed social system that turned everyone into a victim, it follows Ireland's journey from a highly polarized society to a modern integrated one, overcoming age-old bitterness and hatred. the play also explores the dilEmma of living with or without a traumatic past; the intergenerational gap between people emotionally linked but faced with different options; and, ultimately, the need to develop and adjust to a world changing around you.

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CTCo Theatre Productions Ltd. and Heritage Theatre Productions

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Purse Your Lips and Blow

Synopsis:
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Original Playwright - Ulf Stark

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River Horse, The and Other Horse

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Original Playwright - Anneli Makeli

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Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo

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Original Playwright - Jasenco Salimovic

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Room for Love

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Original Playwright - Malin Lagerlof

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Smile

Synopsis:
about a dying rock star

Notes:
It was premiered in her home town of Gothenburg in 1972, but rejected as politically incorrect. In the Swedish theatre climate prevalent at this time, plays had to deal with the underprivileged, not the wealthy and successful. Disillusioned, she returned to London.

1st Produced:
Gothenburg     1972

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Sphere Of Light, The

Synopsis:
unfolds like a detective story, exploring the many mysteries surrounding the fate of the Boleyn family. Whilst thoroughly researched and historically accurate, the play is a character-driven drama focused on gender dynamics and as such timeless and universal.

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1st Produced:
Howard Theatre, Cambridge     Jul 2017

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Time of Darkness (Morkertid)

Synopsis:
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Original Playwright - Henning Mankell

1st Produced:
London     2004

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Two Days in Rome

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Original Playwright - Anneli Makeli

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Visits (Besok)

Visits (Besok)
In Visits, a rarely performed piece from 2000, Fosse turns his intensely minamilist gaze upon a fractured family.
Sam Marlowe, Time Out London

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jon Fosse

1st Produced:
London     2002

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White, Rich, Free

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Original Playwright - Christina Ouzounidis

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Winter (Vinter)

Winter (Vinter)
a tired businessman meets a woman in a city park. Beautiful, disheveled and strange, she presents an enigma that is difficult to resist. He brings her to his hotel room, and sets in motion a compelling relationship between the two.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jon Fosse

1st Produced:
Dublin     2006

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