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Tom MacIntyre

TOM MACINTYRE  (1931 - )

 Nationality:    Irish
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Tom MacIntyre was born in Cavan in 1931. a dual-languagewriter, he has written six books of poetry as well as many playsfor the abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage). These include TheGreat Hunger, which toured internationally; Good Evening, MrCollins, and his version of Cuirt an Mhean Oiche/The MidnightCourt. amongst his short fiction is The Harper's Turn (with anintroduction by Seamus Heaney) and The Word for Yes, Newand Selected Stories. His poetry collections include Fleur-du-Lit, Stories of the Wandering Mohn and aBC: New & SelectedPoems. He is a member of aosdana, and lives in Co Cavan.

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 Bearded Lady, The         Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoghaire         Chickadee         Chirpaun, The         Cuiirt An Mhean Oiche         Dance For Your Daddy         Eye-Winker, Tom-Tinker         Find The Lady         Fine Day For A Hunt         Foggy Hair And Green Eyes         Gallant John-Joe, The         Good Evening, Mrcollins         Great Hunger, The         Jack Be Nimble         Kitty O'shea         Only An Apple         Rise Up Lovely Sweeney         Sheep's Milk On The Boil         Snow White         What Happened Bridgie Cleary?

Bearded Lady, The

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Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoghaire

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a re-telling of the story of art O'Leary who was killed in the eighteenth century and of the poem said to be composed about him by his wife Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill.

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abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    17 Apr 1009

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adaptation

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Chickadee

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The effects on family and friends when an older man and much younger woman fall in love.

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Red Kettle Theatre Company

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Chirpaun, The

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John Joe broods on his seventeen-year-old daughter's pregnancy, and who the father could be.

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Cuiirt An Mhean Oiche

Synopsis:
strange visions come to a young poet in his sleep

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from Liam o Murchu

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abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    19 Oct 1999

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Dance For Your Daddy

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The eighteen year old daughter is leaving - but as she and her father are so close will she go?

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Eye-Winker, Tom-Tinker

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an exiled revolutionary leader returns to galvise thetroops and the masses.

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Find The Lady

Tom MacIntyre
Find the Lady is a the latest collection of short stories by acclaimed writer Tom MacIntyre. Written as a series of 'dreamscapes', many of them are influenced by the writer's vivid dreams and imaginative life, as well as the great mythologies of the classical and Celtic traditions. MacIntyre imagines himself in scenes with great figures of myth and literature in a way that reflects on how writers use myth and history, and the relationship of the general and particular, while his unique talent with language brings each tale alive.

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New Island Books (1 Jun 2008)   978-1848400047

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Fine Day For A Hunt

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a hunt with dogs is in full swing - the prey - a naked young woman

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Punchbag Theatre, Galway    16 Jul 1992

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Punchbag Theatre Company

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Full Length Play

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  doubling possible

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Foggy Hair And Green Eyes

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Foggy Hair And Green Eyes was first performed Alongside 'Fine Day For A Hunt' And 'Jack Be Nimble' by the same Author (both listed separately) under the umbrella title 'Go On Red'.

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Punchbag Theatre, Galway    Feb 1991

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Punchbag Theatre Company

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Gallant John-Joe, The

Tom MacIntyre
The Gallant John-Joe is the soliloquy of John-Joe Concannon, a Cavan widower grappling with physical and mental infirmity and trying unsuccessfully to plumb the mysteries of his relationship with his troubled daughter. His Lear-like cry, by turns tragic and uproariously funny, is both instantly recognizable and marvellously strange, a creation only Mac Intyre could have brought to the stage, and the page.

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McGrory's of Culdaff in County Donegal.    22 Jan 2001

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Skehana

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The Lilliput Press Ltd (22 April 2002)   978-1901866834

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Good Evening, Mrcollins

Tom MacIntyre
The women in Michael Collin's life

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in The Dazzling Dark: New Irish Plays, Faber and Faber, London,01 Sep 1996   978-0571177707

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Great Hunger, The

Tom MacIntyre
The Great Hunger is Mac Intyre's version of Patrick Kavanagh's long poem of the same name. It represents the life and dreams of Patrick Maguire, Monaghan small farmer and potato-gatherer, a man suffering from sexual and spiritual starvation. The play fuses image, movement and language into a classic of contemporary Irish drama

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From the poem by Patrick Kavanagh.

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The Lilliput Press Ltd (22 April 2002)   978-1901866834

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Jack Be Nimble

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Kitty O'shea

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Kitty O'Shea wife, mother, lover. . . and survivor

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Only An Apple

Tom MacIntyre
The Taoiseach is worried about a political rival and thinks a sex scandal involving him should sort things out. He asks for help from Queen Elizabeth I and pirate queen Grace O'malley

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abbey Theatre

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New Island Books (1 April 2009)   978-1848400344

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Rise Up Lovely Sweeney

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Sheep's Milk On The Boil

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a band of demons toy with the lives and loves of a couple living in the countryside

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Contained in: "New Plays From The abbey Theatre 1993 - 1995" published by Syracuse University Press   -

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Snow White

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What Happened Bridgie Cleary?

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The title's fractured syntax is the first clue that Tom MacIntyre's play will not be a straightforward retelling of the story of Bridget Cleary, a Tipperary woman who was burned to death by her husband in 1895 for suspected witchcraft. The setting, we realise, is the afterlife, where Bridgie sits at her Singer sewing machine, listens to distant heron cries, and tells stories with a compelling combination of intensity and matter-of-factness: "Bridgie Cleary, who made weskits for the gentry, hats for the quality. Bridgie Cleary, always the step or two above buttermilk . . ." She is joined by her husband Mikey, now an old man because he outlived her. Indirectly and allusively, they exchange stories and information, working their way towards an inevitable reckoning. a third party then appears, their snooty neighbour William, who was previously Bridgie's lover.
Karen Fricker, The Guardian

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New Island Books (1 April 2005)   978-1904301844

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