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Robert Massey

ROBERT MASSEY

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Robert was born and raised in Dublin. He graduated in Commerce in UCD and completed his postgraduate in Marketing at the Smurflt School of Business, Blackrock. His first play Deadline was developed as part of the Playtalk programme atthe Abbeylheatre and produced by Lane Productions at Andrews Lane Studio in February 2006, transferring to Andrews Lane Theatre in April of that year. His second play Over andOut was also produced by Lane Productions, opening at the Civic Theatre Tallaght in May 2008 before embarking on a nation-wide tour of nine venues including Draoicht in Blanchardstown and the Cork Opera House. He lives in Clane, Co Kildare with his wife Kathleen and their daughters Ella and Robyn.

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         Chancers         Deadline         Over And Out         Rank         Things Break

Chancers

Chancers
A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall. Aiden and Dee are on the verge of losing it all. They've had to rent out their home to some rough shower from Dublin and move their family into their nearly bankrupt convenience store. But salvation may have arrived in the form of local battleaxe Gertie Graham. She has their ticket out of the poorhouse - they just need to get their hands on it without her knowing.

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1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London   978-1848423954

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=4105

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Deadline

Synopsis:
"everything is shit" is a critic-baiting opening line, but Robert Massey happily rises above his own assessment with an entertaining first play about behind-the-scenes backstabbing in the world of professional sales.
Karen Fricker, Guardian

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Organisations:
Lane Productions

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=2039

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Over And Out

Synopsis:
What do three security guard friends, Arthur, Ray, and Maurice, their Polish boss, a university lecturer, a moral dilemma and a foreign bride have in common? Nothing really except that they all find themselves part of a new comedy which holds a mirror up to hypocrisy rooted in the Ireland of yesterday.

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1st Produced:
Civic Theatre, Tallaght    

Organisations:
Lane Productions

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=2977

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Rank

Rank
A darkly comic thriller set in the grim, seething and sometimes hilarious criminal world of Dublin's suburbs. Carl, a youngish but overweight Dublin taxi driver, owes Jackie three grand in gambling debts. Jackie wants the money, and he wants it now, not least because an armed robbery he has master-minded has just gone badly wrong. From there it is all downhill for Carl and his father-in-law George. And not in a good way. . .

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fishamble

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3153

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Things Break

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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