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Patrick McCabe

PATRICK MCCABE

  (1955 - )
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    PFD  

Playwright and novelist Patrick McCabe was born in 1955 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was educated at St Patrick's Training College in Dublin and began teaching at Kingsbury Day Special School in London in 1980. His short story 'the Call' won the Irish Press Hennessy Award.

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below is a list of Patrick McCabe's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Adventures Of Shay Mouse, The         Appointment In Limbo         Dead School, The         Frank Pig Says Hello         Loco County Lonesome         Revenant, The         Small Box Psychosis         Times Up

Adventures Of Shay Mouse, The

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Adapted by the Author from his children's book of the same name

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Genre:
Youth Audience

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Male:  19            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Appointment In Limbo

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Galway's Town Hall theatre    2008

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Zelig Theatre

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Dead School, The

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Ireland of the 70s: crashing headlong into the warring forces of change and tradition. Schoolmaster Raphael Bell is devoted to traditional teaching values, while on the other side, Schoolmaster Malachy Dudgeon loves rock music and makes rules only in order to break them. When these two men and all they represent come together, chaos is only round the corner. the Drama dances between the past and the present, and music and song are seamlessly interwoven in this powerful story of the love men leave behind in the pursuit of what they think is life.

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Adapted from his own novel of the same name

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the Black Box, Galway, Republic of Ireland    21 Jul 1998

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Frank Pig Says Hello

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Adapted From the Butcher Boy

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Lombard St. Studio, Dublin    06 Oct 1992

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Contained in: "Far From the Land: New Irish Plays" published by Methuen 1998   -

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  extras

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Loco County Lonesome

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Garage Theatre, Monaghan, Republic of Ireland    14 Sep 1994

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Revenant, The

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Francie Brady was 'the Butcher Boy' who once murdered a neighbour. Now a lost soul, he uses his impish charm and unique humour to plead for redemption.Written specifically for Trant.

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Galway Arts Festival

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Small Box Psychosis

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Times Up

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written by Patrick McCabe, Carmel Winters. Time's Up was originally presented Alongside 'small Box Psychosis' by Barry McKinley And Patrick McCabe And 'Personal Ad' by Paul Ryan (both listed separately) As part of 'Encounters 3, A Season of New Irish Writing'.

1st Produced:
Focus Theatre, Dublin    17 Aug 1992

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Focus Theatre

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Genre:
One Act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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