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M J Molloy

M J MOLLOY  (1917 - 1994)

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Michael Joseph Molloy (1917-1994) was born and died in Milltown, Co. Galway. Originally intending to enter the priesthood, this was prevented by his being struck down by tuberculosis, and it was during the long periods he spent in hospital that he started writing plays, having been inspired by a childhood visit to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. His first play, Old Road, was produced at the Abbey in 1943, as was The Visiting House in 1946, and The King of Friday's Men in 1948. When the old theatre burned down and the company moved to the Queen's Theatre his The Wood of the Whispering and The Paddy Pedlar were produced there in 1953, followed by The Will and the Way in 1955, The Right Rose Tree in 1958, and The Wooing of Duvesa in 1964. After the company's return to the rebuilt Theatre in 1966 his plays - with their romantic plots and Syngean dialogue - did not find favour with the new Abbey, and with the exception of Petticoat Loose in 1979, none of his later works were performed professionally. By the late 1980s he had come to believe - as he wrote in one letter to the publisher - that the Abbey no longer even read plays by authors based in the provinces until they had been produced elsewhere (here he cited himself and John B.Keane as examples), and that his works scared the actor Artistic Directors who know nothing about provincial Ireland and nothing about the rules of playwriting'. He feared his plays might be the last full-length folk plays written in Ireland.

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 Bachelor's Daughter, The         Bitter Pill, The         Bride of Fontebranda, The         Daughter From Over The Water         Delilah         Fateful Princess, The         King Of Friday's Men, The         Old Road         Paddy Pedlar, The         Petticoat Loose         Right Rose Tree, A         Runaways, The         Tess Leitrim         Visiting House, The         Will And The Way, The         Wood Of The Whispering, The         Wooing Of Duvesa, The

Bachelor's Daughter, The

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1st Produced:
Dublin    1985

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3 act comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Bitter Pill, The

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in "Prize-winning Plays of 1964", Progress House, Dublin, 1965   -

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Bride of Fontebranda, The

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unperformed    1985

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Daughter From Over The Water

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1st Produced:
Castle Cinema, Castlerea    16 Dec 1962

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Castlerea Macra Na Feirme Dramatic Society

1st Published:
Progress House, Dublin, 1963
Selected plays of M J Molloy, Colin Smythe Limited, 1998   978-0-86140-148-4

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Delilah

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unperformed    1982

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Fateful Princess, The

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unperformed    1993

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King Of Friday's Men, The

M J Molloy
A lord of the manor insists on having his feudal rights - taking any unmarried daughter of his tenants as a mistress

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    18 oct 1948

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1st Published:
in Plays of the Year, 1949-1950, Elek, London, 1950, pp 307-436
Selected plays of M J Molloy, Colin Smythe Limited, 1998   978-0-86140-148-4

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Genre:
three act play

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Male:  14            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Old Road

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Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    24 Apr 1943

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Progress House, Dublin, 1961   -

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Paddy Pedlar, The

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James Duffy, Dublin, 1954
Selected plays of M J Molloy, Colin Smythe Limited, 1998   978-0-86140-148-4

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Genre:
Play One Act

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Petticoat Loose

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Proscenium Press, Newark, Delaware, 1982
Selected plays of M J Molloy, Colin Smythe Limited, 1998   978-0-86140-148-4

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Right Rose Tree, A

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Runaways, The

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Tuam Theatre Guild    1989

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Tess Leitrim

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at various times during its writing called Knight Errant, Alluring Minx And Scandalous Minx

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unperformed    -

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Visiting House, The

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    18 Nov 1946

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in "Seven Irish Plays 1946-1964", University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1967   -

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Will And The Way, The

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P JBourke, Dublin, 1957   -

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Wood Of The Whispering, The

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Progress House, Dublin, 1961
Selected plays of M J Molloy, Colin Smythe Limited, 1998   978-0-86140-148-4

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Genre:
full legth Comedy

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Wooing Of Duvesa, The

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Genre:
full legth Comedy

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Male:  17            Female:  4            Other:  -

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