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Iris Murdoch

IRIS MURDOCH

  (1919 - 1999)
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Ed Victor Ltd  

Iris Murdoch's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Above the Gods         Art And Eros         Black Prince         Italian Girl, The         Joanna, Joanna         One Alone, The         Servants And the Snow, The         Servants, The         Severed Head, A         Three Arrows, The

Above the Gods

Above the Gods
A debate on whether religion is outdated. Truth is above the gods

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1st Produced:
-    1986

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Acastos" published by Penguin Books 1987   978-0140086966

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Art And Eros

Art And Eros
The young Plato and the older Socrates discuss art

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1st Produced:
National Theatre, London    Feb 1980

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Acastos" published by Penguin Books 1987   978-0140086966

Music:
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Black Prince

Synopsis:
Former tax inspector Bradley Pearson is a writer who has published nothing; his maxim is wait unlike his best friend Arnold Baffin who is a prolific, highly-successful writer of second-rate novels. Now Bradley is to retire to his seaside cottage to write his masterpiece. In a series of smartly comic scenes, his departure is thwarted by a succession of unwelcome visitors and crises. `. . . a convincing and resilient play about love, not to mention art, pain, joy, death and the whole damn thing.' Observer

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1st Produced:
Strand, London    1989

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1989   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Italian Girl, The

Synopsis:
the action of the play takes place in and around a large house in the North Country, including Isabel's sitting-room, the kitchen, Otto's workshop and part of the garden. Focus on sexual intrigue and disturbed social conventions with an odious set of people

Notes:
written with James Saunders; from novel by Murdoch

1st Produced:
Bristol    1967

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1969   -

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Joanna, Joanna

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1st Published:
Colophon Press 1994   978-1874122136

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One Alone, The

Synopsis:
An unjust political imprisonment

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1st Produced:
BBC Radio Three    13 Feb 1987

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1st Published:
Colophon Press 1987   -

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Servants And the Snow, The

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1st Produced:
London    1970

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1st Published:
Chatto & Windus, London, 1973   -

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Servants, The

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Notes:
from her play the Servants And the Snow; music by William Mathias

1st Produced:
Cardiff    1980

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Genre:
Opera libretto Opera

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Severed Head, A

Synopsis:
presents an incestuous web of sexual relationships in a corrupt middle class society

Notes:
written with J B Priestley; from novel by Murdoch

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1st Published:
Chatto & Windus, London, 1964   -

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Three Arrows, The

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1st Produced:
Cambridge    1972

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1st Published:
Chatto & Windus, London, 1973   -

Music:
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Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  4            Other:  -

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