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Jimmy Murphy

JIMMY MURPHY

  (1962 - )
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  represented by Nick Marston

Jimmy Murphy's plays for the Abbey Theatre include Brothers of the Brush, 1993 (winner of the Dublin Festival Best new play award.) A Picture of Paradise 1997, and the Muesli Belt, 2000 Other works include Aceldama, 1998, the Kings of the Kilburn High Road, 2000 (2001 Tricycle Theatre, London) the Castlecomer Jukebox,(2004) for Red Kettle and What's left of the Flag, 2010 Theatre Upstairs @ the Plough, (nominated for Best New Play, 2010 Irish Theatre awards.) In 2008 an Irish language feature film version of the Kings of the Kilburn High Road; Kings, was Irelands official entry into the Best foreign language Oscars category and a subsequent postage stamp was issued in its honour. He is former writer in residence at NUI, Maynooth, a member of the Abbey Theatres Advisory Council and a recipient of three Bursaries in literature from the Arts Council/An ChomhairleEalaion. In 2004 he was elected a member of Aosdana, the affiliation of Irish artists. In September 2011 Focus Theatre will premiere his new play the Hen Night Epiphany.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=2415

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

         Aceldama         Brothers Of the Bush         Castlecomer Jukebox, The         Hen Night Epiphany, The         Kings of the Kilbum High Road, The         Kiss, The         Muesli Belt, The         Perfidia         Picture Of Paradise, A         What's Left Of the Flag

Aceldama

Synopsis:
Meaning the land that received Judas's blood where nothing can grow, 'Aceldama' takes place on a hill overlooking a city in former Yugoslavia whose inhabitants are prey to snipers

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Black Box Theatre Company, Avoca, Ireland

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=413

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Brothers Of the Bush

Synopsis:
Power struggles amongst three house painters and their boss

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1st Published:
Oberon Books, London, 1995   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1169
Theatre Record Vol XIV (1994) Page 1303 - [Theatre: Citizens' - Glasgow]

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Castlecomer Jukebox, The

Synopsis:
the band used to be great in the showband era now reduced to playing at a Midlands hotel - but the President of the United Dtates is coming to stay. . .

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford, Ireland

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=1297

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Hen Night Epiphany, The

Hen Night Epiphany, The
Should some secrets never be kept no matter what the cost? Five women come together to help clear out a run-down cottage a week before the wedding of its new owner, Una. Joining her on this hen night of sorts are her two best friends, Kelly and Triona, her soon to be mother-in-law, Olive, and Olives best friend, Anta. But Una is keeping a secret that, if revealed, will destroy all hopes of her dream wedding and living happily ever after with the love ofher life. As the play unfolds we see the women, one by one, forced to confront awkward truths of their own.

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1st Published:
Oberon Books (2011) >>>    978-1849431781

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3737

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Kings of the Kilbum High Road, The

Synopsis:
A group of ex-pat Irish friends meet for the wake of a friend who died in what has been reported as an accident but may have been suicide

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford, Ireland

1st Published:
in Two Plays: the Kings of the Kilburn High Road & Brothers of the Brush, Oberon, London, 2001   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=284
Theatre Record Vol XXI (2001) Page 0345 - [Theatre: Tricycle]

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Kiss, The

Synopsis:
Eddie has dreams but can't get moving on them anymore. Life was perfect for him and Val. They'd always dreamt of opening a little place of their own - 'Valentine's Steaks and Suds'. And then, just as they found the ideal place, a kiss changed everything forever. As the country embarks on a marriage equality referendum don't miss this poignant and touching new drama about life and love in contemporary Ireland.

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1st Produced:
Theatre UpStairs, Lanigan, Eden Quay, Dunblin 1    21 Apr 2015

Organisations:
Directions Out Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Muesli Belt, The

Synopsis:
the landlord of a Dublin Pub harbours a seret

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1st Published:
in New Plays from the Abbey Theatre 1999-2001, Catholic University of America Press, USA, 2003   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=959

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Perfidia

Synopsis:
A take on Ireland's new poor depicted by two young women in different circumstances.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Upstairs, Lanigan's Bar, 10-11 Eden Quay, Dublin 1, Co. Dublin    04 Jul 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one act play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3835

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Picture Of Paradise, A

Picture Of Paradise, A
A Dublin family is made homeless

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1st Published:
in "the Dazzling Dark: New Irish Plays" Faber, London, 1996   978-0571177707

Music:
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Genre:
Tragic Comedy Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=960

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What's Left Of the Flag

What's Left Of the Flag
New recruit Yossi, has just graduated from the Mossad training academy in Tel Aviv, the Midrasha, and is sent to Dublin on his first mission. In Dublin he is teamed up with veteran agent, and soon to be retired field agent, Jacob, who is on his last mission. As the minutes tick away and the target nears, Yossi discovers that a conscience is a luxury he can no longer afford.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Upstairs @ The Plough, Dublin    12 Apr 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3664

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