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Joe O'Byrne

JOE O'BYRNE  

 Nationality:    Irish
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Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=1768

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         Departed         Diane's Deli         En Suite         Gerrup!         Ghost Of Saint Joan, The         History Of the World At 3 AM, The         It Come Up Sun         Last Potato, The         Man In the Iron Mask, The         Mother Courage And Her Children         Mysteries 2000         Sinking Of the Titanic And Other Matters, The         Tain Bo Cuailgne, The         Torch         Woman Who Walked Into Doors, The

Departed

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1st Produced:
Lombard Street Studios, Dublin    26 Sep 1988

Organisations:
Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  musicians

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Diane's Deli

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En Suite

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In Evelyn Dwyer's madcap B&B, 'the Bower', an array of characters are bound together by a secret that has been hidden for years...What has Evelyn been hiding all these years? Why has Ella found religion? Why has Evelyn's brother Owen returned from America? Why did her husband leave her? And what is the mysterious presence that haunts their lives? All will be revealed in Joe O'Byrne's hauntingly funny play, which looks at how sometimes secrets and lies are best left unsaid. . .or are they?

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Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Gerrup!

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Ghost Of Saint Joan, The

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1st Produced:
Black Church, St Mary's Place, Dublin    26 Sep 1989

Organisations:
Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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History Of the World At 3 AM, The

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Genre:
Physical/Devised theatre Piece

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  doubling possible

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It Come Up Sun

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Passion Machine

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Genre:
Dark Comedy Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Last Potato, The

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Passion Machine

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Genre:
Play One Act

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Man In the Iron Mask, The

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mother Courage And Her Children

Synopsis:
Brecht's famous play reset in present-day Ireland, with a focus on the sectarian conflict in the North

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Vesuvius Theatre Company and Gerry Sinnott

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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mysteries 2000

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Mysteries 2000 was a millennium project where fifteen writers were commissioned to produce new versions of sections of the Mystery plays. the plays were as follows: 'the Fall of Lucifer', 'Creation', 'Jesus, Mary & Joseph' and 'Judgement Day' by Michael McCaffery; 'Cain and Abel' and 'the Last Supper' by Aidan Matthews; 'Noah' by Fergus Linehan; 'Abraham & Isaac' by Johnny Hanrahan; 'moses' by Joe O'Byrne; 'Temptation' and 'the Adulteress Woman' by Joseph O'Connor; 'Parliament of Heaven', 'the Seven Deadly Virtues' and 'Council of Jews' by Derek Chapman; 'the Death of Herod' by Pat Kinevane; 'John the Baptist' by Declan Gorman; 'my Mind of Questions' and 'Betrayal' by Brendan Kennelly; 'Lazarus', 'Buffeting' and 'Harrowing of Hell' by Gavin Kostick; 'Pilate's Wife' by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy; 'the Death of Judas' by Michael Scott; 'Ascension' by Deirdre Purcell and 'Song of Songs' by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill.

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the Machine

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Sinking Of the Titanic And Other Matters, The

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Male:  15            Female:  8            Other:  doubling possible

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Tain Bo Cuailgne, The

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Co-Motion Theatre Company

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  extras, musicians

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Torch

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Woman Who Walked Into Doors, The

Synopsis:
the Woman Who Walked Into Doors is the story of Paula Spencer - from schoolgirl to battered wife and alcoholic - and her love for the dangerous, charismatic Charlo. Paula struggles on the edge of deprivation but never gives up, always washes off the blood, and knows she must continue for her children's sake. - http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=787

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Adapted from Roddy Doyle's novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle and Joe O'Byrne

1st Produced:
the Helix, Dublin    01 May 2003

Organisations:
Up Beat Productions In association with the Helix

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  9            Other:  doubling possible

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