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Patricia O'Connor

PATRICIA O'CONNOR

  (1908 - )
Nationality:    Irish
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Patricia O'Connor's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Patricia O'Connor's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Farmer Wants A Wife, The         Master Adams         Selected Vestry         Sparrows Fall, The : A New Ulster Play         Who Saw Her Die

Farmer Wants A Wife, The

Synopsis:
When elderly bachelor Frank Bryson inherits money and a farm from his Uncle Davy, he decides to follow a family pattern and stay single. With no family of his own, everything will be left for inheritance in due course to his own nephew, John. But John is unhappy at this; impatient to marry his sweetheart Margaret and settle down, he decides to emigrate to Australia and earn to carry out his plans. Margaret herself has plans, however, and refuses to wait at home for an emigrant. Instead, she tries to force the issue by changing the established family patterns, and little by little others begin to share her opinion.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Group Theatre, Belfast, ireland    1955

Organisations:
Ulster Group Theatre

1st Published:
H.R. Carter Publications Ltd, Belfast, 1955   -

Music:
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Genre:
3 acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Master Adams

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Group Theatre, Belfast, ireland    1949

Organisations:
Ulster Group Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
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Selected Vestry

Synopsis:
addressed the impact of big business on church affairs

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Group Theatre, Belfast, ireland    1945

Organisations:
Ulster Group Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Sparrows Fall, The : A New Ulster Play

Synopsis:
Obsessive, controlling teacher Rosina Sweeney exercises rigid authority over her primary school pupils in a small town Catholic school, believing that the sins of the Father should be visited on their children. When Nellie Donovan, daughter of a Catholic convert, inadvertently breaks Miss Sweeney's rules over the length of a confirmation dress, the incident becomes the catalyst for a series of far larger events, spiralling until the whole community is involved in the dispute. Only when the local bishop is called can the situation be resolved.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Group Theatre, Belfast, ireland    1959

Organisations:
Ulster Group Theatre

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Who Saw Her Die

Synopsis:
A light-hearted Belfast murder-mystery in which Mrs Grey, an immobile widow, has been found dead, and suspects with a possible motive range from her three daughters, to their husbands, and the family servant. the family Christmas get-together is transformed into an investigation, until the real story of Mrs Grey's death is discovered.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Group Theatre, Belfast, ireland    1956

Organisations:
Ulster Group Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
3 acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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