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John (1) O'Donovan

JOHN (1) O'DONOVAN

  (1921 - 1985)
Nationality:    Irish
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John (1) O'Donovan's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of John (1) O'Donovan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Change Of Mind         Copperfaced Jack         Dearly Beloved Roger         Half-Millionaire, The         Less We Are Together, The         Shaws of Synge Street, The

Change Of Mind

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Copperfaced Jack

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It is 1798 in Dublin and corruption in the legal profession is rife. John Scott(Lord Clonmel), the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland is nicknamed 'the hanging judge' and 'Copperfaced Jack', the latter because of the colour of his face - the result of too much brandy drinking. In a series of flashbacks, with fleeting moments of conscience about his corruption the Judge reassesses his life, where we see the pathetic case of Fennessy, sentenced to death for sheep stealing, who has to build his own coffin to earn some money to send to his family; the battle with the Attorney General over the condemned rebel leader, Peter Shanks; a transient love affair with the mother of a condemned man.

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in Seven Irish Plays, 1946-1964, ed Robert Hogan, University of Minnesota Press, 1967   -

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Male:  17            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dearly Beloved Roger

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An historical piece following the life of Jonathan Swift from the cradle to the grave.

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Male:  23            Female:  10            Other:  doubling possible

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Half-Millionaire, The

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In this farce, Owen Reid, editor of the newspaper, in between making advances on his secretary, Phyllis, is in conflict with his staff over the political pressures of the paper's owner, Augustus Belton. the endemic bribery in political life reaches out unsuccessfully to encompass the Taoiseach as we watch the machinations of poiliticians and government officials in their perennial search for power.

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Farce, full length

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Male:  11            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Less We Are Together, The

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In this blend of farce, meloDrama and satire the newly elected Taoiseach has offered the people a new answer to the question of Northern Ireland and partition - Rejoin the United Kingdom.

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Male:  11            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Shaws of Synge Street, The

Synopsis:
O'Donovan deals with the early part of Shaw's Life, opening on a Christmas Eve in Synge Street, Dublin, Shaw's birtrhplace. Mr. Shaw (Father) is portrayed as a feckless person and inadequate parent, while Mrs. Shaw abandons both her husband and son to pursue a career in London. the play demonstrates the effect Shaw's family had on his adolescence and the anarchic spirit of his creative genius.

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Male:  14            Female:  6            Other:  -

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