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Seamus O'Kelly

SEAMUS O'KELLY  (1881 - 1918)

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Seamus O'Kelly started work as a journalist but he suffered heart damage and had to curtail his activities. He became the editor of "Nationality" the Sinn Fein newspaper; wrote a large number of short stories and plays. British soldiers riotously marked the 1914 armistice broke into the Sinn Fein premises at Harcourt Street Dublin where O'Kelly was working into the night as a newspaper editor. All the accounts indicate that O'Kelly was upset by their aggression and he suffered a heart attack. He never recovered and died three days later. He was known to have had a weak constitution and had been dogged by ill health. (thanks to Liam Kenny for the later information)

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

 Bribe, The         Flame on the Hearth, The         Home-Coming, The         Matchmakers, The         Meadowsweet         Parnellite, The         Shuiler's Child, The

Bribe, The

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    18 Dec 1913

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Flame on the Hearth, The

Synopsis:
relates to a part of the 1798 rebellion

Notes:
aka The Strangler

1st Produced:
-    22 May 1908

Organisations:
Theatre of Ireland

1st Published:
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Music:
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Home-Coming, The

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1st Produced:
Molesworth hall    Apr 1910

Organisations:
Theatre of Ireland

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Matchmakers, The

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Organisations:
Theatre of Ireland

1st Published:
JD, 1977   -

Music:
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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Meadowsweet

Synopsis:
In this comedy of errors, a farmer gets land by compulsory purchase and tries to put one over on his neighbour but ends up having some of his own land compulsorily bought to house a labourer from his neighbour's farm. All the while, the poor labourer falls in love with a girl but she can't love him while he has no home of his own. WHen he eventually gets one he has changed his mind about the girl, until he sees the error of his ways and he falls back in love with her.

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    07 Oct 1919

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Parnellite, The

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1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    24 Mar 1917

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Shuiler's Child, The

Synopsis:
Moll Woods is a shuiler - a vagabond and is desperate to find a good home for her child

Notes:
http://www.irishplayography.com/search/play.aspx?la=en&play_id=2224

1st Produced:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>    24 Nov 1910

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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