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Rosalind Scanlon

ROSALIND SCANLON

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Arts Ireland (07742320001)

Rosalind Scanlon is a professional Playwright, Theatre Director and Producer. She has had many of her plays and productions performed at The Riverside Studios, as well as productions at The Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith,) Chichester Festival Theatre, Waterman's Arts Centre and in many more Theatres, Arts Centre's and Fringe-Theatre venues throughout the UK and Ireland; Rosalind was the founding 'Artistic Director of The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith London.' She has her own Theatre Company, 'Irish Repertory Theatre and Film Co UK'. She also set up and runs 'Act Your Age Drama' which facilitates theatre projects and creates plays for and with older women aged 55+. Rosalind's 'repertoire' of plays includes the Hit Shows 'DANCE HALL DAYS,' 'MOLLY MALONE THE MUISCAL', and 'SIMPLES OF THE MOON.' Rosalind has also directed and produced many theatre plays, by many established playwrights, (including Brian Friel, John Millington Synge and John B Keane.) She is also a highly successful Independent Producer of Irish Arts Events and Productions in the UK. She was the Producer and 'Artistic Director' of 'The Celtic Heart Festival' (at Riverside Studios) and the acclaimed Festival 'A Sense Of Ireland' (also at Riverside Studios.)

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

         Dance Hall Days         Digging for Victory. A Tribute To The Land Girls of World War II         Lovin Daniel         Molly Malone - the Musical         Night At The Knitting Ring, A         One Long Day         Rouge Rifles and Revolvers - A Tribute To The Forgotten Heroines of Irelands 1916 Rising.         Simples of the Moon         Skeffington, Reminiscences Of An Irish Suffragette         Under My Two Bare Feet         Up On Maiden's Hill         Wash-House Stories

Dance Hall Days

Synopsis:
Dance Hall Days is a vibrant large scale Irish Theatre Play which incorporates Irish music, dancing and a live Irish band! Set in a rural Irish Dance Hall in the 1950's, Rosalind Scanlon scripted the play from the memories of Irish elders who went to the dance halls in their youth.

Notes:
The Hit Show "DANCE HALL DAYS" was Produced at RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, Hammersmith London in years 2003 - 2004 - 2006.

1st Produced:
Riverside, London >>>    May 2003

Organisations:
Irish Repertory Theatre and Film Company UK

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
A two act play with Irish Music, featuring a Live Irish Band.

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  11            Other:  Upto 10 Community Extras / Dancers -non speaking parts; Plus 5 piece LIVE Irish Band

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Digging for Victory. A Tribute To The Land Girls of World War II

Synopsis:
about The Land Girls of World War ll

Notes:
A play with songs. Rosalind Scanlon wrote and directed this powerful play for a Community Drama Project which featured 12 local women aged 60+.

1st Produced:
The Emerald Community Theatre - and Community Centre Tour    Aug 2011

Organisations:
Act Your Age Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One Act Theatre Play with Songs 70mins

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Lovin Daniel

Synopsis:
An Irish play about the fans of Irish Singer Daniel O Donnell - featuring lots of Daniel O Donnell's Songs. Rosalind Scanlon scripted the play from interviews and workshops with genuine Daniel O Donnell fans. It was performed by a cast of Irish women, all over the age of 55 years.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Wimbledon Theatre (Ambassadors Group)    May 2014

Organisations:
Irish Women's Community Theatre Workshop

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
A '2 Act' Theatre play with Music and Songs (90mins)

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  9            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Molly Malone - the Musical

Synopsis:
The enchanting story of Dublin's Legendry Street Seller, who wheeled her wheelbarrow through the Streets Broad and Narrow& Set in Dublin 1900, the play features great Irish music and some of Dublin's best loved Ballads and Street Songs. It was performed by a cast of 13 professional actors along with some extra community players.

Notes:
Devised By Rosalind Scanlon And the Irish Women's Theatre Company

1st Produced:
Riverside, London >>>    18 Dec 2002

Organisations:
Irish Repertory Theatre Co UK

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
A two act theatre play with live Irish music, song and dance

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  upto 10 extras. Plus live musicians

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Night At The Knitting Ring, A

Synopsis:
Set in the West of Ireland in the 1950's, the women of the village gather together, with their needles and yarn for their weekly Knitting Circle. Their lives change, when a unexpected man pays a visit.

Notes:
Rosalind Scanlon wrote and directed this play for a Community Drama Project, featuring 9 older Irish women, aged 60plus.

1st Produced:
Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith    Nov 2008

Organisations:
Irish Women's Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act play. 70mins

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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One Long Day

Synopsis:
One Long Day tells the story of a day in the life of Angel, a Chain Store girl. Before it was performed at The Man In The Moon Theatre the play was produced by the Royal Court Theatre- it toured Youth Clubs and Community Centres, as part of The Royal Court Young Writers on Tour Scheme.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Royal Court Theatre, The Man In The Moon Theatre    Aug 1983

Organisations:
The Women's Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Theatre Play - 60 mins

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rouge Rifles and Revolvers - A Tribute To The Forgotten Heroines of Irelands 1916 Rising.

Synopsis:
Rouge, Rifles And Revolvers, A Tribute To The Forgotten Heroines Of Ireland's 1916 Rising. This play with traditional Irish songs, tells the story of the part that ordinary unsung Irish women played in this famous revolution.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Irish Repertory Theatre Co Uk

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Two act play with Irish Songs (90mins)

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Simples of the Moon

Synopsis:
A play, about the tragic life of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce. The play was first produced at The Chichester Festival Theatre. It then transferred as a 2-Act Play to The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. It received national acclaim.

Notes:
Chichester Festival - 1 act version. Lyric Theatre Hammersmith - 2 act version. (Oct 1994

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Chichester Festival Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
2 Act Theatre Play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  3 male extras

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Skeffington, Reminiscences Of An Irish Suffragette

Synopsis:
A one woman play about Irish Suffragette Hannah Sheehy Skeffington, It was first Produced at The Tabard Theatre & The Waterman's Arts Centre; It did a UK Tour - and it was produced at The Dublin Theatre Festival -The Production Received rave reviews.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Tabard Theatre Dublin Theatre Festival    Oct 1989

Organisations:
Irish Women's Theatre Workshop

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Under My Two Bare Feet

Synopsis:
It is 1910 in rural Ireland, a week before Finoula's arranged wedding; she gathers with her sister Daisy her friends Mary and Anna and with all of the unmarried girls in the village, to take part in the annual Match Making Fair, when the unfore-told happens.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Riverside, London >>>    11 Aug 1999

Organisations:
Irish Women's Theatre Co UK

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 Act Theatre Play (90mins)

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Up On Maiden's Hill

Synopsis:
Set in 1944, rural Ireland. On the first Friday of every month, all of the women of the village leave their families and chores behind them and cycle up to Maiden's Hill, the place where their Mother's and Grandmother's gathered before them, for a sharing and exchange of strange stories and experiences.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Riverside, London >>>    09 Jun 1998

Organisations:
Irish Women's Theatre Co UK

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
1 Act Theatre Play - 50mins

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Wash-House Stories

Synopsis:
Rosalind Scanlon scripted and directed this large scale community play which revealed the personal lives of the women who used Fulham Wash House in the 1960s. Incorporating 1960s songs, the play was performed on the original site of the former public wash-house, by 20 local older women age 55+. The cast included and paid tribute to all the women who washed there. (review -www.fulhamchronicle/theatre reviews- washhouse

Notes:
A Site Specific Community Play, Produced On The Original Site Of Fulham's Former Public Wash-House In North End Rd

1st Produced:
A Site Specific performance Produced On The original Site Of Fulham's Former Public Wash-House.    Aug 2013

Organisations:
Act Your Age Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
A Theatre Play with songs from the 1960s - 70 mins

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  9            Other:  1 male part played by female

Further Reference:
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