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Jim Sheridan

JIM SHERIDAN

  (1949 - )
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency CA  

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, The Field and In America.

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

         Ha'penny Place, The         Immigrant, The         Inner City/Outer Space         Mobile Homes         Risen People, The         Spike in the First World War         Where All Your Dreams Come True         Women at Work: Same Sweat-Different Pay

Ha'penny Place, The

Synopsis:
the Ha'penny Place is the haunt of Dublin's pimps, beggars and prostitutes. their society is an ordered and a disciplined one. their professions must not be wrecked by unlicensed intruders. Romance and political intrigue are the backbone of this Irish beggars' opera.

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Organisations:
Dublin Theatre Festival

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  23            Female:  4            Other:  doubling possible

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Immigrant, The

Synopsis:
smiling, trusting East Indian named Kounanopolous arrives in Toronto to visit his brother and take in some skiing. He has $15.50 in his pocket, a magic Indian aphrodisiac in a birdcage and a burning desire to see Canada. Kounanopolous sees the seamier side of the country before he ends up back in the immigration office as an illegal alien.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Inner City/Outer Space

Synopsis:
Inner City/Outer Space explores urban renewal in Dublin's inner city.

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Organisations:
Team Educational Theatre Company, Dublin

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Genre:
Young People's theatre Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Mobile Homes

Synopsis:
Mobile Homes explores the plight of urban caravan dwellers, and how that plight can lead to violence and tragedy. Shea, a young artist, and his pregnant wife, move into a mobile home site and become involved with their new community. Shea struggles to get some fundamental rights and facilities for the occupants, and the landlord resists and retaliates by cutting off the electricity

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Irish Writers' Co-Operative, 1976   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  doubling possible

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Risen People, The

Synopsis:
The 1913 Great Lockout in Dublin. The lives of the desperately poor living in rat infested tenements

Notes:
Based on the radio play "The Risen People" by James Plunkett

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Spike in the First World War

Synopsis:
The action of "Good Soldier Svejk" transferred to Ireland at the start of the First World War

Notes:
Based on the novel "Good Soldier Svejk" by Jaroslav Hasek

1st Produced:
-    1983

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Where All Your Dreams Come True

Synopsis:
Strange circumstances bring three young women together in a Dublin disco. their rich fantasy world and desperate, often hilarious, encounters are set against a background of music and dancing

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1st Produced:
Abbey Methodist Hall, Dublin Central Mission, Dublin    1978

Organisations:
Irish Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  doubling possible

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Women at Work: Same Sweat-Different Pay

Synopsis:
explores the issues behind equal pay for women.

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1st Produced:
Part Of A Tour To Schools    1976

Organisations:
Team Educational Theatre Company, Dublin

1st Published:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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