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Gerard Stembridge

GERARD STEMBRIDGE  

 Nationality:    Irish
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below is a list of Gerard Stembridge's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         1992         Betrayals         Ceaucescu's Ear         Daniel's Hands         Denis and Rose         Gay Detective, The         Girls Of Summer, The         Goodnight Strabane         Love-Child         Melting Penguins         Nightmare on Essex Street         That Was then

1992

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Betrayals

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Youth theatre Youth Audience

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Ceaucescu's Ear

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A multi-lingual thriller in which a Romanian man searching for his missing wife in post-Ceaucescu's Bucharest encounters a disparate set of Irish visitors.

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Teatru Mic in Bucharest    1993

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Genre:
Thriller

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Daniel's Hands

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A highly charged meloDrama about an innocent young man who, following an accident, has his hands transplanted, with alarming musical consequences.

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City Arts Centre, Dublin    1995

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MeloDrama One Act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Denis and Rose

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Denis and Rose are married for ten years. Rose is the queen of the Southside brunch circuit, and her mother is getting up her nose. Denis is hoping his boss will offer him a brand new office with en-suite bathroom, but his assistant Martina is really driving him mad. Rose thinks she needs some excitement in her life. Denis just wants a rest. Denis and Rose occupy the same space, but somehow they never connect. Denis and Rose are in trouble.

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Civic Theatre

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Adaptation

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Gay Detective, The

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Set in Dublin, the Gay Detective is a thriller and a love story. When a Garda superintendent discovers that his talented sergeant, Pat, is homosexual he persuades him to make use of this fact in work. Pat tracks down a queer-basher, and also finds Ginger, his first real lover. the investigation turns to the murder of a gay TD. the moral path seems like an impenetrable maze. What seemed like a simple agreement with his Garda superior suddenly appears more like a Faustian pact.

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Nick Hern Books, London; also by New Island Books, Dublin, 1996   -

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  doubling possible

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Girls Of Summer, The

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Youth theatre Youth Audience

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Goodnight Strabane

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Youth theatre Youth Audience

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Love-Child

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the Love-Child was written in response to the famous x-case, when a young girl who became pregnant following a rape, was refused permission to travel to England for an abortion.

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Project Arts Centre

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  doubling possible

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Melting Penguins

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Five penguins waddle and flap about in a state of complete confusion over the depletion of the ozone layer.

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Passion Machine

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Play One Act

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Nightmare on Essex Street

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Nightmare on Essex Street is a lighthearted examination of theatre, theatre makers and the actors' nightmare. It is a comical gallop through the history of Irish theatre from O'Casey to Shaw to Wilde to Beckett as two actors fight their ids while asleep.

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Barabbas. . .the company

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Genre:
Physical/Devised theatre Piece

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  Five recorded voices are also required

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That Was then

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Irish builder and paid-up Golden Circle member Noel and his wife, May, throw a party for dodgy but very plausible English couple, Julian and June, in Dublin. the dinner party is unforgettable - for all the wrong reasons. Years later, Julian and June are forced to return the compliment in London. A lot has changed - for better or worse?

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Satire

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