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Roseleen Walsh

ROSELEEN WALSH  (1950 - )

 Nationality:    Irish
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To date I've written 20 plays. Many of those are political and social. I've had two short poetry books published by Glandore (a local community project) and I've had also 4 spiritual book-lets published. I began my own theatrical company, COMMEDAGH PRODUCTIONS, in 2005 in order to stage my own work; I've produced and directed about 14 of my plays mostly locally in Belfast, Derry and Dublin.

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

         Cease-Fire         Cleaning Lady, The         Connolly         Conspiracy Is Only A Phone Call Away         'D' Company Legacy, The         Death of an I.R.A. Volunteer         Final Encore         Jean Jean and the real Jean         Liam         Markievicz         Meeting, The         My Son Padraig         Nature or Nurture         Prelude to '81         Screw

Cease-Fire

Synopsis:
Begins as the I.R.A. cease-fire of 1994 is announced. Three females separately respond to announcement; the fate of an informer is altered at the stroke of 12 midnight. 1hour 20 minutes in length.

Notes:
in the political archives at Linen Hall Library Belfast.

1st Produced:
Dublin, Belfast    -

Organisations:
Transatlantic Theatre Company

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Genre:
Political

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Cleaning Lady, The

Synopsis:
Jean is a cleaner who constantly is being sacked through no fault of her own. She was mistaken for a physiatrist, a brothel worker and a priest in three different jobs and they each had hilarious consequences.

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1st Produced:
Belfast, Roddy McCorleys Club House.    -

Organisations:
Commedagh Productions

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Genre:
Black Comedy 90 min

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Connolly

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Conspiracy Is Only A Phone Call Away

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'D' Company Legacy, The

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Death of an I.R.A. Volunteer

Synopsis:
Drama about the death of an I.R.A. volunteer who was shot dead after a bombing operation that went wrong.

Notes:
in the political archives at Linen Hall Library Belfast.

1st Produced:
Belfast/Castlewhelan    -

Organisations:
Commedagh Productions

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Genre:
Political 90 min

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Final Encore

Synopsis:
play deals with the lives of a group of teenagers at the grave of their friend Dee who was killed in a stolen car earlier that week, each have their own problems which they bring out in drink. The play deals also intermittently with Graham who at 17 has feelings for his best friend Sam; he makes the mistake of telling him and then feels guilty about the consequences. 1 hour 20 minutes in length.

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1st Produced:
1994    -

Organisations:
Irish Youth Theatre Dublin

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Genre:
Youth/Suicide/ gender crisis

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Jean Jean and the real Jean

Synopsis:
This piece of drama is about anyone The name I've given to anyone is Jean. Jean sees her life experiences in a self contained way while her conscience sees her life experiences in quite another way and finally there is the truth (as opposed to Her truth) which only surfaces when all else fails. Jean talks to herself as though she were three different people. The scene begins with the three Jeans: Jean1in a bath of shredded paper (symbolising her wasted words that she now feels never meant a thing to anyone who heard or read them) Jean2 sits behind a dressing table (looking out at audience) putting on her make-up and combing her hair; Jean3 representing truth (can be either male or female) stands to the side and only moves in between the other two Jeans when the truth is required. Jean at this moment in time, because of a recent ghost from the past, realises that her life was based not on the truth but on fabrication and self denial and that through her blurred version of the truth, lives, including her own, are forever doomed. (For convenience each Jean will be referred to as Jean 1 (bath) Jean 2 (conscience) Jean (truth)

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Liam

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Markievicz

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Meeting, The

Synopsis:
Six scenarios of suicides and the reaction of family and friends in the aftermath. On stage the family and friends (6) each tell their part of the story and at one point via video the suicides tell their goodbyes, though nothing explicit about their deaths is seen or hinted at. They all talk calmly about what has brought them to this point. Three of the stories are completely make up though I knew they would be typical and that audience would relate to them, the other three stories were based on actual events and the people concerned were all involved with the drama.

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1st Produced:
Belfast/ Dowpatrick    -

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Commedagh Productions

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Genre:
Aftermath of suicide on family and friends

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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My Son Padraig

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Nature or Nurture

Synopsis:
Basically about bullying that begins in the family and then continues outside in school/play settings.

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Play in part was used by Spanner in the Works.

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Genre:
Bullying/ youth 60 min

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Prelude to '81

Synopsis:
Drama is about one day in the life of two I.R.A. prisoners, one male and the other female. Both tell of their journey to prison and their experiences there. The play is set in 1979/80 Armagh prison and H.Blocks

Notes:
in the political archives at Linen Hall Library Belfast.

1st Produced:
Dublin, Derry, Belfast    -

Organisations:
Transatlantic Theatre Company

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Genre:
Prison/political 80 min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Screw

Synopsis:
Play about an English prison officer working in the H.Blocks. His wife Jean was a bigoted Scottish Protestant before she met Don. Unknown to his work colleagues Don is a Catholic, an English one, and he foolishly thinks it doesn't matter in N.Ireland

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in the political archives at Linen Hall Library Belfast.

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Genre:
Sectarianism/ bigotry 90 min

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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