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Robert Welch

ROBERT WELCH

  (1947 - 2013)
Nationality:    Irish
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Robert Anthony Welch was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Ulster. His wrote two plays for Ransom Theatre, Protestants (2004) and Static (2011). Welch was a noted critic and scholar, who published widely on Irish poetry. He also wrote several novels and volumes of poetry. As editor, his publications inlcude The Oxford Campanion to Irish Literature (1996). Kicking the Black Mamba, a memoir about the death of his son, was published in 2012.

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

         Protestants         Static         This Piece Of Earth
Protestants

Synopsis:
an attempt to come to grips wExploring man's search for God and personal truth, this play ricochets between historical moments of decision or crisis and explores the fundamental and complex nature of the protester.ith Protestantism, ranging across centuries and continents.

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1st Produced:
Belfast: Old Museum Arts Centre, 7 College Square N, Belfast Bt1 6Ar     28 Apr 2004

Organisations:
Ransom Productions

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Static

Synopsis:
A Republican in Northern Ireland who cannot adjust to the new political situation is training a group of young men to follow the old ways

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1st Produced:
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast     19 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Ransom Theatre Company

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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This Piece Of Earth

Synopsis:
A woman in tatters lies prostrate in the dirt; a filthy man crouches over her. With a guttural howl, he grabs her in a half-nelson and hauls her standing. This is, we discover, an act of passionate love: the year is 1867, and the starving couple are trying to reach the north Irish coast to sail for America. Maevev is pregnant and exhausted, and her schoolteacher husband John uses what energy and wits he has left to coax her onwards.
- Karen Fricker, Guardian

Notes:
play by Richard Dormer. Poetry And Irish translation by Robert Welch

1st Produced:
Belfast: Old Museum Arts Centre, 7 College Square N, Belfast Bt1 6Ar     18 Apr 2007

Organisations:
Ransom Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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