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Michael West

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Michael West's work for the Corn Exchange includes A Play on Two Chairs, Car Show, Dublin By Lamplight, Everyday, Man of Valour and an adaptation of James Joyce's Dubliners. In collaboration with Team theatre he has written two plays for children: Forest Man and Jack Fell Down. Other work includes versions of The Marriage of Figaro (Abbey), Tartuffe (Gate), Moliere's Don Juan and The Tender Trap (an adaptation of La Double Inconstance by Marivaux), both for Pigsback. He has also translated or adapted work by Arrabel, de Musset, Bely and Brecht. Other plays include Monkey, Sardines, Snow, The Quirk Estate, and a piece for radio, The Death of Naturalism. His play Conservatory was produced by the Abbey Theatre at the Peacock in 2014.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Play on Two Chairs Michael West
Conservatory Michael West
Dear Ireland I Edna O'Brien Sinéad Burke Dermot Bolger Blindboy Boatclub Aoife Martyn Carys D. Coburn Emmet Kirwan Carmel Winters Arthur Riordan Enda Walsh Andrea Molino Meadhbh McHugh Rosaleen McDonagh Iseult Golden John O'Donovan (2) Colm Keegan (2) David Ireland Jody O'Neill Sarah Hanly Deirdre Kinahan Phillip McMahon John Connors Zoe Ní Riordáin Darach Mac Con Iomaire Shane O'Reilly Karen Cogan Sonya Kelly Nancy Harris Jimmy Murphy Margaret Perry Joseph O'Connor (1) Owen McCafferty Ursula Rani Sarma Kit de Waal Frank McGuinness Zhu Yi Feli Speaks Pom Boyd Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Gina Moxley Stacey Gregg Keith James Walker Abbie Spallen Mark O'Halloran Michael West Una McKevitt Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Eva O'Connor Thomas Kane Byrne
Death and the Ploughman Michael West
Dublin by Lamplight Michael West
Dublin by Lamplight Michael West
Everyday Michael West
Foley Michael West
Forest Man Michael West
Freefall Michael West
Jack Fell Down Michael West
Man of Valour Michael West
Monkey Michael West
Sardines Michael West
Scene Around Six Michael West
Snow Michael West
The Fall of the Second Republic Michael West
Tiny Plays for Ireland Joseph O'Connor (1) Jesse Weaver Michael West Antonia Hart Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Darren Donohue Ciara Ní Chuirc

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Don Juan Michael West Molière
Dubliners Michael West Annie Ryan James Joyce
FRNKNSTN Michael West Mary Shelley
Lolita Michael West Vladimir Nabokov
Solar Bones Michael West Mike McCormack
Tartuffe Michael West Molière
The Marriage of Figaro Michael West Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
The Seagull Michael West Anton Chekhov
The Tender Trap Michael West Pierre De Marivaux

Director

Play Title Playwright
A Play on Two Chairs Michael West
Monkey Michael West
Sardines Michael West
Scene Around Six Michael West
Snow Michael West