Eamon Morrissey
Eamon Morrissey participated in The Country Boy, Sive, The Playboy of the Western World (2004 production & Perth, Australia tour 2005). He has acted in various other plays, including ‘Famine’, ‘Big Maggie’and ‘The Dandy Dolls, Purgatory’. Morrissey played Fluther in the ‘ The Plough and the Stars’and has performed his solo show ‘The Brother D’ in the Assembly Rooms. He is also a screen and television actor: Hall’s Pictorial Weekly, Eat the Peach, Over The Rainbow, This is My Father, Father Ted, Durango, The Fitz, The Seventh Stream, Any Time Now, The Trouble with Sex. He has received The Sunday Independent/Irish Life special award for comedy, along with a Jacob’s Television Award.
PLAYWRITING CREDITS
Mr. Gulliver's Bags
Adaptations/Translations
Gach Neach Beo
Patrick Gulliver
The Brother
The Third Policeman
CREDITS AS ACTOR
PLAY TITLE
AUTHOR
Barbaric ComediesFrank McGuinness
A version of the original plays by Ramón María del Vallé-Inclán.
Borstal BoyFrank MacMahon
Based on Brendan Behan's autobiographical novel.
CanariesBernard Farrell
FamineTom Murphy (1)
Hotel CasanovaFergus Linehan (1)
A version of Georges Feydeau's original farce, L'Hotel du Libre-Échange.
It's Later Than You ThinkLucienne Hill
From the originial by Jean Anouilh.
Kevin's BedBernard Farrell
Liam LiarHugh Leonard
Adapted from 'Billy Liar' by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.
Lovers : WinnersBrian Friel
Mr. Gulliver's BagsEamon Morrissey
No More in DustJohn B. Keane
Once Upon EternityWilliam Finnan
Patrick GulliverEamon Morrissey
An entertainment based on the works of Jonathan Swift.
Philadelphia, Here I Come!Brian Friel
SavoyEugene O'Brien
She Stoops to ConquerTom Murphy (1)
Adapted from Oliver Goldsmith's original play.
The BearBrian Friel
A version of the original play by Anton Chekhov after a literal translation by Úna Ní Dhubhghaill.
The Broken JugJohn Banville
An adaptation of Heinrich Von Kleist's early nineteenth century classic.
The BrotherEamon Morrissey
The Freedom of the CityBrian Friel
The Gentle IslandBrian Friel
The J. Arthur Maginnis StoryTom Murphy (1)
The London VertigoBrian Friel
Based on Charles Macklin's original play 'The True Born Irishman' or 'The Irish Fine Lady'.
The Signalman's ApprenticeBrian Phelan
Uncle VanyaBrian Friel
A new version of the original play after a literal translation by Úna Ní Dhubhghaill.
CREDITS AS DIRECTOR
PLAY TITLE
AUTHOR
Mr. Gulliver's BagsEamon Morrissey
The Third PolicemanEamon Morrissey
CREDITS AS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
PLAY TITLE
AUTHOR
No More in DustJohn B. Keane