'One of the most significant playwrights of modern
Ireland' - The Irish Times
'A fine and incisive playwright, he deserves a wider audience'
- Steven D Burgh
Tom's most recent play THE
SHAPE OF METAL was produced at the Abbey Theatre in September
2003. This is the fifth consecutive decade during which the Abbey
have premiered his plays. |
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THE SECRET FALL OF CONSTANCE
WILDE |
Abbey Theatre, 1997
Melbourne International Festival, 1998
Bite '00 International Festival, Barbican Theatre, London. |
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SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR |
Adaptation of Pirandello's play, Abbey Theatre, 1996 |
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THE MADAME MACADAM TRAVELLING THEATRE |
Field Day Theatre, 1991 |
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GHOSTS |
Adaptation of Ibsen, Peacock Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival,
1989. Staller Center, New York |
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DOUBLE CROSS |
Field Day Theatre, 1986. Royal Court Theatre |
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THE SEAGULL |
Adaptation of Chekhov. Royal Court Theatre, London 1981. Pittsburgh
Irish and Classical Theatre 2001 |
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TALBOT'S BOX |
Abbey Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival, 1977
Royal Court Theatre, London. |
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TEA & SEX & SHAKESPEARE |
Abbey Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival, 1976 |
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THE O'NEILL |
Peacock Theatre, 1969 |
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THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF MR.ROCHE |
Dublin Theatre Festival, 1968.
Hampstead Theatre, London |
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TELEVISION |
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GOLD IN THE STREETS |
1996 |
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THE BLACK JOKER |
1981 |
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FARMERS |
1978 |
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RADIO |
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THE BIG CHAPEL |
Adaptation of the novel commisioned by RTE |
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THAT MAN BRACKEN |
1986 |
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THE DOOR |
1967 |
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UNPRODUCED/ IN DEVELOPMENT: |
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MY SCANDALOUS LIFE |
One-man show on the alter Lord Alfred Douglas, given a staged
reading at the international TCD Wilde Conference in December
2000 |
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CHRIST DELIVER US! |
Commissioned by the Abbey Theatre |
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BLAKE |
Based on the life of the visionary poet. |
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THE SECRET FALL OF CONSTANCE
WILDE |
Adaptation for BBC Digital 'Knowledge' Channel |
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MADAME MACADAM;S TRAVELLING THEATRE |
Adaptation for a feature film for Subotica Entertainment |
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THE BIG CHAPEL |
Adaptation for a feature film for Noel Pearson and Ferndale Films |
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NOVELS: |
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THE BIG CHAPEL |
Published by Faber, 1971 |
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Tom has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Heinemann
Award for Literature, the AIB Literary Prize, the BBC Drama Prize,
the American-Irish Foundation Prize for Literature, the Rockefeller
Foundation Residency, the Kyoto University Foundation Award and
the Prix Nikki Commendation. |
