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Maybe the Night by Kevin Barry Drama On One Podcast
‘Maybe the Night’ by Kevin Barry. Tommy and Dad are after putting down a night of it. Again. Starring Michael Harding and David Pearse. Continuing Drama On One’s Short Form Season. Sound Supervision: Damian Chennells. Producer: Kevin Brew
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On Being Flattened by Philip Davison Drama On One Podcast
Drama On One continues its season of Short Form dramas with ‘On Being Flattened’ by Philip Davison. ‘This atoning is not like the last atoning’ - Jas is atoning afresh. Featuring Barry McGovern and Nyree Yergainharssian. Produced by Kevin Brew
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Macbeth in Monaghan Programme 4 Drama On One Podcast
The final part of Alan Stanford’s indispensible study guide to the prophecy, murder, betrayal, genocide and revenge of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. An invaluable companion to Leaving Cert students
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Macbeth in Monaghan Programme 3 Drama On One Podcast
The third part of Alan Stanford’s indispensable study guide to the prophecy, murder, betrayal, genocide and revenge of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
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Macbeth in Monaghan Programme 2 Drama On One Podcast
The second part of Alan Stanford’s indispensable study guide to the prophecy, murder, betrayal, genocide and revenge of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. An invaluable companion to Leaving Certificate students.
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Macbeth in Monaghan Programme 1 Drama On One Podcast
The first part of Alan Stanford’s indispensible study guide to the prophecy, murder, betrayal, genocide and revenge of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. An invaluable companion to Leaving Certificate students.
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Mind and Matter - Lectures of Erwin Schróding Drama On...
The Dublin Lectures of Erwin SchrödingerEach week of Drama On One's science season will feature a companion piece on the science aspects of the featured play.This week Professors John Atkins and David McConnell are the contrbutors. Producer Kevin Reynolds
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The Lectures of Erwin Schrödinger Drama On One Podcast
Each week of Drama On One’s science season will feature a companion piece on the science aspects of the featured play. Producer Kevin Reynolds
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Record by Dylan Tighe Drama On One Podcast
Written and directed by Dylan Tighe, this is a radio version of the play first presented at Cork Midsummer Festival and subsequently Dublin Theatre Festival in 2012. This alternative opera is based on songs from Dylan’s debut album also titled RECORD. Using medical records, autobiography, fiction and spoken word archive, RECORD is a brave and evocative production, which speaks honestly about what society sometimes deems taboo, and engages with criticisms of the science of mental health...
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The Short Biography of Denis O'Rourke by Paul Meade...
Before Denis is born, his mother receives pre-implantation diagnosis. As a result, the dwarfism he would have inherited has been circumvented. But this very intervention makes him different to his siblings, and causes unforeseen problems for Denis - in a thought-provoking play investigating the ethical boundaries of genetics and medical practice.
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Genetics What is Life? Drama On One Podcast
We continue our feature this week with Professors John Atkins and David McConnell who discuss the science of "The Short Biography of Denis O'Rourke by Paul Meade.
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Wee Black Bees Drama On One
Sparkplug sings the blues for the honey bee...
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What is Life? "Honeybee Apocolypse" Part 2 Drama on One...
Each week of Drama On One’s science season will feature a companion piece on the science aspects of the featured play. This week, Beekeeper Philip McCabe and nature expert Richard Collins explore the science in ‘Wee Black Bees’ by Little John Nee. Producer Kevin Reynolds
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What Next For Hedy Lamarr by Joe O'Byrne Drama On One...
Drama On One’s What Is Life season beings with the first of four plays inspired the world of science. Written and directed by Joe O’Byrne, this play is a sonic treatment of the real-life story of Hedy Lamarr, whose biography reads like a one-woman history of the 20th century. Born in Vienna, she emigrated to America where she became a movie screen idol as well as an inventor, registering a patent for a process called frequency hopping. This patent proposed a means of radio-guidance for...
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What is Life? "Frequency Hopping" Part 1 Drama on One...
Each week of Drama On One’s science season will feature a companion piece on the scientific aspects of the featured play. This week: ‘Frequency Hopping’. Professor Linda Doyle, Director of the Telecommunications Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin and her colleague Doctor Tim Forde, explore the science in ‘What Next For Hedy Lamarr’ by Joe O’Byrne.
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Thar an Tairseach by Mire Dinny Wren Drama On One
Altan’s Mirad N Mhaonaigh plays Nuala a woman trapped in two worlds in Maire Dinny Wren’s play Thar an Tairseach. Anna N Chaigne is the narrator and featuring an original score by Niall Hackett .
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Playwrights in Profile Tom Murphy Drama On One
This week's Playwrights in Profile surveys the career of Dramatist Tom Murphy which spans almost 50 years. Presented by Sean Rocks Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Exodus 20 by Jennifer JohnstonDrama On One
A boy comes home from school to find his father. But what exactly has he found? And what has he lost? EXODUS 20 lists the Ten Commandments – coveting this and that – in the best-known order; but an even earlier version of the Decalogue in the Hebrew Bible may be closer the mark in its total prohibition against boiling a kid in its own mother’s milk ...
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Playwrights in Profile Tom McIntyre Drama On One Podcast
This programme in our series surveys the theatrical contribution of Tom McIntyre Presented by Sean Rocks Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Offering by Amy Conroy Drama On One Podcast
God said to Abraham "Take your only son, whom you love go to the region of Moriah, sacrifice him there" The penultimate play in the season Old Testament New Tales. Amy Conroy responds to the story of Abraham and Issac. David Herlihy, Mary Murray, Emmet Kirwan and Joe Hanley star. Written by Amy Conroy. Sound Supervision by Mark Dwyer Producer Kevin Reynolds
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Playwrights in Profile Bernard Farrell Drama on One
This programme in our series surveys the theatrical contribution of renound Dramatist Bernard Farrell. Presented by Sean Rocks and Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Hat by Eithne Hand Drama On One Podcast
We continue our Old Testament New Tales series with Hat by Eithne Hand. The play is a modern parable based on the core element of the story of Samson - a man who derived his super human strength from what he wore on his head.'
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Playwrights in Profile Sebastian Barry Drama On One...
We continue our series looking at some of the Playwrights currently writing for Irish Theatre Tonight we focus on Sebastian Barry Presented by Sean Rocks Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Poster Boy by Veronica Coburn Drama On One Podcast
In Poster Boy by Veronica Coburn Office workers in an Irish human rights organisation interpret a poetic protest in Palestine, in a thought-provoking play about media, activism, geopolitics and office politics.
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An System Nua by Tara McKevitt Drama On One
Rian tries to beat the system, in a near future of multiple identity checks.
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Playwrights in Profile Billy Roche Drama On One
Sean Rocks continues his series on Irish playwrights.
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One of Us by Mary Coll Drama on One
One of Us by Mary Coll a reimagining of The Book of Ruth. A tale of family, loss and ultimately loyalty. Directed by Gorretti Slavin
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Potbelly by Zo Comyns Drama On One
Like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in mine..
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Lot's Mother-in-law by Arthur Riordan Drama On One...
Old Testament New Tales, an 8 week series of plays inspired in some way by the narratives of The Old Testament. We begin the series with Lot's Mother in Law written by Arthur Riordan and directed by Gorretti
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Playwrights in Profile Brian Friel Drama On One Podcast
Playwrights in Profile, an 8 week series surveying Irish theatrical talent. We begin the series exploring the extraordinary output for over half a cenutury of Brian Friel The programme features contributions from Patrick Mason, Neil Tobn, Ingrid Craigie, Dearbhla Crotty, Stephen Rea, Joe Dowling, Mark Lambert and Garry Hynes
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The Ballad of Cain and Abel by Conor Farrington Drama On...
Farrington’s fiftieth (and final) work in rhyming couplets is the ingenious BALLAD OF CAIN AND ABEL, a feisty revisiting of the Genesis shaggy-dog story with its mother of all murderers, its two embattled brothers, plus a serpentine python worthy of Monty. The playwright plays God to Frank Kelly’s pain of a Cain, and the whole thing neatly preludes an upcoming series - Old Testament, New Tales – in which established and emergent playwrights tilt at Biblical windmills with less than...
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Eejit of Love by Jody Trehy Drama on One
Billy and Eileen dream of leaving the farm for - yes, you've guessed it - fame and fortune in Shhmokey City!
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The Christmas Story Drama On One
A creative re-imagining of the Nativity story...
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Young Bloods Wicked Angels Drama On One
We conclude our short series where young theatre professionals lay out their stalls and discuss their work. Tonight Jacinta Sheerin and Clare Barrett from Wicked Angels Theatre Company outline their influences, their methods, and their work in Young Bloods
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The Vision Service by Luke Clancy Drama On One
A radio fairytale about television
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After Life by John Boorman
After a hasty dispatch to the afterlife, Joe Devlin (Brendan Gleeson) and Brendan Gogarty (Stephen Rae) get their just desserts as they are "winged by Angel ( Saoirse Ronan)
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23 Degrees 5 Minutes by Austin Kenny Drama On One
Christmas is a time for the old-fashioned instead of the new-fangled, and what could be more old-fashioned than a Victorian varsity venue where a mystical mathematician is toiling away at a grand equation that will explain Absolutely Everything?
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Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers Drama on One
This week musicians, composers and sound designers Denis Clohessy, Ivan Birthwhistle and Vincent Doherty discuss their influences, their methods and play examples of their work in Young Bloods. Producer Kevin Reynolds
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The Stanley Parkers by Geraldine Aron Drama on One
In an affectionate duet about fidelity, its human fragility and its supernatural stamina, a brace of leading Irish actors narrate the love-story of Stanley and Dmitri, a gay couple in the UK of the 1980s - a time when the cultural curfew was being eased and the Aids malady was starting its dreadful carousel. Producer Aidan Mathews
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Young Bloods Talking Ensemble Theatre Company Drama on...
Our series where young theatre professionals lay out their stalls and discuss their work. Tonight Lisa Walshe and Shaun Dunne from Talking Shop Ensemble outline their influences, their methods and their modus operandi
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Young Bloods THEATREClub Grace Dyas Drama on One
The series where young theatre professionals lay out their stalls and discuss their work. Grace Dyas and Shane Byrne from THEATREClub outline their influences, their methods and their modus operandi in Young Bloods. THEATREClub's next production will be HISTORY in 2013 a public arts commission to mark the regeneration of St. Michael's Estate in Inchicore in Dublin.
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Young Bloods With An F Productions Stefanie Preissner...
We continue our series where young theatre professionals lay out their stalls and discuss their work. Stefanie Preissner and Fionn Woodhouse from With an F Productions outline their influences, their methods, their modus operandi and what the future hopefully holds in Young Bloods
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Young Bloods THISISPOPBABY Drama on One
We continue our series where young theatre professionals lay out their stalls and discuss their work. Tonight Philip McMahon and Ray Scannell from Thisispopbaby (This Is Pop Baby) outline their influences, their methods, their modus operandi and the journey that brought their play Alice In Funderland to the Abbey Stage in Young Bloods Producer Kevin Reynolds
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Young Bloods The Company Nyree Yergainhairsain and Brian...
Nyree Yergainhairsain and Brian Bennett from The Company outline their practical, their philosophical and their political approaches in Young Bloods
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Young Bloods Caoimhe Doyle Foley Artist
Series of programmes where young theatre professionals lay out their stalls and discuss their work, outlining their influences, their methods, their modus operandi and their thinking about theatre, showbusiness and where they see themselves. This week Caoimhe Doyle Foyle Artist. Producer Kevin Reynolds
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Sparkplug by Little John Nee Drama On One
Sparkplug Callaghan, bluesman and vintage mechanic, is living in his dead uncle’s disused barn. He’s got the blues bad: everyday there’s another funeral, Joe Duffy’s on the radio and the banks are putting people on the side of the road…but across the meadow he sees a vision…his boat has come in.
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Solpadeine is My Boyfriend Drama on one
First seen at the Dublin Fringe festival, Solpadeine is My Boyfriend is about change. It’s the changes you can’t control, can’t come back from, like growing up, emigrating, and the moment you realise: you’re not who you thought you were going to be when you wrote about it in 3rd class. Stefanie Preissner confronts the psychic paralysis of post-boom Ireland ..
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Far Off Things by Noel Carey Drama on One
Noel Carey's Far Off Things explores the complexity of the impact of an adult suicide on a sensitive schoolboy..
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The Invisible Hand Report by John Fleming Drama on One
All insight is hindsight, and it's easy to be glib in retrospect about our gluttony during the Celtic Tiger. Nelson the Narrator, watching his world collapse during the fiscal crash, masquerades as a casualty when in fact he was a culprit.
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The Disappeared by John A Connolly Drama On One
The casual psychopathy of our (mostly male) species, haunt his scripts in this prize-winning radio-play in this year’s PJ O’Connor competition
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The Bacon Slicer by Andrew Fox - Drama On One
A few quiet beers lead to murderous thoughts.
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Babies by Gary Mitchell - Drama On One
Four men walk into a bar and talk about - well what men talk about in bars!
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A Snail Called Sam by Joe O'Byrne - Drama on One
When Tom and Maura's marriage ends Maura and their daughter Sandra move in with Maura's father Marty. Sandra introduces the family to her new imaginary friend, a snail called Sam.
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 1
A masterclass on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Cr na Cille le Mirtn Cadhain
Caitriona Phaidin cannot find peace, even in death.
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Prodigal by Fergal McElherron
Domhnall Gleeson stars. When Michael Duffy's elderly father dies, all medical evidence points towards a heart attack. But Detective Aidan Murray has his suspicions and an old score to settle. His stubborn pursuit of Michael reveals that they have more in common than he thinks. Prodigal by Fergal McElherron.
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Broken Moon by Vincent Woods
Around a folk tale of one man's journey to the moon, we hear stories of love, loss and hope
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Old Men Are Jealous by Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston's response to WB Yeats's "Deirdre Of The Sorrows".. ...
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The Rights of the Child by Frank McGuinness
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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Three Our Fathers by Karl O'Neill
In a sinister triptych that mimics a hall of mirrors, Karl O’Neill’s three masculine monologues draw parallel portraits – a suitor, a stalker, a spouse – of concave Man obsessed with the opposite sex.
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Forty-Seven Roses by Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan's celebrated monologue, based on his memoir, "Forty-Seven Roses" performed by the author himself.
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Oblivion by Peter Sirr
A senior Irish poet considers the eventual mortality of most (but not all) human writing in a dark lyrical drama about the lost classics of Ancient Greece.
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2020 by John Boorman
A satirical journey into the Irish future - post-Tiger and post-Euro.
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The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon - A World Too Wide by...
The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon by John Banville is the sixth in the Seven Ages of Man series. Performed by Niall Tobn.
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Traenacha le Liam O Muirithle
Traenacha by Liam O Muirithle is a monologue in Irish performed by the late Eamon Kelly. The final in the Seven Ages of Man series.
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Infancy by Maeve Binchy
Infancy by Maeve Binchy was broadcast as part of the 'Seven Ages of Man' series. Performed by Mikel Murfi.
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The Justice; In the Time of the Hurry by Patrick McCabe
The Justice; In the Time of the Hurry by Patrick McCabe is the fifth monologue in the 'Seven Ages of Man' series. Performed by Stephen Rhea.
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The Soldier by Mannix Flynn
The Soldier by Mannix Flynn is the fourth in a series of dramatic monologues on the theme of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man.
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Sound Waves by Michael West
The presenter of a science programme tries to keep some distance between his subject for the week and the voices in his head.
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The Sound and the Sperm by Neil Flynn
An island community confronts the strange visitor that has landed in their sound.
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Two Men Meet by Roddy Doyle
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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Don't Ask by Eugene McCabe
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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Mountain Language by Harold Pinter
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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A Muse Is It I am by Richard Woulfe
Set in the Hapsburg seaport of Trieste in the warm cinders of the Belle Epoque, our Bloomsday bouquet for the Feast of Jim and Nora considers the most famous of all Irish migrations. By Richard Woulfe, himself an emigrant.
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Envy by Edna O'Brien
Envy by Edna O'Brien is the seventh play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Rosaleen Linehen
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Fearg le Mire Mhac an tSaoi
Fearg by Mire Mhac an tSaoi is the sixth play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins
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Sloth by Eugene O'Brien
Sloth by Eugene O'Brien is the fifth play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins
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Greed by Jennifer Johnston
Greed by Jennifer Johnston is the fourth play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Ingrid Craigie
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Lust by Bernard Farrell
Lust by Bernard Farrell is the third play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Mark Lambert
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Covetousness by Rebecca Miller
Covetousness by Rebecca Miller is the second play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Julianne Moore
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Pride by Anne Enright
Pride by Anne Enright the first play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Eleanor Methven
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No Room for Angels by Arthur Sheridan
Joint 1st Prize in this year's PJ O'Connor Awards for Radio Drama. Starring Caoilfhionn Dunne and Angela Harding.
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Hark the Herald Angel Sings by Kevin Gildea
Runner-Up of the P.J. O'Connor Awards 2011. This play is set on a mystery-tinged evening in a Dublin Pub.
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The Sun Always Rises by Katy Hayes
It’s twenty years since Anne and Stephen were suitors; twenty years so since the accident. Now they meet again but who was the culprit and who was the casualty...
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Think Well O Singer by Karl O'Neill
Starring Brenda Blethyn and Ciarn Hinds in Karl O’Neill’s maiden play for radio, a requiem for those who have not been resurrected.
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Freedom of Poverty by Gary Mitchell
A Belfast Bonnie and Clyde in which the son of a preacherman meets a petrol pump girl.
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Drowning by Toms O'Suilleabhain
In this chilling tale time, language and identity fuse and a young nurse is left to find the truth.
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She's Not Mine by Rosaleen McDonagh
She's Not Mine explores the maternal bond between a single mother from the 1970s and the daughter she entrusted to a state institution.
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Yardstick by Joe O'Byrne
Saoirse Ronan stars as Laura in this sonic journey into the world of teenage bullying
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Meeting Michael by Bernard Farrell
Barbados on the cheap, off season, with the Casey clan from Cabinteely.
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Thirst by Myles na gCopaleen
Coinciding with the Flann O’Brien centenary, Drama On One proudly presents THIRST by Myles Na gCopaleen
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Anything But Love by Mary Coll
Anything But Love by Mary Coll, directed by Joan Sheehy, music by Mchel Silleabhin
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The Blue Hyacinth by Maeve Brennan, Adapted and Directed...
When Rose dies, Hubert, her husband, finds that he is unable to grieve for her.
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Yesterday's News by Hilary Fannin
A wry look at local gossip and long distance love.
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The Big Picture by Siobhn Mannion
A costume designer on a film set pours herself into three dresses.
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Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon
Maeve is defiantly at peace in her new oasis – A ghost estate.
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No Worst There Is None by The Stomach Box
A sonic journey into the mind of Gerard Manley Hopkins as he approaches death.
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The Pipes by John Kelly
With music by Liam O'Flynn. A wayward young man sells his soul to master the pipes.
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Broken Moon by Vincent Woods
Around a folk tale of one man's journey to the moon, we hear stories of love, loss and hope
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An Evening With Tennessee Williams
The final in our archives season. Includes; Talk To Me Like The Rain and Let Me Listen, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion and extract's from Tennessee Williams' autobiography.
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Accident and Emergency by Dermot Bolger
"She's safer on the floor, where she can't fall" - a startling, thought-provoking visit to a Dublin A & E ward.
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The Dreaming of Roger Casement by Patrick Mason
Ciarn Hinds takes the lead role in this drama following the last days of Roger Casement’s life, reflecting on his motives, both personal and political, and those of his friends and persecutors. Written and directed by Patrick Mason. Producer: Kevin Reynolds.
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A Galway Girl by Geraldine Aron
Maisie and Dermot, the perfect picture of incompatibility. Incidents of dispute and disagreement are interspersed with moments of joy and connection. A Galway Girl traces the joys and sorrows of a shared life from Small town Ireland to a life in London.
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Saint Artaud
Antonin Artaud, liturgist and dramaturge, journeyed to Ireland in the late summer of 1937 in search of a sacred phallus -St. Patrick’s staff- that would finally and forever liberate him from the travail of his own sexuality.
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Prodigal by Fergal McElherron
Domhnall Gleeson stars. When Michael Duffy's elderly father dies, all medical evidence points towards a heart attack. But Detective Aidan Murray has his suspicions and an old score to settle. His stubborn pursuit of Michael reveals that they have more in common than he thinks. Prodigal by Fergal McElherron.
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Love Is a Simple Thing by Veronica Coburn and Elaine...
Three would-be couples search for love - at home; on the net; even at the local salsa night - while an orchestra conveys all the highs and lows of romantic life.
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Empty Shell Suits Make No Noise by Ronan Carr
A private detective with a taste for showbiz tries to solve a murder case in a Spanish resort
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Doping Games by Hugo Plowden
Sports in the Stasi state of the old East German communist regime is the subject of this plain and powerful drama. Lotte Hahn, an amphibious child-prodigy of the 1970s, is coached for gold as an Olympics swimmer, but the covert use of chemical injections by her mentors/tormentors will blur her gender into indeterminacy. A thoughtful ration of bread and water for the bread and circuses about to start in London.
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Hamlet in Howth Part 1 2012
Alan Stanford's indispensible study guide to Hamlet
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The Sound and the Sperm by Neil Flynn
An island community confronts the strange visitor that has landed in their sound.
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A Galway Girl by Geraldine Aron
Maisie and Dermot, the perfect picture of incompatibility. Incidents of dispute and disagreement are interspersed with moments of joy and connection. A Galway Girl traces the joys and sorrows of a shared life from Small town Ireland to a life in London.
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A Muse Is It I Am by Richard Woulfe
Set in the Hapsburg seaport of Trieste in the warm cinders of the Belle Epoque, our Bloomsday bouquet for the Feast of Jim and Nora considers the most famous of all Irish migrations. By Richard Woulfe, himself an emigrant.
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Oblivion by Peter Sirr
A senior Irish poet considers the eventual mortality of most (but not all) human writing in a dark lyrical drama about the lost classics of Ancient Greece.
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Broken Moon by Vincent Woods
Around a folk tale of one man's journey to the moon, we hear stories of love, loss and hope
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Empty Shell Suits Make No Noise by Ronan Carr
A private detective with a taste for showbiz tries to solve a murder case in a Spanish resort
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The Dreaming of Roger Casement by Patrick Mason
Ciarn Hinds takes the lead role in this drama following the last days of Roger Casement’s life, reflecting on his motives, both personal and political, and those of his friends and persecutors. Written and directed by Patrick Mason. Producer: Kevin Reynolds.
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The Pipes by John Kelly.
With music by Liam O'Flynn. A wayward young man sells his soul to master the pipes.
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Love Is A Simple Thing by Veronica Coburn and Elaine...
Three would-be couples search for love - at home; on the net; even at the local salsa night - while an orchestra conveys all the highs and lows of romantic life.
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Prodigal by Fergal McElherron
Domhnall Gleeson stars as Michael, a young man facing tough questions following his father’s death. When Michael Duffy's elderly father dies, all medical evidence points towards a heart attack. But Detective Aidan Murray has his suspicions and an old score to settle. His stubborn pursuit of Michael reveals that they have more in common than he thinks. Prodigal by Fergal McElherron.
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Three Our Fathers by Karl O'Neill
In a sinister triptych that mimics a hall of mirrors, Karl O’Neill’s three masculine monologues draw parallel portraits – a suitor, a stalker, a spouse – of concave Man obsessed with the opposite sex.
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Saint Artaud
Antonin Artaud, liturgist and dramaturge, journeyed to Ireland in the late summer of 1937 in search of a sacred phallus -St. Patrick’s staff- that would finally and forever liberate him from the travail of his own sexuality.
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I (Heart) Alice (Heart) I by Amy Conroy
Alice and Alice are coming out, finally, having agreed to be in a show about their love story
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2020 by John Boorman
A satirical journey into the Irish future - post-Tiger and post-Euro.
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Sound Waves by Michael West
The presenter of a science programme tries to keep some distance between his subject for the week and the voices in his head.
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No Worst There Is None by The Stomach Box
A sonic journey into the mind of Gerard Manley Hopkins as he approaches death.
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The Big Picture by Siobhn Mannion
A costume designer on a film set pours herself into three dresses.
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Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon
Maeve is defiantly at peace in her new oasis – A ghost estate.
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Mammywatch by Eithne Hand
A new security business confronts criminals with the intimidating voice of the Irish Mammy
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Yesterday's News by Hilary Fannin
A wry look at local gossip and long distance love.
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Accident and Emergency by Dermot Bolger
"She's safer on the floor, where she can't fall" - a startling, thought-provoking visit to a Dublin A & E ward.
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The Blue Hyacinth by Maeve Brennan, Adapted and Directed...
When Rose dies, Hubert, her husband, finds that he is unable to grieve for her.
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Anything But Love by Mary Coll
Anything But Love by Mary Coll, directed by Joan Sheehy, music by Mchel Silleabhin
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Thirst by Myles na gCopaleen
Coinciding with the Flann O’Brien centenary, Drama On One proudly presents THIRST by Myles Na gCopaleen
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Information for the User by Aidan Mathews
A potted guide to peace of mind and its possible side-effects. Commissioned as part of Mental Health Week
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An Evening With Tennessee Williams
The final in our archives season. Includes; Talk To Me Like The Rain and Let Me Listen, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion and extract's from Tennessee Williams' autobiography.
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I (Heart) Alice (Heart) I by Amy Conroy
Recorded with a studio audience and starring Amy Conroy and Clare Barrett, the play depicts Alice and Alice who are coming out… finally.
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In the Garden of the Asylum by Thomas Kilroy
A fictionalised meeting between the daughter of James Joyce and the son of Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas), both of whom spent time at the Psychiatric institution in Northhampton.
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Forty-Seven Roses by Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan's celebrated monologue, based on his memoir, "Forty-Seven Roses" performed by the author himself.
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No Room for Angels by Arthur Sheridan
Joint 1st Prize in this year's PJ O'Connor Awards for Radio Drama. Starring Caoilfhionn Dunne and Angela Harding.
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Hark the Herald Angel Sings by Kevin Gildea
Runner-Up of the P.J. O'Connor Awards 2011. This play is set on a mystery-tinged evening in a Dublin Pub.
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The Sun Always Rises by Katy Hayes
It’s twenty years since Anne and Stephen were suitors; twenty years so since the accident. Now they meet again but who was the culprit and who was the casualty...
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Think Well O Singer by Karl O'Neill
Starring Brenda Blethyn and Ciarn Hinds in Karl O’Neill’s maiden play for radio, a requiem for those who have not been resurrected.
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Freedom of Poverty by Gary Mitchell
A Belfast Bonnie and Clyde in which the son of a preacherman meets a petrol pump girl.
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Drowning by Toms O'Suilleabhain
In this chilling tale time, language and identity fuse and a young nurse is left to find the truth.
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She's Not Mine by Rosaleen McDonagh
She's Not Mine explores the maternal bond between a single mother from the 1970s and the daughter she entrusted to a state institution.
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Yardstick by Joe O'Byrne
Saoirse Ronan stars as Laura in this sonic journey into the world of teenage bullying
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Meeting Michael by Bernard Farrell
Barbados on the cheap, off season, with the Casey clan from Cabinteely.
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Mayday by Veronica Coburn and Cast
Winning Entry to the Prix Europa 2007. A one-day snapshot of modern day Ireland.
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Traenacha le Liam O Muirithle
Traenacha by Liam O Muirithle is a monologue in Irish performed by the late Eamon Kelly. The final in the Seven Ages of Man series.
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The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon - A World Too Wide by...
The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon by John Banville is the sixth in the Seven Ages of Man series. Performed by Niall Tobn.
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The Justice; In the Time of the Hurry by Patrick McCabe
The Justice; In the Time of the Hurry by Patrick McCabe is the fifth monologue in the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ series. Performed by Stephen Rhea.
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The Soldier by Mannix Flynn
The Soldier by Mannix Flynn is the fourth in a series of dramatic monologues on the theme of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man.
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The Lover by Paula Meehan
The Lover by Paula Meehan is the third in a series of dramatic monologues on the theme of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man.
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Cuban Cigars and the Missile Crisis by Aidan Mathews
Cuban Cigars and the Missile Crisis by Aidan Mathews was was the second play broadcast as part of the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ series
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Infancy by Maeve Binchy
Infancy by Maeve Binchy was broadcast as part of the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ series. Performed by Mikel Murfi
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Pride by Anne Enright
Pride by Anne Enright the first play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Eleanor Methven
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Lust by Bernard Farrell
Lust by Bernard Farrell is the third play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Mark Lambert
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Covetousness by Rebecca Miller
Covetousness by Rebecca Miller is the second play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Julianne Moore
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Greed by Jennifer Johnston
Greed by Jennifer Johnston is the fourth play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Ingrid Craigie
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Envy by Edna O'Brien
Envy by Edna O'Brien is the seventh play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins. Performed by Rosaleen Linehen
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Fearg le Mire Mhac an tSaoi
Fearg by Mire Mhac an tSaoi is the sixth play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins
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Sloth by Eugene O'Brien
Sloth by Eugene O'Brien is the seventh play of RT Radio's drama series Seven Deadly Sins
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Don't Ask by Eugene McCabe
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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Two Men Meet by Roddy Doyle
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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The Rights of the Child by Frank McGuinness
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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Mountain Language by Harold Pinter
Part of Drama on One's Amnesty International Human Rights Season
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Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw
Starring Cyril Cusack and Siobhn McKenna. With an introduction by Aidan Mathews
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The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan
The third play in our archives season, originally broadcast on the 14th of April 1978.
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Fight Night by Gavin Kostick
Starring Aonghus g McAnally, charting the comeback of a failed amateur boxer.
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Thirst by Myles na gCopaleen
Coinciding with the Flann O'Brien centenary, we present his remarkable radio play from the archives.
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Begotten Not Made by Paul Meade
In this sensitive, compelling play, two couples grapple with contemporary ethical dilemmas
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 4 Part 1
Alan Stanford continues his essential study guide to Shakespeare's Hamlet, as psychiatrist and author, Ivor Browne interprets the notion of Ophelia's "madness" in the play and Maureen Gaffney of UCD makes an analysis of Polonius's advice to Laertes.
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 4 Part 2
Alan Stanford concludes his radiophonic study of Hamlet analysing the climactic final scenes, line by line - and how well do you know Hamlet? - fingers on the buzzers for the final Hamlet in Howth quiz!
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 3 Part 2
Alan Stanford continues his guide to this year's featured play on the Leaving Certificate - Hamlet. In this podcast Claudius and Laertes conspire against Hamlet- and more fun in the Hamlet in Howth quiz.
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 3 Part 1
Alan Stanford continues this essential study guide to Shakespeare's Hamlet for Leaving Certificate pupils. In this podcast Claudius abruptly leaves the visiting players presentation of The Murder of Gonzago, realising that the game is up.
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 1 Part 2
Alan Stanford continues his masterclass on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, an essential study guide to the play - here he examines Polonius's advice to his children while teacher Greg Keegan reads a model essay for pupils of Hamlet. Also a Hamlet in Howth quiz!
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 2 Part 1
Alan Stanford continues his essential study guide to the Shakespeare's Hamlet - here he pays close attention to Hamlet's "madness", adopted as a ruse to trick King Claudius, while Leaving Cert pupils perform key scenes.
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Hamlet in Howth Episode 2 Part 2
Alan Stanford gives a Shakespearean Masterclass with Leaving Cert Pupils
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Joe Dowling on Philadelphia Here I Come by Brian Friel
Joe Dowling on Philadelphia Here I Come by Brian Friel
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Michel MacLiammoir performs Hamlet's Soliloquy
Michel MacLiammoir performs Hamlet's Soliloquy (Act 3 Scene1) (RTE Rado Drama 1964)
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