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The Shadow of a Gunman (1923)

Abbey
Royal Court Theatre,
London, 1927
Martin Beck Theatre,
New York, October 1932
Theatre Charles de Rochefort,
Paris, 1947
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, July 1950

Irish
Tour of America,
1951
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, September 1953
Grand Opera House,
Belfast, 1954
New Lindsey Theatre Club,
London, c.1956

Lyric
Lyric Theatre,
Hammersmith, 1957
Bijou Theatre,
New York, 1 Dec. 1958
Bijou Theatre,
New York, 22 Dec. 1958
Stanford Theatre,
Loughborough, 1961

Shadow
Bradford Civic Playhouse,
Bradford, 1963
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, September 1964
Stadtische Theater,
Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1966
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1967

Shadow Abbey Crucible
Grove Theatre,
Belfast, 1967
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 1968
Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle, 1969 CrucibleTheatre,
Sheffield, 1971

Manchester Young Vic
Library Theatre,
Manchester, 1972
Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York, 1972 The Young Vic,
London, 1972
Theater in Beilefeld, 1973

Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, 1975/6. Click here Staatstheater,
Oldenburg, 1975
Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, 1978 Schloßpark Theater,
Berlin (West), 1980

Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, May 1980
Irish Arts Center,
New York, 1983
Actor's Playhouse,
New York, May 1984
Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Edinbugh, 1988

Liverpool Playhouse,
Liverpool, 1989
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, February 1990
Wilbur Theatre,
Boston, 1991
Symphony Space,
New York, 1991

White Bear
Irish Repertory Theatre,
New York, 1999
White Bear Theatre,
London, 2000
Tricycle Theatre,
London, 2004
Crescent Theatre,
Birmingham, 2009


Kathleen Listens In (1923)


Nannie’s Night Out (1924)


The Plough and the Stars (1926)

New
Fortune Theatre,
London, May 1926
New Theatre,
London, July 1926
New Theatre,
London, July 1926
New Theatre,
London, 1926

Duchess
Hudson Theatre,
New York, 1927
Knickerbocker Theatre,
New York, 1928
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, August 1928
Duchess Theatre,
London, June 1930

Shilling Abbey
Shilling Theatre,
London, March 1933
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, August 1935
Croydon Public Hall,
Croydon, 1937
Arts Theatre,
Cambridge, 1939

Embassy Unity Abbey
Embassy Theatre,
London, July 1939
Unity Theatre,
Glasgow, c.1947
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, June 1951
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, June 1953

New Lindsey Queens Abbey Playhouse
New Lindsey Theatre,
London, 1954
Queens Theatre,
Dublin, May 1955
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, May 1955
The Playhouse,
Liverpool, August 1955

Mermaid
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, May 1957
Phoenix Theatre,
New York, December 1960
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1962
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, June 1962
[Cairde Fail Drama Group]

Aldwych
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, February 1964
Aldwych Theatre.
London, April 1964
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 1966
Manchester Irish Players,
1966

Nottingham
Grand Theatre,
Woolverhampton, 1971
Nottingham Theatre,
Nottingham, January 1973
Vivian Beaumont Theatre,
New York, January 1973
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 1976

National Lyric Royal Exchange
National Theatre,
London, September 1977
Lyric Theatre,
Belfast, November 1977
Maxim Gorki Theatre,
Berlin (East), 1983
Royal Exchange Theatre,
Manchester, 1984

Abbey Young Vic
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, September 1984
Glencullen,
Dublin, 1985
Gaiety Theatre,
Dublin, 1989
Young Vic,
London, 1991

Quarry Theatre,
Leeds, March 1993
Leicester Haymarket Theatre,
Leicester, May 1993
New Victoria Theatre, North Staffordshire 1993 Arena Stage,
Washington D. C., 1995

Richmond
New Theatre,
Cardiff, March 1995
Richmond Theatre,
Richmond, April 1995
Theatre Royal,
Plymouth, 10 April 1995
Garrick Theatre,
London, May 1995

Chichester Theatre,
Chichester, 1995
Alexander Theatre, Birmingham, 18 April 1995 King's Theatre
Edinburgh, 13 February 1995
Theatre Royal,
Bath, 1995

  Barbican
Irish Repertory Theatre,
New York, 1996
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 2002
Barbican Theatre,
London, April 2005
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, August 2010


The Silver Tassie (1928)

Apollo
Apollo Theatre,
London, 30 Nov. 1929
Apollo Theatre,
London, 1929
Festival Theatre,
Cambridge, 11 Nov. 1933
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 12 August 1935

Nottingham
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, Sept. 1951
Schiller Theater,
Berlin (West), 1953
Nottingham Playhouse,
Nottingham, 1967
The Swan Theatre,
Worcester, 1968

Aldwych Abbey Royal Stratford
RSC at Aldwych Theatre, London, September, 1969 Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, July 1972
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, July 1973
Royal Stratford Theatre Workshop, February 1977

Almeida
Dublin Theatre Festival,
Dublin, 1987
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 1990
Almeida Theatre,
London, 1994
Tour by Druid Theatre Company, 2010

     
National Theatre,
London, 2014
     


Within the Gates (1933)

Royalty  
Royalty Theatre,
London, February 1934
National Theatre,
New York, December 1934
The Playhouse,
Cleveland, 1936-7
 


A Pound on Demand (1934)

Mercury Mermaid
International Theatre,
New York, February 1947
Mercury Theatre,
London, [1947]
The Playhouse,
New York, May 1959
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1967

Staatstheater,
Dresden, 1971
Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar, 1982 O'Casey Theatre Company,
Sept. - Nov. 1992
Schauspielhaus Bochum,
1992


The End of the Beginning (1934)

Theatre Royal Century
Unity Theatre,
London, 1953
Theatre Royal,
Bristol, 1953
Century Theatre,
Leicester, 1959-1960
Bradford Civic Playhouse,
Bradford, 1963

Library
Library Theatre,
Manchester, November 1964
Staatstheater,
Dresden, 1968
Staatstheater,
Dresden, 1971
[with Bedtime Story], 1976

Orange Tree
Syracuse Stage
New York, 1977
Orange Tree Theatre,
Richmond, 1983
Staatsschauspiel, Munich, 1986 Schloßpark Theater,
Berlin (West), 1986

Nürnberger Theater,
Nürnberg, 1987. Click here
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1988 O'Casey Theatre Company,
[three plays], 1992
Akademietheater,
Vienna, 1992

Winged Horse Tour,
1992
Staatsschauspiel,
Dresden, 1993
Bühnen der Landeshauptstadt,
Kiel, 1994
Union Theatre,
London, April 2006

Thalia Theatre,
Gaußstraße, 2006 Click here
Komodie am Kurfurstendamm,
Berlin, 2011
Theater Kanton Zurich,
Season Brochure, Switerland, 2012
Theater Kanton Zurich,
Winterthur, Switerland, 2012

Watermill  
Theater tri-bühne,
Stutgart, 2015
T.NT Studio, Theater Lüneburg, Lüneburg, 2015 Watermill Theatre,
Newbury,[ND]
 


The Star Turns Red (1940)

Unity    
Unity Theatre,
London, 1940
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, February 1978
   


Purple Dust (1940)

Playhouse Unity Theatre Cherry Lane
Playhouse Theatre,
Liverpool, 1945
Unity Theatre,
Glasgow, c.1947
Theatre Royal,
Brighton, May 1953
Cherry Lane Theatre,
New York, 1956

Tower Mermaid
Tower Theatre,
London, 1960
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1962
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm,
Berlin (East), February 1966
Bühen de Stadt, Magdeburg, 1972 Click here

Berliner Ensemble. Click here Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, January 1975
Schauspielhaus,
Wuppertal, 1975
Kleist Theater,
Frankfurt, 1979

Thalia Theater,
Hamburg, 1983
Theater der Stadt,
Cottbus, 1987
Schauspielhaus Bochum,
Bochum, 1988
Volkstheater,
Rostock, 1992

Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 1993 Click here Tron Theatre,
Glasgow, 1994
Theater Dessau,
Dessau, 2013
[Based partly on Sean O'Casey]
Schaupielhaus Stuttgart,
Stuttgart, 2014

     
Schaupielhaus Stuttgart,
Stuttgart, 2014, Click here
     


Red Roses for Me (1942)

Embassy Lyric New Gaiety
Embassy Theatre,
London, February 1946
Lyric Theatre,
Hammersmith, April 1946
New Theatre,
London, May 1946
Gaiety Theatre,
Dublin, June 1946

Wyndham Booth
Wyndham's Theatre
London, June 1946
Shubert Theatre,
New Haven, December 1955
Wilbur Theater,
Boston, 1955
Booth Theatre,
New York, January 1956

Schlosspark Theater,
Berlin (West), 1956/7
Theatre National Popular,
Paris, 1961
Greenwich Mews Theatre,
New York, 1961
Theatre National Popular,
Paris, 1962/3

Mermaid
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1962
Deutsches Theater,
Berlin (East), 1963
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, 1976 Schiller Theater,
Berlin (West), 1977


Oak Leaves and Lavender (1946)

Lyric    
Lyric Hammersmith,
London, May 1947
Lyric Hammersmith,
London, 12 May 1947
   


Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (1949)

Carnegie Royal
Carnegie Hall Playhouse,
New York, 1958
Edinburgh Festival,
Edinburgh, 1959
Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Edinburgh, 1959
Royal Court Theatre,
London, 1959

Lyceum Theatre,
New York, January 1969
Freie Volksbühnen,
Berlin (West), 1969
Leipziger Theater, 1969 Berliner Ensemble Theater, Berlin, 1971

Barons
Deutsches Schauspielhaus,
Hamburg, 1975
Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, 1977
Deutsches Theater,
Berlin, 1986
Baron's Court Theatre,
London, March-April 2005


Hall of Healing (1950)

Carnegie    
Unity Theatre,
London, 1953
Abbey Theatre, [Queen's]
Dublin, March 1966
   


Time to Go (1950)

Carnegie    
Unity Theatre,
London, 1953
Landesbühnen,
Hannover, 1960/61
   


Bedtime Story (1950)

Bristol
The Playhouse,
New York, May 1959
Newcastle Playhouse,
Newcastle, 1967
Staatstheater,
Desden, 1968
Bristol Old Vic,
Bristol, Aug.-Sept. 1985

Union  
O'Casey Theatre Company Tour,
Sept. - Nov. 1992
Schauspielhaus, Bochum,
1992
Union Theatre,
London, April 2006
 


The Bishop’s Bonfire (1955)

mermaid
Gaiety Theatre,
Dublin, 1955
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1961
Staatstheater,
Dresden, 1970
Schlosspark Theater, Berlin (West), 1972

Schiller Theater,
Berlin (West), 1972
Residenz Theater,
Munich, 1974
Münchner Kammerspiele, 1983 Schauspiel Staatstheater, Stuttgart, 1990


The Drums of Father Ned (1960)

Lyric  
Queens Theatre,
Hornchurch, London
November 8-19, 1960
Olympia Theatre,
Dublin, June 1966
Lyric PlayersTheatre,
Befast, April 1980
 


Behind the Green Curtains (1961)


The Moon Shines on Kylenamoe (1961)

   
Deutsches Theater Kammerspiele, 1965 Landestheater,
Dessau, 1970
   


Figuro in the Night (1961)
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The Harvest Festival (1980)


Festivals

Mermaid      
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1962
     


Flyers and Posters

Wilbur Theatre
Boston, December 1956
Lyric Theatre,
London, 1957
Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1967
RSC at Aldwych Theatre,
London, September, 1969

Mermaid Theatre,
London, 1973
[The End of the Beginning] Schlospark-Theater, 1987 Young Vic,
London, 1991
Wilbur Theatre,
Boston, 1991

Almeida Theatre,
London, 1994
Chichester Festival Theatre,
Chichester, 1995
Richmond Theatre,
London, 1995
Tour by Druid Theatre Company, 2010

   
National Theatre,
London, 2014
National Theatre    


Adaptations

Belasco Theatre,
New York, 1957
Gaiety Theatre,
Dublin, 1968
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 1971
Circle in the Square,
New York, 1973

 
Gate Theatre,
Dublin, 1975
Johnson Theatre,
New York, 1992
Hampstead Theatre,
London
 




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