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Mulligan by John O'Donnell Drama On One from 2023-12-05T03:39:13.159635
Mulligan by John O'Donnell starring Seána Kerslake poses the question. how far will a mother go to protect her son?
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Bloody Writers by Charlie McCarthy Drama on One from 2023-11-26T20:00
Bloody Writers by Charlie McCarthy is the story of a young writer, Niamh, who wins a residency at a Writer's Retreat.
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In the Wings - Mulligan by John O'Donnell from 2023-11-24T16:04
In this episode of In the Wings, Writer John O'Donnell and actor Seána Kerslake talk about working on John's play Mulligan.
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No Love Lost by Dylan Drama On One from 2022-04-17T12:00
No Love Lost is written&directed by Dylan Tighe, and stars Thomas Collins and Gina Moxley. Exploring a relationship between a young Traveller man and an older woman from Dublin 4
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in the Wings - Marconi&Me by ZoëComyns from 2022-04-13T12:00
Writer/Perfomer ZoëComyns talks to Drama On One producer Kevin Brew about her play Marconi&Me, a love story told through morse code and a history of sound.
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Othello by William Shakespeare Drama on One from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.448681
Othello by William Shakespeare Performed by The RTÉ Rep - first broadcast on 24 September 1985.
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65. Othello - Overture voiced by the RTÉ REP from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.445335
65. Othello - Overture voiced by the RTÉ REP including Harry Andrews, Jim Reid and Colette Proctor. The music is Hawkmoon 269 by U2
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60. Othello - Act 5 Scene 2 Emilia tells Othello the truth from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.396044
60. Othello - Act 5, Scene 2. Emilia tells Othello the truth
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59. Othello - Discuss the importance of Othello’s transformation from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.387057
59. Othello - Discuss the importance of Othello’s transformation in the Temptation Scene (Act 3, Scene 3) by teacher Claire McWilliams
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58. Othello - Act 5 Scene 2 Othello kills Desdemona from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.384615
58. Othello - Act 5, Scene 2. Othello kills Desdemona
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57. Othello - Favourite Scene Act 5 Scene 2 from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.380791
57. Othello - Favourite Scene Act 5 Scene 2
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56. Othello - The Theme of Jealousy from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.378204
56. Othello - The Theme of Jealousy
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55. Othello - Act 5 Scene 2 line 1 Othello’s indecision from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.375837
55. Othello - Act 5 Scene 2 line 1 Othello’s indecision. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars.
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53. Othello - Favourite Character - Iago’s cleverness from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.373795
53. Othello - Favourite Character - Iago’s cleverness
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52. Othello - Favourite Character - Without Desdemona there is no play from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.371265
52. Othello - Favourite Character - Without Desdemona there is no play
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51. Othello - Act 4 Scene 2 line 139 The Moor's abused from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.369174
51. Othello - Act 4 Scene 2 line 139 The Moor's abused by some most villainous knave, Some base notorious knave, some scurvy fellow.
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50. Othello - Favourite Character - Iago from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.366668
50. Othello - Favourite Character - Iago
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49. Othello - Act 4 Scene 2 - line 34 Othello accuses Desdemona from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.358198
49. Othello - Act 4 Scene 2 - line 34 Othello accuses Desdemona of adultery. Come, swear it, damn thyself. Lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves. Should fear to seize thee. Therefo...
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48. Othello - Favourite Character - Desdemona from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.355912
48. Othello - Favourite Character - Desdemona
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47. Othello - Favourite Character - Roderigo from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.353834
47. Othello - Favourite Character - Roderigo
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46. Othello - Favourite quote - Act 4 Scene 1 line 264 Lodovico - Is this the noble Moor from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.351294
46. Othello - Favourite quote - Act 4 Scene 1 line 264 Lodovico - Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate, Call all-in-all sufficient?
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44. Othello - Favourite quote - Act 1 Scene 3 Line 95 A maiden never bold from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.345403
44. Othello - Favourite quote - Act 1 Scene 3 Line 95 A maiden never bold, Of spirit so still and quiet
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43. Othello - Favourite quote - Act 1 Scene 1 Line 86 from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.343037
43. Othello - Favourite quote - Act 1, Scene 1. Line 86. Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise
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42. Othello - Favourite character - Othello’s nobility from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.340949
42. Othello - Favourite character - Othello’s nobility
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41. Othello - Act 3, Scene 4. Othello eloquently outlines the Egyptian’s Warning from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.338137
41. Othello - Act 3, Scene 4. Othello eloquently outlines the Egyptian’s Warning about the handkerchief and pushes Desdemona to lie
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40. Othello - 3 Favourite Quotes from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.334133
40. Othello - 3 Favourite Quotes - Act 1 Scenes 2&3 ‘ a foul thief’ - Act 4, Scene 1 ‘Let her rot and perish’. Act 1 Scene 3 ‘she has deceived her father and may thee’
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39. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 381 Cassio (and Desdemona) must die from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.295552
39. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 381 Repetition of the word ‘think’. Imputation and strong circumstance mean Cassio (and Desdemona) must die
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38. Othello - Sample Answer on Desdemona’s character is not credible? from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.293005
38. Othello - Sample Answer on Desdemona’s character is not credible. She is simply too good to be true by teacher Kenneth Crann
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37. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 289 Emilia finds the handkerchief and gives it to Iago from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.290049
37. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 289 Emilia finds the handkerchief and gives it to Iago
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35.Othello - Act 4 Scene 1 Line 178. Desdemona’s fate is sealed from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.287372
35.Othello - Act 4 Scene 1 Line 178. Desdemona’s fate is sealed. How shall I murder him, Iago? Othello swears also to kill his wife this night, he curses her and weeps over her at the same time, m...
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34. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Favourite Scene - The Temptation Scene from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.282909
34. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Favourite Scene - The Temptation Scene
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33. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 257 Othello’s soliloquy on suspicion and doubt from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.272367
33. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 257 Othello’s soliloquy on suspicion and doubt
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32. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 90. Iago’s use of repetition from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.269149
32. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Line 90. Iago’s use of repetition to manipulate thought, reputation and implant doubt and jealousy
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31. Othello - Act 1 Scene 2 Othello as a noble powerful leader from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.262739
31. Othello - Act 1 Scene 2 Othello as a noble powerful leader
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30. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 84 Desdemona pleads for Cassio from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.260535
30. Othello - Act 3 Scene 3 Line 84 Desdemona pleads for Cassio
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29. Othello - Racist overtones in animal imagery in Othello from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.258145
29. Othello - Racist overtones in the animal imagery in Shakespeare’s Othello
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28. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Iago exploits Desdemona’s good nature from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.255801
28. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Iago exploits Desdemona’s good nature
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27. Othello - The ruthlessness of Iago from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.253765
27. Othello - The ruthlessness of Iago
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26. Othello - Alan Stanford discusses Reputation in Shakespeare’s Othello from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.250681
26. Othello - Alan Stanford discusses Reputation in Shakespeare’s Othello
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25. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Line 283 Iago, using weaknesses as weapons from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.243567
25. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Line 283 Iago, using weaknesses as weapons, persuades Cassio to ask Desdemona’s help.
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24.Othello - Sample Answer the Theme of Appearance and Reality in Othello from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.241377
24.Othello - Sample Answer. Discuss the Theme of Appearance and Reality in Shakespeare’s Othello by teacher Frank Cleary
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23. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Line 171 Iago condemns Cassio from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.238923
23. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Line 171 Iago condemns Cassio by telling the truth. For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl.
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22. Othello - The Character of Emilia from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.236840
22. Othello - The Character of Emilia
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21. Othello - Symbolism in Othello from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.234463
21. Othello - Symbolism in Othello
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20. Othello - The Character of Iago from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.231659
20. Othello - The Character of Iago
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19. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Line 27 Iago’s ingenuity at plotting from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.192065
19. Othello - Act 2, Scene 3. Line 27. Iago’s ingenuity at plotting every opportunity to destroy those he hates. He exploits Cassio’s weakness for drink.
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18. Othello - Act 2 Sc 3 Line 220 from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.190053
18. Othello - Act 2 Sc3 Line 220 Favourite Quote. I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio
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17. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Cassio’s weakness from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.187755
17. Othello - Act 2 Scene 3 Cassio’s weakness
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16. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Line 289 from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.185691
16. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Line 289. Favourite Quote. My life upon her faith! Honest Iago
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15. Othello - Act 2 Scene 1 lines 291 Wife for wife from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.183303
15. Othello - Act 2, Scene 1 lines 291. Wife for wife. Iago obsession that he is cuckolded by Othello and Cassio - Now, I do love her too; Not out of absolute lust, though peradventure I stand acco...
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14. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Favourite Quote. In sleep I heard him say 'Sweet Desdemona, Let us be wary, let us hide our loves.' And then from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.181145
14. Othello - Act 3, Scene 3. Favourite Quote. In sleep I heard him say 'Sweet Desdemona, Let us be wary, let us hide our loves.' And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand
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13. Othello - Iago sets up the dismissal of Cassio and reveals he too loves Desdemona Act 2 Scene 1 from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.178855
13. Othello - Iago sets up the dismissal of Cassio and reveals he too loves Desdemona Act 2 Scene 1, lines 265 -
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12. Othello - Actors Peter Macon (Othello) and Marty Rea (Iago) discuss the 2016 Abbey Theatre production of Othello from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.176802
12. Othello - Actors Peter Macon (Othello) and Marty Rea (Iago) discuss the 2016 Abbey Theatre production of Shakespeare’s Othello directed by Joe Dowling (5 May - 11 June 2016), other Shakespeare...
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11. Othello - Sample Answer on "Discuss the struggle between Good versus Evil in Shakespeare’s Othello" by teacher Joanne Butler. from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.174394
11. Othello - Sample Answer on "Discuss the struggle between Good versus Evil in Shakespeare’s Othello" by teacher Joanne Butler.
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10. Othello - Desdemona explains her love of Othello to Brabantio "My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.171323
10. Othello - Desdemona explains her love of Othello to Brabantio "My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education." (Act 1, Scene 3)
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9. Othello - Iago fuels Othello’s jealousy (Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio; Wear your eyes thus, not jealous nor secure. Ac from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.162650
9. Othello - Iago fuels Othello’s jealousy (Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio; Wear your eyes thus, not jealous nor secure. Act 3, Scene 3)
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8. Othello - Witchcraft and the wooing of Desdemona." (Act 1, Scene 3) from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.160527
8. Othello - Witchcraft and the wooing of Desdemona." (Act 1, Scene 3)
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7. Othello - Desdemona as Feminist. Venice vs Cyprus (Act 1, Scene 3) from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.158177
7. Othello - Desdemona as Feminist. Venice vs Cyprus (Act 1, Scene 3)
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6. Othello - The character contrast between Othello and Brabantio (Act 1. Scene 2) from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.155654
6. Othello - The character contrast between Othello and Brabantio (Act 1. Scene 2)
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5. Othello - Sample Answer on "Jealousy is one of the predominant themes in Othello" by teacher John Lydon from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.153393
5. Othello - Sample Answer on "Jealousy is one of the predominant themes in Othello" by teacher John Lydon
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4. Othello - Iago’s villainy and Othello’s entrance (Act 1. Scenes 1&2) from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.150857
Othello - Iago’s villainy and Othello’s entrance (Act 1. Scenes 1&2)
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3. Othello - Roderigo's racism “What a full fortune does the Thick-lips owe If he can carry’t thus!” (Act 1 Scene 1 line 66) from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.148016
3. Othello - Roderigo's racism “What a full fortune does the Thick-lips owe If he can carry’t thus!” (Act 1, Scene 1, line66)
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2. Othello - Act1 Sc1 Favourite Quote “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.142184
Othello - Act 1 Sc.1. Favourite Quote. “I follow him to serve my turn upon him”. (1.1.)
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1. Othello - Act 1 Sc.1 - The Opening and Introduction of Iago from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.139316
Othello - Act 1 Sc.1 - The Opening and Introduction of Iago
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No One Ever Asked Me That Drama on One from 2022-04-11T12:48:36.136563
No One Ever Asked Me That; 2022 and women are reclaiming themselves. Women have the right to choose. But that doesn't mean we are all choosing the same thing.
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Write Your Mind - Drama on One from 2022-03-27T12:00
Write Your Mind is a play about Youth Mental Health. The play was devised by the Jigsaw Offaly Service in partnership with Offaly Youth Theatre, with Eugene O’Brien as Writing Consultant and Angela...
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Hamlet Prince of Derry adapted by Colin Murphy Drama on One from 2022-03-20T12:00
Hamlet, Prince of Derry adapted by Colin Murphy. Directed by Conall Morrison Performed by Stage Beyond Theatre Company, And with an original score by Si Schroeder Produced by Kevin Brew
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Hecuba by Marina Carr Drama on One from 2022-03-14T00:17:35.945983
Hecuba by Marina Carr. Starring Derbhle Crotty as Hecuba ,Declan Conlon as Agamemnon with Aoibhinn McGinnity, Danielle Galligan, Enda Oates ,Ollie West.
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Fearg le Máire Mhac an tSaoi Drama On One from 2022-03-11T12:00
Niall Tóibín i ‘Fearg’ le Máire Mac An tSaoi, agus cloisfimid ar dtús réamhrá ó Mháire í féin. Léiritheoir Cathal Póirtéir
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In the Wings - Seachtain na Gaeilge Drama On One from 2022-03-11T12:00
In the Wings Niall Tóibín reads Pearse's panegyric over the grave of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa.
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Pondling by Genevieve Hulme BeamanDrama On One Podcast from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.590064
Pondling by Genevieve Hulme BeamanFollowing its success last September in the Dublin Fringe, Drama On One presents the radio version of Pondling, written and performed by Genevieve Hulme Beaman.
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The Quiet Land by Malachy McKenna Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.544405
The Quiet Land by Malachy McKenna took 1st place in the 2014 PJ O'Connor Awards
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Conference Call by Paul Meade Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.478664
The second in a short season of work celebrating Limerick as The City Of CultureConference Call written by Paul Meade Directed by Eithne HandCast Peter Hanly Patrick Byrnes Karl Quinn Anne Byrne...
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Toronto and the State of Grace by Kevin Barry from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.472732
wo Cavan brothers journey to Knockfierna Hill in West Limerick, to fulfil a promise to their late mother.
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Bombshell by Fiona Looney Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.463066
Bombshell written by Fiona Looney Featuring Bernadette Mc Kenna, Brendan Conroy, Mark O’Regan Ryamond Scannell and Joe Taylor Sound Supervision was Mark Dwyer Produced by Aidan Mathews
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Pulse Music / Ceol Cuisle from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.449193
Pulse Music / Ceol Cuisle A sonic journey into the thoughts and poetic imagination of the late West Limerick poet Michael Hartnett. Directed and Researched by Dylan Tighe Original music and sound ...
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In The Wings Paddy Bushe Talks about Michael Hartnett Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.436186
Poet Paddy Bushe talks about Michael Hartnett
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In The Wings A Picture of Us Drama on One from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.403607
In the Wings from RTÉ Drama on One where theatre practitioners discuss their work in radio and beyond. This week we hear from founding members of The Cup Theatre Company, Kate Gilmore and Laurence...
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The Last Commissioner by Antoine Ó Flatharta from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.278161
Starring Kate O'Toole, the play is set in Brussels in the not too distant future. The UK is about to vote on leaving the EU and Uzikistan has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Rachel Bell may be the...
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WB and Me - A Poet's Choice of Yeats' Poems Drama On ONe from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.266077
Pat Boran,Poet and Publisher offers a personal reflection on Yeats’ “The Lake Isle of Inisfree”, “The Long Legged Fly” and “High Talk”. Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Ghostbike by Elizabeth O'Neill from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.263335
earts and flowers hung from the handlebars. A graveyard of bicycles The world of the ghostbike looms closer for David, as an accident churns up memories of an ex-girlfriend, Grace. Starring Emme...
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From Stage to Street Episode 1 from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.261195
In memory of one of RTE Radio’s truly great Producers, Peter Mooney. The series, presented by Colin Murphy, focuses on the times when what was happening on the Irish stage reverberated on the stre...
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In The Wings - Palace Players Fermoy from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.234934
Winners 2015 Perpetual Trophy in the 63rd RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival The Palace Players, Fermoy with Conversations On A Homecoming
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Wittgenstein in the West by Stephen Toomey from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.192091
The famous philosopher’s post-War pilgrimage to the peace and quiet of Connemara is proving problematic. He can’t construe the English of the Irish natives, let alone the Irish of his English-speak...
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Playwrights in Profile Gary Mitchell from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.097501
This week we hear from Playwright Gary Mitchell
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Playwrights in Profile Conor McPherson from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.092140
Sean Rocks talks to Conor Mc Pherson, the Dublin dramatist whose mastery of the monologue brought him from the Bush Theatre in London to Broadway success with his break-through play The Weir.
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Greta At The Gresham by Bernard Farrell from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.078849
Boy meets girl in a brief encounter on an ancient island in an Irish lake, and they talk through the moonlit night of this and that and their two bespoken lives. They will meet again
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In The Wings - Public Interview with Peter Brook from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.067301
In October 2007, John Kelly met with and spoke to Peter Brooke as part of the 50th Dublin Theatre Festival. In a wide ranging interview, Brooke reflected on the human mystery of acting, the healin...
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In The Wings - Honey by Neil Flynn from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.065
In The Wings is a programme in which artists discuss their work. This week writer Neil Flynn, and actors Aoife Duffin and Patrick Ryan chat about working on Neil’s play Honey. Produced by Kevin R...
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Honey by Neil Flynn from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.062181
Five school-going teenagers are distracted by fantasies of the opposite sex in this week’s play - ‘Honey’ by Neil Flynn
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Saint Columbanus:The First European from 2022-03-07T11:31:34.055656
presented by Mary McAleese
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To Find A Heathen Place and sound a Bell from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.997104
Continuing our Columban themed All Saints’ Night, Barry Mc Govern stars as Columbanus In Kerry Hardie with Olivia O'Leary
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The Dead by The Performance Corporation from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.973353
The Performance Corporation to make a radio version of their operatic treatment of James Joyce’s best-loved short story, ‘The Dead’. Created by Irish composer Ellen Cranitch and playwright Tom Swif...
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In the Wings - An Duairceán from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.942857
In this episode we hear writer Aodh Ó Domhnaill, and actors Niall Tóibín and Diarmuid de Faoite, discussing Aodh’s play, An Duairceán Producer Kevin Reynolds.
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Love Me?! by Arthur Reardon from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.893519
Peter Hanly and Jennifer O'Dea play two departing passengers in Arthur Reardon's LOVE ME?!, a short and sceptical reflection on the split second which separates the infinitesimal from the infinite...
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From Stage to Street - Episode 5 from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.890773
Presented by Colin Murphy and produced by Peter Mooney. In this episode we hear from Mary Keane, Gearóid O’Brien, historian of the amateur drama movement and Nory Relihill from the original cast...
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From Stage to Street Episode 6 from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.888374
Presented by Colin Murphy and produced by Peter Mooney in this episode Stephen Rea and Kevin Whelan join the programme to discuss Translations by Brian Friel, staged at the height of The Troubles i...
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In the Wings - Shakespeare and Me from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.883426
The first in an occasional series of 'In The Wings' celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare. Featurings actors Peter Macon and Marty Rea who play Othello and Iago in The Abbey Theatre's production of ...
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In The Wings - A Matter of Modesty by Anne Marie Kennedy from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.869719
In The Wings is a programme in which artists discuss their work. This week we hear from some of the cast A Matter of Modesty which took 2nd place in the PJ O'Connor Awards 2016 Produced by Kevin R...
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To Sean with Love by Ronan Carr from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.851137
Ronan Carr's radio dramatisation of Sean Kenny's meteoric rise, as brief as it was brilliant, With Owen Roe, Jonathan Ryan, Deirdre Monaghan, Ali White, and Michael James Ford, Produced by Aidan Ma...
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Forever Yours by Thomas McLaughlin from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.806205
can be a boast, a toast, and on occasion a ghostly reminder that the lives we follow are not always the lives we lead.
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In the Wings - To Sean with Love from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.788623
In this episode we hear Writer Ronan Carr and actors Jonathan Ryan and Ali White talking about their work on Ronan's play To Sean with Love
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In the Wings - Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.774908
On this episode Penny Arcade, Andy Warhol Factory Superstar and contemporary of Patti Smith and Debbie Harry, talks Longing Lasts Longer.
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In The Wings - Brian Eno in Dalkey from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.749268
Sinead Gleeson talking to Brian Eno. at Dalkey Book Festival 2016 Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Love Joy Peace by Thomas Kinsella from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.736942
Love Joy Peace, a private reflection through the poetry and prose of belief and unbelief by poet Thomas Kinsella –
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In the Wings - Gemma Hill talks to Daniel Day Lewis from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.734431
From the Rattlebag archive Gemma Hill talks to Daniel Day Lewis
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with David Byrne from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.698312
From the Rattlebag archive 2004 creative driver of “Talking Heads’, David Byrne talks to Myles Dungan
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Paul Schrader from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.691029
From the Rattlebag archive 2005 Myles Dungan talks to Paul Schrader.
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Terrible Beauty by Bernard Clarke from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.672550
An RTÉ Lyric FM production, ‘Terrible Beauty’ won the prestigious Prix Marulic Award 2017
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From Eden by Stephen Jones from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.599870
Two lost individuals find themselves together in a bathroom on New Year's Eve. Starring Stephen Jones and Seána Kerslake
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K.LO. for the Doggy by Robert Barrett from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.594032
!st Place PJ O'Connor Awards 2017
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In the Wings - The Honeysuckle Smasher from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.591331
In this episode we hear the voices of Playwright Noel Thomas Simpson and actors Paul Tylak and Joe Hanley talking about working on Noel' s play “The Honeysuckle Smasher” - sound by Mark Dwyer. ...
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Wrapped by Tracy Martin from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.554380
Tracy Martin's debut play Wrapped is a comedy with a sharp edge that explores the unlikely symbiotic friendship that develops between two women going broke, going crazy and going nowhere ...
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In the Wings - Lockie's Umbrella by Philip Davison from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.551590
This week Writer Philip Davison and actors Pat Laffan, Marion O’Dwyer and Ann Byrne discuss working on Lockie’s Umbrella by Philip Davison. Programme was compiled by Gorretti Slavin Producer Kevi...
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The Curse of the Button Accordion from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.540985
Written&performed by Sharon Mannion
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In the Wings - Good Night Irene from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.498551
by Jennifer Johnston featuring Roger Gregg
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Paper Femme by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.470325
two worlds collide when a feminist podcast explores our Georgian past.
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In the Wings - Hecuba by Marina Carr from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.467185
In this week’s episode we hear from Playwright Marina Carr and actors Derbhle Crotty&Declan Conlon speaking about their work on Marina's play Hecuba.
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In the Wings - The Curse of the Button Accordion from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.463056
Featuring writer /comedians Sharon Mannion and Sue Collins
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Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.449769
A story of slow conversion, from solitariness to a sense of solidarity with the ordeal of the world, Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan stars Kathy Rose O'Brien, Pat Laffan, Áine Ní Mhuirí, Pat Laffan, .
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Northern Lights by Stephen Jones from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.442601
starring Stephen Jones and Séana Kerslake
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Facing the Music by Karl O'Neill from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.391188
with John Kavanagh as Dmitri Shostakovich
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From the River of Ghosts by Roger Gregg from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.388574
an intimate love letter commemorating the lives of a working family pursuing their dreams over several generations in America’s rust belt. Playwright and composer Roger Gregg weaves his signature b...
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The Department of Ultimology by Fiona Hallinan and Kate Strain from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.367895
The Department of Ultimology a radio essay by artist Fiona Hallinan, curator Kate Strain, writer Barry Edward Fitzgerald, and with an original soundtrack by Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Ultimology is t...
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Christie by Sean O'Gorman from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.276248
Christie by Sean O'Gorman - 1st Place PJ O'Connor Awards 2019. Centered around the lives of Marie&Joey from the Liberties in Dublin, tells a contemporary tale of family and home
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Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh Part 2 from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.265749
Marking Donal McCann's 20th anniversary, another chance to hear him in the radio adaptation of Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh, first presented in 1979. Part two of two.
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Quiet City by Philip Davison from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.258389
Quiet City a radio play première by novelist Philip Davison with Ciarán Hinds as Richard Meadows and Olwen Fouéré as Virginia Coates. Producer Aidan Mathews
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Leaba an Bháis le Darach Mac Con Iomaire from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.243016
Leaba an Bháis le Darach Mac Con Iomaire
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The Art of Foot-Binding’ by Danielle McLaughlin from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.240332
The Art of Foot-Binding’ by Danielle McLaughlin A radio version of Danielle’s short story of the same name.
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Long Story Short by Tracy Martin from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.164598
Angeline Ball as Karen in A Long Story Short by Tracy Martin
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Mise agus Ise le Caitríona Ní Mhurchú. from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.076094
Stánann sé suas ón deasca, feiscint 'bhfuil fáth leis an dtost míshuaimhneach.Ní féidir dearmad a dhéanamh go brách. We all became walkers when the virus struck.
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Islands - with Chris Watson&Luke Clancy from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.062499
From Ross Island to Galapagos to the possibly mythical isle of HyBrasil, world renowned sound recordist Chris Watson teams up with Writer/Presenter Luke Clancy, to journey across an atlas of remote...
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Deep by Raymond Scannell from 2022-03-07T11:31:33.038743
Deep by Raymond Scannell, directed by Tom Creed
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All out of Happy faces by Norma Sheahan from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.995142
A mother needs someone to talk to; the answering machine at Trampolineland will have to do. A tragicomic voice-message in the time of the pandemic, written and performed by Norma Sheahan
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Lambo by HughTravers from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.975076
a fictionalised account of a story that stormed the airwaves and gripped the nation almost three decades ago. It is 1987: A story of murder. Gerry Ryan has killed a lamb! Kind of. Maybe……
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Confession by Felix Mitterer from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.962407
Confession by Felix Mitterer sees a man enter a confessional seeking absolution. But the is priest within, completely without sin.
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Love, Joy and Peace by Thomas Kinsella from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.948531
three dramatic texts explore Love, Joy and Peace through the words of Martin Luther King and Thomas Kinsella
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Quicksand by Elizabeth Moynihan from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.934620
Otherness and isolation are universal experiences, but ones that some experience more than others. Quicksand brings to life the story of a woman who will stop at nothing to protect her son. Starri...
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Eating Seals and Seagulls' Eggs by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.905082
Eating Seals and Seagulls' Eggs written by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú. The play is an absorbing meditation exploring loneliness and dislocation through the life of Peig Sayers
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The Gallant John Joe by Tom Mac Intyre from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.881748
Starring Tom Hickey Produced by Bill Whelan
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In The Wings - The Gallant John Joe by Tom Mac Intyre from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.877139
In tribute to Tom Hickey on his month’s mind, In this episode we hear the voices of Producer and composer Bill Whelan and Lee Hickey, son of the late Tom talking about the two Toms - Hickey and Mc...
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Dubliners - Eveline&A Little Cloud -Drama on One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.749383
RTÉPlayers dramatisation of stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Tonight, two masterpieces in miniature - Eveline&A Little Cloud
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Dubliners by James Joyce - Grace Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.733150
A Summer of Dubliners by James Joyce - Grace
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Infancy By Maeve Binchy Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.677140
INFANCY by Maeve Binchy followed by Maeve Binchy and Myles Dungan in Public Interview in The National Concert Hall, Dublin, 2002.
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No Love Lost by Dylan Tighe Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.671211
Starring Thomas Collins and Gina Moxley. The play explores a relationship between a young Traveller man and an older woman
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Nothing Ever Happens Around Here by Robert Barrett Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.597169
Winner of the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2020 and starring Pauline McLynn, Frankie McCafferty, Noni Stapleton, John D Ruddy, Joan Sheehy&Joe Taylor
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In the Wings Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.591995
In this episode of In the Wings we hear musician Finbar Furey, writer Kenneth Sweeney and actor Al Mc Kenna talking about working on Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney,
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Digging For Fire by Daragh Dukes, Eoin O Kelly&Kevin Brew Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.481925
Digging For Fire: Daragh Dukes, Eoin O Kelly&Kevin Brew explore the nature of youthful creativity as they remember their participation in the Limerick band scene of the early 90s
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Butcher's Dozen by Thomas Kinsella Drama On One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.479070
In Memory of the late Thomas Kinsella a poet of outstanding humanity, depth and feeling. written in response to the 'response' to Bloody Sunday, Derry 30th January 1972 introduced and read by the ...
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Love,Joy,Peace by Thomas Kinsella Drama on One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.473649
In Memory of the Poet Thomas Kinsella who died 22nd December 2022. A great friend of Drama on One
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In the Wings - Eggsistentialism by Joanne Ryan Drama on One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.471493
Featuring writer Joanne Ryan and actor Eamonn Hunt
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Morning Coffee by Dermot Bolger Drama on One from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.468626
stranger from the past drives into the yard of on an elderly couple. Is this seemingly benign intrusion the action of a man seeking to make atonement and bring justice, or wreak havoc on the lives ...
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The Silent Passenger by Ronan Brady from 2022-03-07T11:31:32.381254
The Silent Passenger by Ronan Brady, tells the story of Sigmund Freud's escape from the Nazis on June 4th 1938. Barry Mc Govern plays Freud and Stephen Brennan is Carl Jung.
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Stuck by Sharon Mannion from 2022-02-27T12:00
When Mel finds herself back in Ireland from London, in the middle of a pandemic, talking through a nursing home window to her mother. she’s forced to confront why she fled. Winner Best Radio Script...
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In the Wings - The Baptiste Programme 2 from 2022-02-25T12:00
The Baptiste Programme, Smock Alley’s ambitious initiative to develop new dramatic writing with Irish writers of colour.This edition features writers, C.N. Smith and Kwaku Fortune.
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Skewed by Sarah-Jane Scott from 2022-02-20T12:00
Skewed by Sarah-Jane Scott directed by Tom Creed with Dawn Bradfield and Roseanna Purcell.
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Skewed written by Sarah-Jane Scott from 2022-02-18T12:00
Maude and Orla are sisters, now back together again the family dynamic changes forever. A finalist in the 2020 PJ O'Connor awards starring Dawn Bradfield&Roseanna Purcell, directed by Tom Creed.
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In the Wings - The Baptiste Programme from 2022-02-18T12:00
Lucy Ryan, Director of Programming and Finance at Smock Alley Theatre and Dramaturg, Pamela McQueen talk about The Baptiste Programme, Smock Alley’s ambitious initiative to develop new dramatic wri...
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In the Wings - Skewed by Sarah-Jane Scott Drama on One from 2022-02-11T12:00
In this episode we hear Writer Sarah-Jane Scott, actor Roseanna Purcell and director Tom Creed speak about working on Sarah-Jane's radio play Skewed
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James Joyce and Me Episode 1 Drama On One from 2022-02-10T12:00
A six-part series of programmes where presenter Professor Declan Kiberd talks to guests about their personal response to James Joyce,. Episode 1 Katherine O'Callaghan, Joyce Scholar and musician...
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James Joyce and me Episode 2 Drama on One from 2022-02-10T12:00
A six-part series of programmes where presenter Professor Declan Kiberd talks to guests about their personal response to James Joyce,. Episode 2. Fritz Senn Producer Bernadette Comerford
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James Joyce and Me Episode 3 from 2022-02-10T12:00
A six-part series of programmes where presenter Professor Declan Kiberd talks to guests about their personal response to James Joyce,. Episode 3. Vivienne Igoe Producer Bernadette Comerford
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James Joyce and Me Episode 4 Drama on One from 2022-02-10T12:00
A six-part series of programmes where presenter Professor Declan Kiberd talks to guests about their personal response to James Joyce,. Episode 4. Edna O'Brien. Producer Bernadette Comerford
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James Joyce and Me Episode 5 from 2022-02-10T12:00
A six-part series of programmes where presenter Professor Declan Kiberd talks to guests about their personal response to James Joyce,. Episode 5. Joseph O'Connor. Producer Bernadette Comerford
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James Joyce and Me Episode 6 from 2022-02-10T12:00
A six-part series of programmes where presenter Professor Declan Kiberd talks to guests about their personal response to James Joyce,. Episode 6. Andrew Gibson . Producer Bernadette Comerford
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The Venice Suite by Dermot Bolger Drama On One Podcast from 2022-02-02T06:57:25.733240
The Venice Suite; A Voyage Through Loss by Dermot Bolger In Memory of Bernie, 3rd July 1958-26th May 2010
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Weighing In by Ger Gallagher from 2022-02-02T06:57:25.732277
This topical play deals with the modern obsession of dieting. Set in an Easi-Slim clinic we meet the highly driven Val and the motherly Breda. Both attend the weekly clinic for the weigh-in and ...
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The United Stages Versus Ulysses by Colin Murphy Drama on One from 2022-01-30T12:00
The true story of one of the greatest literary trials of the twentieth century.
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In the Wings - The Silent Passenger by Ronan Brady from 2022-01-28T12:00
Written by Ronan Brady the play chronicles the hasty departure of Sigmund Freud, his wife, Martha, and their daughter Anna from Vienna in 1938.
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In the Wings - Dubliners by James Joyce Drama on One from 2022-01-26T12:00
Annie Ryan, artistic director of The Corn Exchange Theatre Company, writer, translator&adaptor Michael West,&actor and writer Patrick Dawson, cycle through their experiences, joys and challenges in...
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Exiles by James Joyce Drama on One from 2022-01-24T12:00
In this 1980 RTÉ production Daniel Reardon plays Richard Rowan and his wife Bertha is played by Barbara McCaughey. Produced by Tim Danaher.
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Tubes by Gary Mitchell from 2022-01-23T12:00
In this black comedy we meet Titch a modern young protestant, who is keen to portray his own community and the twelfth of July in a more positive light.
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In the Wings - The United States versus Ulysses Drama On One from 2022-01-19T12:00
Actors Killian Scott, Stephen Hogan, Morgan C. Jones talk about working on The United States versus Ulysses by Colin Murphy broadcast as part of Drama On One’s centenary celebration of the publica...
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In the Wings - Tubes by Gary Mitchell from 2022-01-17T12:00
In this episode of In the Wings actors Eleanor Methven, Micheal Liebmann and Gerard McCabe speak about their work on stage, screen and on air and working on Gary Mitchell's new play Tubes for Drama...
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Eggsistentialism by Joanne Ryan from 2022-01-16T12:00
Eggsistentialism by Joanne Ryan. The radio version of the acclaimed stage show.
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In the Wings Morning Coffee by Dermot Bolger Drama On One from 2021-12-31T12:00
Writer Dermot Bolger, director Eithne Hand and actors Donncha Crowley, Helen Roche and Tatianna Ouliankina sepak about their work on Dermot's play Morning Coffee.
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 1 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Part 1 -Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island, The Miss Morkan's annual dance was always a great affair. It’s after 10’o clock when their favourite nephew Gabriel Conroy and his wi...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 2 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Part 2 - Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island, The dancing has begun, the party is warming up as more guests arrive. Fearing an incident, however, Aunt Kate dispatches Gabriel to c...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 3 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island and having successfully manoeuvred Freddy Malins upstairs, Gabriel’s irritation increases as his dancing partner, Miss Ivors, teases him gently,...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 4 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island and Gabriel listens absent-mindedly to Mrs Malins account of her travels in Scotland. As preparations for supper begin, he anxiously runs over t...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 5 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island and Gabriel, settled at the head of the table, carves and distributes plates of goose meat to the guests. While he eats in silence, the talk tur...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 6 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island and after port and sherry are passed around, silence descends on the table. Gabriel pushes back his chair and stands up nervously to speak.
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 7 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island, and the party is winding down, cabs are hailed and all the guests are leaving. Gabriel waits in the hall for Greta to come down but she is tran...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 8 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island and D’Arcy’s singing of The Lass of Aughrim has left Gretta pensive and preoccupied - a mood that remains with her as she and Gabriel share a ca...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 9 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Taking place on Nollaig na mBan at 15 Usher's Island, Gabriel and Gretta have arrived at The Gresham Hotel. As the night porter leads them to their room, Gabriel is perplexed by Gretta’s abstractio...
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The Dead by James Joyce Part 10 - read by Stephen Rea Drama On One from 2021-12-21T12:00
Usher's Island, The Miss Morkan's annual dance was always a great affair. Gabriel and Gretta are in their room in the Gresham Hotel and Gabriel finally learns of the old secret love wound his wife ...
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Islands by Chris Watson and Luke Clancy Drama on One from 2021-12-19T12:00
Islands: Chris Watson teams up with Writer/Presenter Luke Clancy, Composer Irene Buckley and Actor Kathy Rose O'Brien to journey across an atlas of remote islands.
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Young Bloods Bewley's Cafe Theatre Drama On One Podcast from 2021-12-18T04:03:54.049119
We continue our season of programmes in the series 'Youngbloods' which looks at Theatre companies working in Ireland. Tonight it’s turn of David Horan, Michael James Ford Iseult Golden and Kelly C...
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Drama On One Podcast Grave Danger by Cormac McAdam & Conor McGinnity Drama On One from 2021-12-18T04:03:54.048239
A funeral undertaker, his frustrated son and a decades-old secret
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Young Bloods Junk Ensemble Drama On One Podcast from 2021-12-18T04:03:54.047394
We continue our short season of programmes in our series Young Bloods looking at Theatre Professionals and the Company they keep. Tonight it's the turn of Dance performers and twin sisters Jessica...
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Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney from 2021-12-12T12:00
Wogan's Sweet Sixteen By Kenneth Sweeney with Al McKenna as Terry Wogan. Winner 2nd Prize, 2020 PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards
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A Proper Da by Maeve Ingoldsby from 2021-11-28T12:00
A Proper Da by Maeve Ingoldsby tells the story of Johnny, formerly a homeless heroin addict who is trying to put the past behind him
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In the Wings Nothing Ever Happens Around Here by Robert Barrett from 2021-11-27T12:00
PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards Winner 2020 starring Pauline McLynn&Frankie McCafferty
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In the Wings - A Proper Da by Maeve Ingoldsby from 2021-11-21T12:00
Johnny (Phelim Drew), formerly a homeless heroin addict who is trying to put the past behind him. He wants to get to know his children and to be a proper father, but when people have long memories ...
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Limekiln Lane by Louise Lewis Drama on One from 2021-10-31T12:00
Limekiln Lane written&performed by Louise Lewis&directed by Gorretti Slavin is a powerful first-person depiction of domestic violence in lockdown. We listen in as one brave woman reaches out for help.
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A Golden Triangle by Philip Doherty from 2021-10-31T08:54:30.059962
First of four plays in a month-long season of this year's P. J. O'Connor prize-winning dramas. We start the season with this year's winner, A Golden Triangle by Philip Doherty
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Personal Space by Mairéad Kiernan from 2021-10-24T12:00
a lonely young shop worker Helen develops an unhealthy fascination with her charismatic new housemate Lola. Stars Evanna Lynch
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In the Wings - Personal Space by Mairéad Kiernan from 2021-10-13T12:00
In this Episode Évanna Lynch, India Mullen Mairéad Kiernan and Emmet Kirwan speak about their lives on stage and on screen and discuss working on Mairéad's play Personal Space. Produced by Kevin R...
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In the Wings - Strutting and Fretting by Chris McHallem from 2021-10-11T12:00
In this episode actor and writer Chris McHallem and director Conall Morrisson speak about their work on stage and on air. Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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In the Wings -#Maura Laverty This Was your Life Drama On One from 2021-10-11T12:00
by Bairbre NíChaoimh&Yvonne Quinn. In this episode actor and writer Bairbre NíChaoimh&actor&director Joan Sheehy talk about their work on stage and on air.
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Strutting and Fretting by Chris McHallem Drama On One from 2021-10-10T12:00
Performed by Chris McHallem and directed by Conall Morrison. On the last night of an unsuccessful tour of Macbeth, the lead actor sits in his dressing room trying to work out where it all went wrong.
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#Maura Laverty This was your Life from 2021-10-10T12:00
by Bairbre NíChaoimh&Yvonne Quinn. Bringing Ireland's first celebrity chef&all round trailblazer, Maura Laverty back to RTÉwhere she spent over 30 years presenting her own radio show.
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In My Grandfather's Mansion by John Montague from 2021-10-06T11:09:40.136242
Montague considers the patriarch of his own name and remote infancy in partitioned Tyrone, a Victorian Justice of the Peace who presided over petty sessions in nineteenth century Imperial Ireland.
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The Sound and The Sperm by Neil Flynn Drama On One Podcast from 2021-10-06T11:09:40.133691
Two best friends strive to shake off the shackles of boyhood as their island community confronts the strange visitor that has landed in their sound.
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Democratic Decision by Maeve Binchy from 2021-09-19T12:00
we continue ourseason with the third of four plays written by Maeve Binchy. First broadcast in 2006, ‘Democratic Decision’ by Maeve Binchy stars Colette Proctor, Daphne Carroll and Pegg Monahan.
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Tia Maria by Maeve Binchy Drama on One from 2021-09-12T12:00
Tia Maria by Maeve Binchy starring Oscar winning actress Kathy Bates.
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Be More Maeve! from 2021-08-31T12:00
In 2013 RTÉ Producer Sarah Binchy synthesised what her wise aunt taught her about life. “Be More Maeve!” is voiced by RTÉ colleagues Sharon Ní Bheoláin, Áine Lawlor, Kathryn Thomas, Brenda Donoh...
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Golden Oldie My Arse by Maeve Binchy from 2021-08-31T12:00
First broadcast in 2006, as part of a Human Rights Season (suggested and supported by Maeve through Amnesty International director Sean Love), Golden Oldie My Arse took a comic tilt at Ageism.
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Democratic Decision by Maeve Binchy from 2021-08-31T12:00
First broadcast in 2006, Eithne, Kitty and Maggie are approaching four score years, and are thinking of a celebration.. However, their respective families are less than enthusiastic. There is only ...
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Tia Maria by Maeve Binchy from 2021-08-31T12:00
First broadcast in 2007 and recorded in Galway during the Film Fleadh. Maria returns to Ireland for the first time since leaving in 1976, aged 17. There is one unresolved issue to settle - if poss...
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Infancy by Maeve Binchy from 2021-08-31T12:00
First broadcast in 2005 as part of a 'Seven Ages of Man' series. This the story of baby Fintan, an infant savant, who understands everything, but has a problem communicating.
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Maeve Binchy and Myles Dungan in Public InterviewDrama on One from 2021-08-31T12:00
In 2002 Maeve decided to channel her inner Sinatra and, after two years of retirement, emerged triumphantly in this public interview with Myles Dungan.
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The Maeve Binchy Season - Gordon Snell on Life with Maeve Drama On One from 2021-08-31T12:00
As part of our Maeve Binchy Season, Maeve’s husband of 35 years, writer Gordon Snell tells us a little about himself, and reflects on life with Maeve.
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Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher from 2021-08-29T12:00
Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher directed by one of Ireland's leading theatre directors and Tony Award winning Garry Hynes.
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In the Wings - Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher from 2021-08-22T12:00
Druid Theatre members, director Garry Hynes and actors Marie Mullen, Brian Doherty and Seán McGinley speak about their careers and working on Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille Flecther for Drama on One
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Swept Under the Carpet by Sarah McKenna Drama on One from 2021-08-22T12:00
Swept Under the Carpet by Sarah McKenna: Jamie is the story's narrator. A ten-year-old, autistic, bird-watching enthusiast who loves black currant squash.
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Grieving Time by Rachel Fehily from 2021-08-15T12:00
Grieving Time by Rachel Fehily starring Joe Taylor
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Dubliners - Clay&Ivy Day in the Committee Room by James Joyce from 2021-07-25T12:00
We continue our season of summer Sundays with the RTÉ Players dramatisation of stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Tonight we broadcast two more classic stories - Clay and Ivy Day in the Committe...
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Dubliners - A Painful Case&A Mother by James Joyce from 2021-07-18T12:00
Drama on One continues its Summer of Dubliners with A Painful Case and A Mother by James Joyce
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Dubliners - After the Race&Counterparts Drama On One from 2021-07-11T12:00
RTÉPlayers dramatisation of stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Tonight, two masterpieces in miniature - After the Race&Counterparts
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What Next For Hedy Lamarr by Joe O'Byrne Drama On One Podcast from 2021-07-05T05:42:54.141252
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 H...
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Dubliners - Two Gallants&The Boarding House from 2021-06-27T12:00
RTÉ Players dramatisation of stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners. Tonight, two masterpieces in miniature -Two Gallants and The Boarding House
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What is Life? "Frequency Hopping" Part 1 Drama on One Science Season from 2021-06-27T05:44:12.042713
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 ...
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Dubliners - The Dead from 2021-06-15T12:00
The fifteenth story in James Joyce’s Dubliners. Gabriel Conroy attends a party, and later, as he speaks with his wife, has an epiphany about the nature of life and death. At 15–16,000 words this st...
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Dubliners - Grace from 2021-06-15T12:00
This is the fourteenth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. After Mr. Kernan injures himself falling down the stairs in a bar, his friends try to reform him through Catholicism.
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Dubliners - A Mother from 2021-06-15T12:00
This is the thirteenth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Mrs Kearney tries to win a place of pride for her daughter, Kathleen, in the Irish cultural movement, by starring her in a series of concert...
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Dubliners - Ivy Day In The Committee Room from 2021-06-15T12:00
This is the twelfth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Minor politicians fail to live up to the memory of Charles Stewart Parnell.
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Dubliners - A Painful Case from 2021-06-15T12:00
The eleventh story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Mr Duffy rebuffs Mrs Sinico, then, four years later, realises that he has condemned her to loneliness and death.
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Dubliners - Clay from 2021-06-15T12:00
The tenth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. The spinster Maria, a laundress, celebrates Halloween with her former foster child Joe Donnelly and his family.
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Dubliners - Counterparts from 2021-06-15T12:00
The ninth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Farrington, a lumbering alcoholic scrivener, takes out his frustration in pubs and on his son Tom.
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Dubliners - A Little Cloud from 2021-06-15T12:00
The eighth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Little Chandler's dinner with his old friend Ignatius Gallaher casts fresh light on his own failed literary dreams. The story also reflects on Chandler'...
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Dubliners - The Boarding House from 2021-06-15T12:00
The seventh story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Mrs Mooney successfully manoeuvres her daughter Polly into an upwardly mobile marriage with her lodger Mr Doran.
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Dubliners - Two Gallants from 2021-06-15T12:00
The sixth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Two con men, Lenehan and Corley, find a maid who is willing to steal from her employer.
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Dubliners - After The Race from 2021-06-15T12:00
The fifth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. College student Jimmy Doyle tries to fit in with his wealthy friends.
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Dubliners - Eveline from 2021-06-15T12:00
The fourth story in James Joyce's Dubliners. A young woman weighs her decision to flee Ireland with a sailor.
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Dubliners - Araby from 2021-06-15T12:00
The third story in James Joyce's Dubliners. A boy falls in love with the sister of his friend, but fails in his quest to buy her a worthy gift from the Araby bazaar.
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Dubliners - An Encounter from 2021-06-15T12:00
The second story in James Joyce's Dubliners. Two schoolboys playing truant encounter a perverted, middle-aged man.
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Dubliners - The Sisters from 2021-06-15T12:00
The opening story in James Joyce's Dubliners. After the priest Father Flynn dies, a young boy who was close to him and his family, deals with his death superficially.
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United States Versus Ulysses from 2021-06-13T12:00
The United States versus Ulysses by Colin Murphy Directed by Conall Morrison. With original music by Si Schroeder.
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Poster Boy by Veronica Coburn Drama On One Podcast from 2021-06-10T05:05:44.055660
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 off...
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Playwrights in Profile Sebastian Barry Drama On One Podcast from 2021-06-10T05:05:44.054684
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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An System Nua by Tara McKevitt from 2021-06-01T07:26:39.318927
Starring Tara Lynne O’Neill, Conor MacNeill, Judith Roddy, Andrea Irvine and Caoimhin O’Conghaile.Producer Kevin Brew
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The Sisters&An Encounter by James Joyce from 2021-05-30T12:00
The Sisters&An Encounter by James Joyce
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No One Ever Asked me That from 2021-05-23T12:00
Written&devised by Louise Lewis, Nyree Yergainharsian and Gorretti Slavin 2021 and women are reclaiming themselves. They have the right to choose. But that doesn't mean they are all choosing the sa...
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Digging for Fire from 2021-05-20T12:00
Composer Daragh Dukes and Radio Producers Eoin O Kelly and Kevin Brew explore the nature of youthful creativity as they remember their participation in the Limerick band scene of the early 1990s.
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The Wedding Anniversary by Bernard Farrell from 2021-04-18T12:00
Jack and Deirdre are happily married ... well sort of. After a little tension creeps in (on whether Leixlip is a centre of medical excellence or not) ... they decide to ... surprise each another!
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In the Wings - The Wedding Anniversary by Bernard Farrell from 2021-04-11T12:00
This episode features the voices of actors Stephen Brennan, Bryan Murray, Janet Moran, Venetia Bowe and Peter Gaynor talking about "The Wedding Anniversary" by Bernard Farrell
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Rainbow Baby by John O'Donnell from 2021-04-11T12:00
Continuing with our season of Long Story Short, this week's offering is Rainbow Baby written by John O'Donnell and starring Aoibhinn McGinnity&directed by Gorretti Slavin
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12 Stones in the Water by Karl O'Neill from 2021-03-28T12:00
Based on true events this dark tale centres around the death of 3-year-old Annie Slavin in Armagh in 1888.
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My Name is Saoirse from 2021-03-21T12:00
My Name is Saoirse, written and performed by Eva O'Connor, is a bitter-sweet story of a 15-year-old girl coming of age in 1980's Ireland.
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Long Story Short Season Drama On One from 2021-03-14T12:00
Marking the anniversary of the first lockdown in Ireland in response to the pandemic, Drama On One presents a selection from its ongoing season of new Irish writing.
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Small Bones by Siobhán Mannion from 2021-02-28T12:00
Starring Kathy Rose O'Brien - On the night the clocks go back, a pianist prepares for another working week in lockdown
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The Monsignor and the Supernatural from 2021-02-21T12:00
by Pat McCabe Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Forty Seven Roses by Peter Sheridan from 2021-02-14T12:00
Drama on One presents another chance to hear Peter Sheridan's, Forty-Seven Roses
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Menierves - a farewell to Shaymo’s house. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Shay Healy, recently sold his house in Sandymount in Dublin. He shared the house with his late wife Deedee for 35 years. Shaymo took Kevin Reynolds for a bitter-sweet saunter round the grand old h...
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100 by Donal Dineen&Jimmy Eadie from 2021-01-31T12:00
100 by Donal Dineen and Jimmy Eadie. A 1916 soundscape weaving archive, music and spoken word together.
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Confinements by Judith Mok from 2021-01-24T12:00
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, the Dutch soprano, writer and vocal coach, Judith Mok performs her radio memoir, Confinements.
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Aidan Mathews, Writer&Broadcaster - A Tribute from 2021-01-17T12:00
To mark Aidan's retirement RTÉ Drama On One will broadcast Aidan's short play 'A Pathetic Fallacy', starring Karen Ardiff. 'John Boorman's - Editor Aidan Mathews Nature Diary - One Eye and One F...
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Last Supper at the Imperial Hotel by Vincent Woods from 2021-01-10T12:00
starring Derbhle Crotty
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Nature Diary by John Boorman from 2020-12-13T12:00
Tonight's Drama on One is a dramatic narration of John Boorman's 'Nature Diary' , performed by the author, Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Charolais by Noni Stapleton from 2020-11-29T12:00
a surreal comedy about love, longing and one woman’s intense rivalry with a Charolais heifer.Siobhan is looking for love but there are obstacles to her achieving it, one of which happens to be a te...
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Vampirella by Angela Carter from 2020-10-25T12:00
Vampirella, an erotic take on a neurotic tale by a frisky feminist, drinks from a different chalice than its lethal Victorian predecessor, mixing the wines of bloodlust, thirst, and libido, in a su...
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The Bachelor by Niamh Campbell from 2020-09-27T12:00
Starring Barry McGovern Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett from 2020-09-27T12:00
Broadcast by kind permission of the Estate of Samuel Beckett. Adapted from the radio play La Manivelle by Robert Pinget Starring Barry McGovern as Cream and Eamon Morrissey as Gorman. Directed ...
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In the Wings - The Old Tune from 2020-09-20T12:00
Eamon Morrissey and Barry McGovern feature speaking about their work on The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett, adapted from the radio play La Manivelle by Robert Pinget directed by Conall Morrison Produ...
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Adapting by Stephen Jones from 2020-09-13T12:00
Starring Seána Kerslake and Stephen Jones When a writer receives a commission during lock-down, he struggles to come up with the right idea. Pandemic stories seem too big and important for him to...
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Moby Dick by Jim Nolan from 2020-08-30T12:00
Brendan Conroy is Bernie Rivers in Jim Nolan's poignant one-person flashback
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My Huckleberry Friend by Michele Forbes from 2020-08-23T12:00
starring Owen Roe. While writing the funeral eulogy for his estranged father the past blows open for Stephen. Childhood memories of his time in America, where he forged a deep and everlasting bo...
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The Jumpin’ Inn by Little John Nee from 2020-08-16T12:00
A radio companion to his ongoing audio series, imagining close encounters in the time of the pandemic.
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Hamlet, Prince of Derry from 2020-07-26T12:00
Hamlet, Prince of Derry by Colin Murphy after William Shakespeare. Directed by Conall Morrison , Performed by Stage Beyond Theatre Company, And with an original score by Si Schroeder
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A Pathetic Fallacy by Aidan Mathews from 2020-07-12T12:00
A woman of a certain age and of a most uncertain spirit frets in bittersweet free-fall over her two adult children as their mishaps mount. Starring Karen Ardiff
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Lollie's Earth Rod by Philip Davison from 2020-06-28T12:00
Like it or not, Enda has to euthanize the infirm family dog, but his senile mother's calling for her pet pooch from her bedroom in the retirement home. Ciarán Hinds is the pained yet po-faced first...
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Scorned by Liz Nugent from 2020-06-21T12:00
Muriel Denham lives alone since the death of ‘her’ Larry seven years previously. When Konstantin the mysterious Czech rents the downstairs flat, landlady Muriel considers seduction. Written by Liz...
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The Monument by Joe O'Byrne from 2020-06-14T12:00
Continuing our season of new writing, Drama on One presents The Monument by Joe O’Byrne and starring David Herlihy.
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Kicking All the Boxes by Liz Fitzgibbon from 2020-05-24T12:00
Drama on One presents another chance to hear, Kicking all the Boxes written&performed by Liz Fitzgibbon.
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James’s Story from 2020-03-29T12:00
Starring Stephen Rea and written and directed by the internationally acclaimed author, David Zane Mairowitz.
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Swept Under the Carpet by Sarah McKenna from 2020-03-15T12:00
Runner Up in the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2019
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In the Wings - Swept Under the Carpet from 2020-03-10T12:00
Swept Under the Carpet by Sarah McKenna The play was runner up in the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2019
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The Boy in the Basement by Rían Smith from 2020-02-23T12:00
The play took 3rd place in the PJ O'Connor Awards 2019. Featuring Stephen Jones, Séana Kerslake, Christian Schlaubitz, Louise Lewis, Enda Oates, David Pearse and directed by Gorretti
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Krakow by Peter Sirr from 2020-01-19T12:00
Krakow by Peter Sirr with Owen Roe, Deirdre Donnelly,&Kathy Rose O'Brien
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Sketches of Donal from 2020-01-12T12:00
In the year of his 20th anniversary, Drama On One presents a tribute to a giant of Irish theatre, Donal McCann.
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Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh from 2019-12-29T12:00
A radio-adaptation of the novel by P.J. O'Connor. Donal McCann plays Tarry Flynn in a famous adaptation of Patrick Kavanagh's autobiographical novel, which was also the inaugural production at the ...
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A Tribute to Niall Tóibín from 2019-12-15T12:00
A Drama On One tribute to Niall Tóibín - actor, comedian, mimic and raconteur - - a maestro of the stage, the screen, and the airwaves.
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The Department of Ultimology from 2019-11-10T12:00
As part of Climate Week, RTÉDrama On One presents a radio essay - The Department of Ultimology - by artist Fiona Hallinan&Kate Strain.
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In the Wings - Leaba an Bháis from 2019-10-20T12:00
Sa eagrán sin do 'In The Wings' chuala sibh guthanna scríobhnóir agus léiritheoir Darach Mac Con Iomaire agus an aisteoir Bríd Ní Neachtain.
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Karkow by Peter Sirr from 2019-10-20T12:00
with Owen Roe, Deirdre Donnelly,&Kathy Rose O'Brien
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A Holy Show by Janet Moran from 2019-10-13T12:00
A Holy Show by Janet Moran. Adapted from the hit stage-comedy by Janet Moran
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Fish Climbing Trees by Joe O'Byrne from 2019-09-29T12:00
Clara's anything but, in Joe O'Byrne's new radio-play. Her name may mean clear, bright and famous in Old Latin, but, in modern English, this sad stand-up artiste must take it lying down: starring C...
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Eureka Dunes by Philip Davison from 2019-08-23T12:00
Magnus tries to solve a mystery - his father.
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Shirley Temple Killer Queen by Alan McMonagle from 2019-07-28T12:00
Sibling sister assassins-for-hire, Mel and Lu, have just turned up at the location for their very last kill - Armed with two guns, one switchblade knife and enough attitude to ensure that the overl...
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Write Your Mind from 2019-05-26T12:00
A play about Youth Mental Health - monologues devised by writers with young people. The play was devised by the JIGSAW Offaly Service in partnership with Offaly Youth Theatre
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You'd Better Sit Down by Nyree Yergainharsian from 2019-05-19T12:00
A drama offering a uniquely placed insight into the chaos of family dynamics in the face of illness. You’d Better Sit Down is inspired by the real life events of Sona Yergainharsian and her blog ly...
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In the Wings - You'd Better Sit Down from 2019-05-12T12:00
Nyree Yergainharsian and Manus Halligan talk about working on Nyree's play You'd Better Sit Down for Drama on One
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In the Wings - Fish Climbing Trees from 2019-04-21T12:00
this weeks In The Wings hears the voices of writer Joe O' Byrne and actors Clare Barrett and Peter Daly talking about working on Joe's play "Fish Climbing Trees"
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Oedipus by Derek Mahon Part 1 from 2019-04-14T12:00
Oedipus by Derek Mahon after Sophocles' King Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus With Stephen Rea in the title role
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Oedipus by Derek Mahon Part 2 from 2019-04-12T12:00
Oedipus by Derek Mahon after Sophocles' King Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus With Stephen Rea in the title role
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Mouthpieces by Eimear McBride from 2019-03-31T12:00
Featuring Aoife Duffin, Mouthpieces divides into three miniature plays, each depicting a fragment of female experience, all of them in the author's vivid, original and sharp-witted style.
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In the Wings - Mouthpieces by Eimear McBride from 2019-03-25T12:00
Tonight writer Eimear McBride and actor Aoife Duffin discuss Mouthpieces - Eimear's triptych of miniature plays, each depicting a fragment of female experience.
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In the Wings - Northern Lights from 2019-02-24T12:00
Writer&actor Stephen Jones, Actor Séana Kerslake and Director Karl Shiels talk about working on Northern Lights by Stephen Jo
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Mary and Me by Irene Kelleher from 2019-02-24T12:00
Hannah Brennan is 15 and living in a small close knit community. Sure, she has friends, but no one understands her and no one will listen to her- except for the Statue of The Blessed Virgin at The ...
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In the Wings - Mary&Me from 2019-02-17T12:00
Playwright and performer Irene Kelleher and poet Paula Meehan discuss Irene's play 'Mary and Me'.
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In the Wings - Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan from 2019-01-27T12:00
In this episode of In the Wings we hear writer Gillian Grattan and actor Áine Ní Mhuirí speaking about their work on Gillian's play Mr Sun
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Haughey/Gregory by Colin Murphy from 2019-01-27T12:00
A housing crisis, a hung Dáil and an unlikely alliance - based on true events, Haughey/Gregory tells the story of the Gregory Deal, agreed by Charles J. Haughey and Independent TD, Tony Gregory in ...
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Hecuba by Marina Carr from 2018-12-14T12:00
Continuing a season of plays by women writers entitled ‘100 Years of Suffrage’, marking this year’s centenary of women’s attainment of the vote in Ireland. that was Hecuba written by Marina Carr
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In the Wings - Parked by Aideen Henry from 2018-11-25T12:00
Featuring writer Aideen Henry and actors Dawn Bradfield and Aaron Monaghan
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Sharon by Katie Holly from 2018-11-23T12:00
Sharon by Katie Holly Drama On One - this week begins a season of plays by women writers to celebrate RTÉ’s ‘The Big Picture – a Woman’s World’ and to mark ‘100 years of Suffrage’,
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In the Wings - Sharon by Katie Holly from 2018-11-18T12:00
Featuring writer Katie Holly and actors Irene Kelleher, Marie O’Donovan and Mark Lawrence
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My Brother Tim by Mick Jordan from 2018-11-16T12:00
No greater love hath any sister, so they say, than she who drags her slowcoach slob of a brother to a speed-date session, hoping to gift him a girlfriend
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In the Wings - My Brother Tim by Mick Jordan from 2018-11-11T12:00
In the Wings where theatre practitioners talk about their work on stage and on air. In this week’s episode we hear from Writer Mick Jordan and actors Aonghus Óg McAnally, Liz Fitzgibbon and Kathy ...
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James’s Story by David Zane Mairowitz from 2018-10-28T12:00
stories about stories about people telling stories. Written and directed by David Zane Mairowitz and starring Stephen Rea, Produced by Kevin Brew
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Good Night Irene by Jennifer Johnston from 2018-10-14T12:00
The year is 2005, the town is Eureka. One man is American, the other Irish. Both have suffered /are suffering loss in their lives. As the music fades and the conversation ends the loneliness remains.
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In the Wings - Preferred Medium from 2018-10-14T12:00
In this episode actors, Nick Dunning, Chris Mc Hallem and Michael James Ford, discuss working together on Preferred Medium by Bob Gallagher
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Shouting Out Silence by Louise Lewis from 2018-09-30T12:00
During the last hours of Lizzie's life a haunted past seeps into her consciousness. In this intimate, often heart-wrenching recounting, Lizzie remembers a past she fought hard to forget. From a nam...
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Domestic Robots by John Boorman from 2018-09-23T12:00
written and directed by John Boorman and starring Brendan Gleeson and Stephen Rae
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In the Wings - Shouting Out Silence from 2018-09-23T12:00
This research into the lives of those in Hospice care inspired the play, Shouting out Silence, written by Louise Lewis and devised in collaboration with Gorretti Slavin The programme features Br...
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Good Clothes by Paul Artherton from 2018-07-29T12:00
3rd prize in the 2018 PJ O'Connor Awards.Set in 1970s Belfast, The Clark family live a life of peaceful co-existence with their neighbours. However the continuing polarisation of communities and gh...
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Brothers by Liam Murray from 2018-07-22T12:00
The play won second place in the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2018 and stars Stephen Jones and Paul Ronan. Produced by Kevin Brew
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Ma by Elaine Murphy from 2018-07-15T12:00
Ma Written by Elaine Murphy winner of the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2018
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The Lad From Laghy by Michael Harnett from 2018-06-24T12:00
Ruth McGill is Aggie, a Donegal draper's assistant in a precarious wartime romance with an English air-force officer stationed across the border during the Emergency.
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In the Wings - Ma by Elaine Murphy from 2018-06-24T12:00
In this episode we hear from Writer Elaine Murphy and actor Marion O'Dwyer speaking about Ma Elaine's play which won the 2018 PJ O'Connor Awards
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In the Wings - The Lad From Laghy by Michael Harnett from 2018-06-17T12:00
In this episode writer Michael Harnett and actor Ruth Mc Gill talk Drama, Dunkineely andDonegal and working on The Lad From Laghy by Michael Harnett.
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Preferred Medium by Bob Gallagher from 2018-06-17T12:00
Tells the story of Irishwoman Ceila O'Dowd, the ambitious director of an English public art gallery, who feels her latest curated exhibition represents the last chance for promotion and preferment.
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Lockie's Umbrella by Philip Davison from 2018-06-10T12:00
with Barry McGovern as a poor unfortunate fellow who finds he's astray in himself. Produced by Aidan Mathews
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In the Wings - Wrapped by Tracy Martin from 2018-05-27T12:00
In the wings this week featured Writer Tracy Martin and actor Aoibheann Mc Cann speaking about their work on Tracy’s play Wrapped
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In the Wings - The Art of Foot-Binding from 2018-05-20T12:00
The Art of Foot-Binding by Danielle McLaughlin
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In the Wings - The Art of Foot-binding by Danielle McLaughlin from 2018-05-20T12:00
This week we hear from Writer Danielle McLaughlin with actors Donna Anita Nikolaisen, Peter Daly, Caitriona Ennis and Fiona Bell. They joine
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Kicking all the Boxes from 2018-05-13T12:00
Kicking all the Boxes written&performed by Liz Fitzgibbon. Naoise Murphy, a one-time European Kick boxing champion is 30 today. Follow Naoise in her imaginings of what was, what is and what could b...
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Minerves- A Farewell to Shamo's House from 2017-12-28T12:00
Shay Healy, recently sold his house in Sandymount in Dublin. He shared the house with his late wife Deedee for 35 years. Shaymo took Kevin Reynolds for a bitter-sweet saunter round the grand old h...
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The Little Penpal by Caitríona NíMhurchú from 2017-12-25T12:00
Christmas day special from Drama on One , based on a story from the life of Franz Kafka.. Starring Kathy Rose O’Brien, Ingrid Craigie, Raymond Keane and Genevieve Hulme Beaman Producer: Kevin Brew
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Her Husband His Wife by Cathal Boylan from 2017-11-26T12:00
Starring Darragh Kelly, Janet Moran, Simon O'Gorman, Fiona Bell, Joe Taylor, Paul Tylak and Sophie Jo Wasson. Recommended by the jury of this year's PJ O'Connor Playwrighting Awards.
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100 Everyday Menaces by John Morton from 2017-11-19T12:00
tarring Gus Mc Donagh, Peter Daly, janet Moran, Enda Oates, Eva Bartley and Aisling O'Neill.
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In the Wings 100 Everyday Menaces by John Morton from 2017-11-12T12:00
Featuring Gus McDonagh and Janet Moran
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The Honeysuckle Smasher by Noel T Simpson from 2017-11-12T12:00
Runner up 2017 PJ O'Connor Awards
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People Walking on Water by Alan McMonagle from 2017-10-22T12:00
two argumentative men, a tricksy bridge and one almighty chancer, starring Eamon Morrissey, Muiris Crowley and Manus Halligan
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Interview with a General by Peter Sirr from 2017-10-15T12:00
a contemporary recapitulation of an ancient drama from sixth-century classical Greece, with Des Cave as the commanding officer and Cathy Belton as the pursuing reporter.
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In the Wings - Married Man Seeks Audiologist from 2017-09-25T12:00
In this edition writer Gerald Murphy and actor John Kavanagh discuss Gerald’s play – Married Man Seeks Audiologist. Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Ìn the Wings - From Eden by Stephen Jones from 2017-09-24T12:00
In this episode of In The Wings we hear from writer /actor Stephen Jones and actor Seana Kerslake
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Married Man seeks Audiologist by Gerald Murphy from 2017-09-24T12:00
Jim's midlife is an intermission without an interval drink. When the sight of a former flame from the dim and distant years of his youth starts a strange smouldering, the curtain rises on an altere...
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Pierce Brosnan from 2017-09-17T12:00
From the RTÉ Radio Archives . Rattlebag 2003, Myles Dungan interviewed Pierce Brosnan in a public interview at the Galway Film Fleadh. Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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In the Wings - Hamnet from 2017-09-17T12:00
In this special feature we focus on an upcoming production at Dublin Theatre Festival. Writer and Director Bush Moukarzel*, Dramaturg Michael West and Actor Ollie West speak about their new produ...
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Chris Hillman from 2017-09-10T12:00
From the Rattlebag archive Myles Dungan talks to the legendary Chris Hillman of The Byrds fame. Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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In The Wings - Rattlebag Interview with Seamus Heaney from 2017-08-27T12:00
From the archive Rattlebag 2004- Seamus Heaney Public interview from his 65th Birthday.
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In the Wings- Rattlebag interview with Thelma Schoonmaker from 2017-08-20T12:00
From the Rattlebag archive the woman who puts Martin Scorsese on screen, three time Oscar winning film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Tom Stoppard from 2017-08-13T12:00
From the RTÉ archive in 2004 Myles Dungan talks to Playwright Tom Stoppard.
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Maeve Binchy from 2017-07-30T12:00
From the Rattlebag archive 2004 Maeve Binchy, in conversation with Myles Dungan
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with John McGahern from 2017-07-23T12:00
From the Rattlebag archive 2002 John McGahern talks to Myles Dungan
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Steve Reichs from 2017-07-17T12:00
From the Rattlebag archive, composer Steve Reichs in conversation with Myles Dungan
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In the Wings - Rattlebag interview with Anthony Minghella from 2017-06-25T12:00
Anthony Minghella spoke to Kay about growing up in Ryde in Isle of Wight, working in the family ice cream business, and how his screen depiction of Inspector Morse was influenced was the poet Phili...
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Veiled by Louise Lewis&Gorretti Slavin from 2017-06-25T12:00
‘Veiled’ is inspired by real events in the lives of women in the Irish Muslim community.
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In the Wings - Cate Blanchett from 2017-06-18T12:00
from the archive Cate Blanchett talks to Myles Dungan
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In the Wings - Interview with Carrie Fisher from 2017-06-11T12:00
Rattlebag Ransack from the archives, a chance to hear some great chats from the Rattlebag programme, presented by Myles Dungan. The first is from 2004. Carrie Fisher
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Breaks by Bez Kinte Theatre Company from 2017-05-28T12:00
An Angel on a Killing spree.. Radio Script by Louisa Sanfey. Performed by Morgan Cooke, Erin Gilgen and Louise Wilcox. Produced by Kevin Brew
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In the Light of Eva's Shadow by Mary Kenny from 2017-05-21T12:00
In the Light of Eva's Shadow by Mary Kenny, with Kathy Rose O'Brien as Eva Braun and Cathy Belton as Nurse Anna Strauss: Produced by Aidan Mathews
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In the Wings - "I Am From" by Michael Ward from 2017-05-14T12:00
Michael Ward reading his poem ‘I Am From’. The poem was published in the Irish Times recently as part of ‘Fighting Words’ – an initiative that provides free tutoring in creative writing for student...
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Kinsey One Through Five by Veronica Coburn from 2017-04-16T12:00
A night of balloons and champagne and cabaret. Original Music: Raymond Scannell Sound Supervision: Damian Chennells Producer: Kevin Reynolds
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Vigil by David Butler from 2017-03-26T12:00
the vigil-keeper is a thwarted thirty-something spouse convinced of his wife's infidelity; with Aonghus Og McAnally as poor, paranoid Arthur
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In the Wings - Líon mo Bhearna Tick My Box from 2017-02-26T12:00
Actors Sorcha Fox and Emer O’Carroll join translator, director and co founder of the musical phenomen that is Kila, Rónán Ó Snodaigh as they share their thoughts and experiences of working on Líon ...
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In the Wings - Harder Faster More by Tracy Martin from 2017-02-19T12:00
writer Tracy Martin and actors Aoibheann Mc Cann, Charlene Gleeson and Clare Monnelly talk about their work, research and preparation for performing in Tracy's play Harder Faster More. Produced...
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Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade from 2017-02-12T12:00
a kick-ass comedy with guts, a refutation of nostalgia, a crack at gentrification; It's a stand up for authenticity, a kick against mediocrity. No one is spared not even the seemingly banal cupc...
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In The Wings - Our Table from 2017-01-29T12:00
with Ellie Kisyombe and Michelle Darmody. A companion programme to ‘Flight Risk’ on food, activism and the Direct Provision system.
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Flight Risk by Kevin Brew with Ellie Kisyombe from 2017-01-29T12:00
Flight Risk explores the thoughts and fears of Elizabeth - a woman seeking asylum in Ireland
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Auschwitz - An Echo Trapped Forever from 2017-01-22T12:00
commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
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The Rough Field by John Montague from 2017-01-15T12:00
with Gerard McSorley, Barry Cassin and Fionnuala Flanagan
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The Aran Islands by JM Synge adapted by Joe O'Byrne from 2016-12-25T12:00
The Aran Islands’ by John Millington Synge, adapted by Joe O’Byrne. Stanley Townsend and Brendan Conroy star as J.M. Synge and islander Mourteen in Synge’s account of life on the Aran Islands.
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Keys by Brendan Tiernan from 2016-12-18T12:00
It's 1979 and a young school boy shirks his right of passage.
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The Visitor's Book by Hugo Plowden from 2016-11-20T12:00
a brief befriending in a turbulent Third World country results in the sudden arrival of an African without papers in the cozy West Cork countryside that is an Irish couple's castle.
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The Wickedness of Oz by Kate Gilmore from 2016-10-30T12:00
The Wickedness of Oz written and performed by Kate Gilmore directed by Gorretti Slavin A day in the life of day-dreaming, musicals-obsessed Debbie, brings the listener on a journey that is as mag...
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‘Toronto and the State of Grace’ from 2016-10-21T12:00
In ‘Toronto and the State of Grace’, two Cavan brothers journey to Knockfierna Hill in West Limerick, to fulfil a promise to their late mother.
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Chopped Liver by Fergal McElherron from 2016-10-16T12:00
Starring Charlene McKenna and John D Ruddy. A spiteful tick in the next of kin box results in Tom being made responsible for his antagonistic neighbour's body.
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In the Wings - Forever Yours by Thomas McLoughlin from 2016-09-25T12:00
Thomas McLoughlin and actors Máire Ní Ghráinne and Lise-Ann McLoughlin talk about working on 'Forever Yours' by Thomas McLaughlin
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Treason on Trial from 2016-08-21T12:00
The month of August marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Roger Casement on the gallows of Pentonville Prison, London, in one of the most controversial killings in the penal history of th...
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Death and the Beatles Fan by Stephen Kennedy from 2016-08-21T12:00
Tony a Beatles Boffin has a visit from Death and only his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Fab Four can save him.
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In The Wings - The Carpet Clown by James Butler from 2016-07-17T12:00
In The Wings is a programme in which we meet the performers behind each Drama on One. This week, writer James Butler and actors Steve Blount and Caitriona Ennis discuss James's play 'The Carpet Cl...
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Paulo in the Underworld by Rory Duffy from 2016-07-17T12:00
Two fine young criminals are buried in a wooden box by a rival gang. Starring Peter Coonan, Paul Ronan, Steve Blount and Joe Taylor
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In The Wings - Paulo in The Underworld by Rory Duffy from 2016-07-10T12:00
In The Wings is a programme in which artists discuss their work. This week we hear from Peter Coonan and Paul Ronan who discuss performing in 'Paulo in the Underworld' by Rory Duffy, which took 3rd...
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A Matter of Modesty by Anne Marie Kennedy from 2016-07-10T12:00
A Matter of Modesty by Anne Marie Kennedy The play took 2nd Place in the PJ O’Connor awards 2016. Directed by Gorretti Slavin
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The Man in the Barn by Louis Kornfeld from 2016-05-15T12:00
The Man in the Barn by Louis Kornfeld, directed by Jonathan Mitchell A Drama On One co-production with US podcast - The Truth, made in association with The Hearsay International Audio Arts Festival
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Cowboys Indians and Penny Hairnets by Louise Lewis from 2016-04-24T12:00
Cowboys Indians and Penny Hairnets through the characters of Girl, Boy and Nellie, leads the listener through their vaporous dwellings as they journey to place and time observing 100 years of remem...
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Lucinda Sly by John McKenna from 2016-04-10T12:00
John McKenna's period play tracks an obscure and enormous life that cuminated in strangulation on the town gallows.
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A Disturbed State of Affairs by Joe O'Byrne from 2016-03-27T12:00
A Disturbed State of Affairs by Joe O'Byrne. Explores the early hours of the April Insurrection of 1916
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100 by Donal Dineen and Jimmy Eadie from 2016-03-20T12:00
A 1916 soundscape weaving archive, music and spoken word together on a journey that begins with the world’s first ever radio broadcast.
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An Duairceán le Aodh Ó Domhnaill from 2016-03-13T12:00
Tugann beirt dhreapadóir faoi shliabh ard i gCondae Mhuigheo, darb ainm ‘An Duairceán'.
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Clinkerstone by Michael Kearns from 2016-02-28T12:00
Clinderstone featuring John D. Ruddy, Ruth McGill, and the music of Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dearbhla Collins (piano) Composer Adam Gorb ReynoldsFunded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with...
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Lear In Longford Programme 4 from 2016-01-29T12:00
In this four part series Alan Stanford explores Shakespeare’s King Lear with Leaving Certificate students in Longford from Convent of Mercy, St Mel's College, Scoil Mhuire Longford, Carrigallen Vo...
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Lear in Longford Programme 3 from 2016-01-28T12:00
In this four part series Alan Stanford explores Shakespeare’s King Lear with Leaving Certificate students in Longford from Convent of Mercy, St Mel's College, Scoil Mhuire Longford, Carrigallen Vo...
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Lear in Longford Programme 2 from 2016-01-28T12:00
In this four part series Alan Stanford explores Shakespeare’s King Lear with Leaving Certificate students in Longford from Convent of Mercy, St Mel's College, Scoil Mhuire Longford, Carrigallen Vo...
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Lear In Longford Programme 1 from 2016-01-28T12:00
n this four part series Alan Stanford explores Shakespeare’s King Lear with Leaving Certificate students in Longford from Convent of Mercy, St Mel's College, Scoil Mhuire Longford, Carrigallen Voc...
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On Buxton Hill by Kevin Barry from 2016-01-24T12:00
‘On Buxton Hill’ - a portrait of life in the flat-lands of Cork city. Written and performed by Kevin Barry. Produced by Kevin Brew
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Radio Carla by Peter Sirr from 2016-01-17T12:00
an intimate confession of a forgotten lover in a deathbed testimony to her surviving sweetheart with Olwen Fouéré, Andrew Bennett and Deirdre Monaghan
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In the Wings - Radio Carla from 2016-01-10T12:00
In The Wings where artists discuss their work.. In The Wings is a programme in which artists discuss their work. This week writer Peter Sirr and actor Olwen Fouéré share their thoughts and experien...
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In the Wings with Brian Eno from 2015-12-30T12:00
Sinead Gleeson in conversation with composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist. Brian Eno
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Farkham Hall at Christmas by Chris McHallem from 2015-12-27T12:00
a tale of war, nobility and occasional cross-dressing. With some adult content both upstairs and downstairs, this is Farkham Hall at Christmas’, by Chris McHallem
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Beautiful Lofty Things - An Evening with WB Yeats from 2015-12-25T12:00
Beautiful Lofty Things – an evening with WB Yeats was written and presented by Roy Foster and directed by Lynne Parker.
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The Playboy of the Western World - A Radio Musical from 2015-12-20T12:00
The Playboy of the Western World – A Musical for Radio with all music composed by Justin McCarthy and adapted for radio by Diarmuid de Faoite.
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In The Wings - Martin Sheen from 2015-10-10T12:00
Martin Sheen talks to Sean Rocks about his life and his craft,
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The Man in Two Pieces by Gerard Adlum from 2015-09-20T12:00
The Man in Two PIeces written by Gerard Adlum and directed by Gorretti Slavin tells the story of a a travelling vaudeville troupe and the 14-year-old boy who runs away with them. Led by the emcee...
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In The Wings - The Man In Two Pieces by Gerard Adlum from 2015-09-13T12:00
n The Wings is a programme in which artists discuss their work. This week writer Gerard Adlum and renound actor Stephen share their thoughts and experiences of working on The Man in Two Pieces writ...
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In the Wings - Greta at the Gresham by Bernard Farrell from 2015-08-30T12:00
The team behind Bernard Farrell's radio drama ‘Greta At The Gresham’ actors Bryan Murray and Dawn Bradfield sharing their thoughts. Sound Supervision was by Mark Mc Grath, Producer was Kevin Reynolds.
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In The Wings - Corofin Dramatic Society from 2015-07-26T12:00
Finalist in the 63rd RTÉ All-Ireland Drama Festival Athlone..
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A Swing for Jelly by Charlie McCarthy from 2015-07-26T12:00
Charlie McCarthy's sympathetic study of chromosomal disability. Joe Taylor is eloquent as the speechless subject, with Aine Ní Mhuirí as Mammy to her son Jelly and Mum to her daughter Ann, played b...
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In The Wings - Bunclody-Kilmyshall Drama Group from 2015-07-19T12:00
Finalists RTÉ All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone 2015
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The Fund by Conor Malone from 2015-07-19T12:00
The Fund by Conor Malone took 3rd place in the PJ O’Connor awards 2015 and deals with the very topical issue of The International Monetary Fund. Based on true events and centering around Davison B...
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In the Wings - Estuary Players Dublin from 2015-07-12T12:00
Runners up in the 63rd RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival
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In The Wings - Serenity from 2015-07-12T12:00
In The Wings where we meet the artists behind each radio drama. In this week’s edition we hear from Peter Coonan, Aine Ni Mhuiri, Tony Tormey and Hilda Fay who performed in ‘Serenity’ by Andy Burns.
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Serenity by Andy Burns from 2015-07-12T12:00
First runner up PJ O’Connor Awards 2015. Niall battles with alcohol and the twelve steps.
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WB and Me A Poet's Choice of Yeat's Poems from 2015-06-28T12:00
In the last in a short series of programmes “ WB and Me - A Poet's Choice of Yeats' Poems”, Rita Ann Higgins offers her personal reflections on Yeats’ “Broken Dreams”, “The Fascination of What’s Di...
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From Stage to Street - Episode 4 from 2015-06-28T12:00
This week the programme looks at the career of Anew McMaster and of the ‘Fitups’ which he brought to every town and village in Ireland. Presented by Colin Murphy and produced by the late, great ...
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WB and Me A Poet's Choice of Yeats Michael Longley from 2015-06-21T12:00
For the month of June 2015 Drama on One presents a short series where poets offer their personal responses and reflections on favourite poems by WB Yeats. Michael Longley offers his personal re...
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From Stage to Street Episode 3 from 2015-06-14T12:00
Programme 3 -The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams From Stage to Street presented by Colin Murphy and produced by the late, great Peter Mooney. deals with the notable occasions when Irish theatr...
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From Stage to Street Episode 2 from 2015-06-14T12:00
The series, presented by Colin Murphy, focuses on the times when what was happening on the Irish stage reverberated on the streets outside. Programme 2 The riots that first greeted Sean O Casey's ...
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Intermission by Peter Ayscough from 2015-06-14T12:00
This short play takes place during the interval of a play. Two characters, He and She discuss the characters on stage..
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WB and Me A Poet's Choice of Yeats' Paula Meehan from 2015-06-14T12:00
WB and Me - A Poet's Choice of Yeats' Poems” . Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paula Meehan offers a personal reflection on Yeats’ “Hound Voice” Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Eating Seals and Seagull's Eggs from 2015-05-31T12:00
Eating Seals and Seagull’s Eggs by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú. To generations of Irish students Peig Sayers, is often an object of derision. Eating Seals and Seagull’s Eggs is her story, largely. Meet ...
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Greetings From Fukushima by Erhard Schmied from 2015-05-17T12:00
A German detective drama about a nuclear family and the forty shades of Green ...with Patrick Dawson,Kathy Rose O’Brien,Aileen Mythen, Deirdre Monaghan, Jennifer O’Dea, Michael J. Forde and Peter ...
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In The Wings - Greeting From Fukushima from 2015-05-10T12:00
This week in In The Wings we hear from the writer Erhard Schmied and the cast of his Play Greetings from Fukushima Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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In The Wings –Judgement by Aidan Mathews from 2015-04-27T12:00
In The Wings. a programme in which radio artists discuss their work. This week writer Aidan Mathews and actor Ray Scannell share their thoughts and experiences of working on Judgement written by Ai...
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In The Wings - Deep by Raymond Scannell from 2015-04-27T12:00
In The Wings where practitioners discuss their work. Sir Henry’s in the ‘90s….Were you there? Over ten years ago the spiritual home of Cork’s first generation of ravers closed forever. Deep marks t...
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My Name is Saoirse by Eva O'Connor from 2015-04-26T12:00
My Name is Saoirse, written and performed by Eva O’Connor is the story of a 15 year old girl coming of age in 1980’s Ireland.
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Judgement by Aidan Mathews from 2015-04-12T12:00
Judgement is a version of Plato’s Crito by Aidan Mathews. Featuring John Kavanagh as Socrates and Raymond Scannell as Crito.
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Líon Mo Bhearna Tick my box Drama On One from 2015-03-13T12:00
Líon Mo Bhearna – le Sorcha Fox agus Emer O’Carroll, aistrithe agus léirithe ag Rossa Ó Snodaigh. Written: Iseult Golden, David Horan, Carmel Stephens (Inis Theatre)Featuring Sorcha Fox and Emer...
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A Family of Memories by Thomas Kilroy Drama On One from 2015-02-24T12:00
Playwright and novelist Thomas Kilroy reads from his memoir, in a radio version directed by Patrick Mason.
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Small Plastic Wars by Pat McGrath Drama On One from 2015-02-13T12:00
A comedy about a man who tries to escape the reality of unemployment. Instead he pins his life’s ambition on winning a model making competition. Written and performed by Pat McGrath and directed b...
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The Weaver's Grave by Seumus O'Kelly Drama on One from 2015-01-26T12:00
two old men argue over the proper site for the weaver's burial..
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The Weaver’s Grave by Seumus O’Kelly Drama On One from 2015-01-20T12:00
In memory of actor Thomas Studley. The drama narrates with deceptive simplicity the arguments of two old men over the proper site for the weaver's burial. As their absurd, comic controversy rages, ...
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Charolais by Noni Stapleton Drama On One from 2014-12-19T12:00
Love, longing and one woman's rivalry with a Charolais heifer..
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Testimony by Alan Archbold Drama On One from 2014-12-19T12:00
Andrew Bennett and Cathy Belton star as Michael and Sandra a middle-aged couple ruminating on the small and sombre detail of a tragic death in the family in the hope of finding light and life at th...
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In The Wings - Panto Drama On One from 2014-12-18T12:00
A seasonal edition of IN THE WINGS lets the Genie get out of the bottle, gets Cinders get to the ball, boosts Jack up the beanstalk and puts the Beauty to sleep.
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In The Wings - Charolais by Noni Stapleton from 2014-12-18T12:00
Writer Noni Stapleton and actors Enda Oates and Bairbre Ni Chaoimh share their thoughts and experiences of working on the radio drama ‘Charolais’ by Noni Stapleton
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In The Wings Ballyduff Drama Group Drama On One from 2014-12-18T12:00
A programme in which artists talk about their work. Tonight we hear from Ballyduff Drama Group
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Broken Croí/Heart Briste Le Manchán Magan Drama On One from 2014-11-21T12:00
Can language be a weapon? Who the feic knows?
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In The Wings - Broken Croí Heart Briste from 2014-11-16T12:00
writer Manchán Magan and actor Eva O’Connor discuss their work on Broken Croí Heart Briste a comedic and heartfelt look at fractured relationships, using a blend of Irish and English to reveal the ...
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A Picture of Us Drama On One Podcast from 2014-11-13T12:00
A Picture of Us - Written and performed by Kate Gilmore and Laurence Falconer.
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Jumping Hedges by Philip Davison Directed by Cathal Black Drama on One from 2014-10-30T12:00
Justin and Florrie need Larry's help - but it all hinges on a conversation in a hot-air balloon
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Quarks Quavers and a Pea in The Gods by Shay Healy and Austin Kenny from 2014-10-29T12:00
With John Kavanagh as Mulligan in monologue and actor-impressionist Joe Taylor as (almost) everybody else within earshot
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Excess Baggage by Mary Coll from 2014-09-26T12:00
Bringing you the magical world of radio drama at a time and place of your choosing
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Brady The Revenant by Pat McCabe Drama On One from 2014-09-26T12:00
Brady - The Revenant by Patrick Mc Cabe Many years since The Butcher Boy , we meet Francie Brady. But he is a changed person - a shell of what he was, a ghost, a phantom - a Revenant.
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Ulster Volunteers by Gary Mitchell Drama On One from 2014-08-28T12:00
Ulster Volunteers was written by Gary Mitchell and the play moves through two time zones - the Battlefields of Belgium in 1916 and the Battlegrounds of Belfast today.
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Walking the Road by Dermot Bolger Drama On One from 2014-08-21T12:00
Walking the Road by Dermot Bolger is a dramatic, imaginative exploration of the life of Meath poet Francis Ledwidge
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In The Wings - Walking the Roa from 2014-08-17T12:00
This week we hear from poet and playwright Dermot Bolger and actors Peter Hanly and Sam Mc Govern as they discuss Dermot’s play Walking The Road – a dramatic imaginative exploration of the life of ...
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Echoes From the Front Drama On One Podcast from 2014-07-30T12:00
The piece includes authentic diary entries and love letters capturing glimpses of the human side of battle. The piece incorporates ‘Fighting Cowardice’ written by Gary Mitchell who kindly gave per...
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The Milliner and The Weaver by Marie Jones from 2014-07-30T12:00
We continue our month of WW1 related dramas with ‘The Milliner and The Weaver’ written by Marie Jones and directed by Gorretti Slavin.
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Different Stages Part 2 Variety is The Spice of Life Drama On One from 2014-07-25T12:00
Different Stages is a series of four programmes looking at four different acting styles and traditions in Ireland. Tonight Comedienne June Rogers celebrates the tradition of Variety Perfomance in I...
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Different Stages Part 1 The Abbey Style Drama on One from 2014-07-25T12:00
Different Stages is a series of four programmes looking at four different acting styles and traditions in Ireland. In this, the first programme, Actor and co-founder of Field Day Theatre Company, S...
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April Showers written by Meadhbh McHugh Drama on One from 2014-06-19T12:00
Elizabeth (Dawn Bradfield) and Martin (Stephen Jones) are both suffering a huge grief and loss and take a weekend away in a country to see if they can save their relationship. April Showers took 3r...
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A Christmas Reverie by Ian Gordon Drama On One from 2014-06-13T12:00
Mark Lambert stars as Ireland’s most famous ex-Jesuit and Jonathan White as the great tenor of the gramophone era in A CHRISTMAS REVERIE, the record of an imaginary encounter by landscape-artist Ia...
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One Way Telephone by Philip Davison Drama On One Podcast from 2014-05-30T12:00
One Way Telephone by Philip Davison invites the listener to get engaged with crossed telephone lines where the under pressure, Bartley and his estranged parents, Noreen and Manus prove that advance...
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Spinstren by Jools Gilson from 2014-05-22T12:00
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Panic by Tara McKevitt Drama On One from 2014-05-16T12:00
Starring Arthur Riordan and Aileen Mythen
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Sam and The Animal Man by Claes Johansen Drama On One from 2014-04-16T12:00
22 year-old Sam has been diagnosed with having the mental capacities of a boy of 10. He lives with his over-protective parents. When Sam meets city- girl Sue the pair strike up a friendship which d...
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Crash Course on Earth by Joe O'Byrne Drama On One from 2014-04-10T12:00
Crash Course on Earth by Joe O'ByrneJenny and Martin imagine a life that is not to be..
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In The Wings - Sam and The Animal Man Drama On One from 2014-04-10T12:00
Drama On One’s weekly series with theatre practitioners. This week we hear from performers Raymond Scannell, Arthur Riordan, Aileen Mythen and Clare Barrett about their work on the forthcoming radi...
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The Quare Fella by Brendan Behan Drama On One from 2014-03-20T12:00
Brendan Behan's masterpiece marks the 50th anniversary of his death
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Teiripe Le Brian Ó Tiomáin Drama On One from 2014-03-14T12:00
Tá Susan (Maria Doyle Kennedy) agus Irene (Caitríona Ní Mhurchú) ag siúl amach le fada. Ach tá teannas eatarthu. Téann siad chuig Martin (Denis Conway) le haghaidh Teiripe chun cabhrú leo i gcomhth...
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Broken Promise Land by Mirjana Rendulic Drama On One Podcast from 2014-02-24T12:00
Sick of life in her war-torn country, guided by MTV hits and Hollywood sitcoms, Stefica takes on a new name and embarks on a quest for an American education, and ends up in a Dublin lap dancing clu...
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In The Wings - Broken Promise Land Drama On One Podcast from 2014-02-18T12:00
In tonight’s programme, writer and performer Mirjana Rendulic and director by Aoife Spillane-Hinks share their thoughts and experiences of working on Broken Promise Land
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The Churching of Happy Cullen by Louise Lewis&Simon Manahan Drama On One from 2014-02-13T12:00
The piece centres on one woman’s struggle amidst the poverty of 1913 tenement life in Dublin.
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In The Wings - The Churching of Happy Cullen Drama On One from 2014-02-10T12:00
In tonight’s programme writer and performer Louise Lewis, writer Simon Managhan and director Gorretti Slavin share their thoughts and experiences of working on “The Churching of Happy Cullen" by Lo...
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In The Wings Lambo by Hugh Travers Drama On One from 2014-02-10T12:00
In The Wings – a programme in which artists talk about their work. In this episode writer Hugh Travers, director Ronan Phelan, sound designer Trevor Furlong and actor Michael Ford Fitzgerald share...
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In The Wings - Redemption Beating Drama On One from 2014-02-10T12:00
RTÉ Radio Drama presents, "In The Wings”, a catch-all programme for edited interviews with actors, writers, sound designers, musicians and other drama practitioners. This programme features Ronan ...
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Lambo by Hugh Travers Drama On One from 2014-01-30T12:00
Lambo by Hugh Travers is a fictionalised account of a story that stormed the airwaves and gripped the nation almost three decades ago. A story of brutality and bloodshed, of depravity and gross dec...
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Redemption Beating by Ronan Carr Drama On One Podcast from 2014-01-24T12:00
It’s crunch-time in the Creggan as vigilante Jimmy prepares to kneecap a high-status hooligan. Can either victim avoid such genuflection to the cult of violence? Frank McCusker and Conor O’Neill st...
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Oscar Night by Alan McMonagle Drama On One Podcast from 2014-01-19T12:00
It’s Oscar Night in the off-the-beaten-track home of aging sisters Annabelle and Miranda. The two ladies have been living together for years. A love of movies and a mutual dependency sustain them. ...
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It's A Worthless Life by Mike Finn Drama On One from 2013-12-14T12:00
‘It’s a Worthless Life’ written by Mike Finn and starring Pat Shortt. George Buckley, an investment banker is shown the error of his ways when he is visited by the angelic Jimmy Stewart. The accla...
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In the Blood - Corn Exchange Drama On One Podcast from 2013-12-13T12:00
Drama on One continues the series In The Blood, looking at Theatre Professionals and the Company they keep. Now it's the turn of Corn Exchange Theatre
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Smashing Times Theatre Company Young Bloods Drama On One from 2013-11-29T12:00
We continue our short season of programmes in our series looking at Theatre Professionals and the Company they keep. In this episode, it's the turn of Smashing Times Theatre Company with Artistic D...
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Hairy Jaysus by Donal O'Kelly Drama On One from 2013-11-27T12:00
The radio version of Donal O Kelly’s play about the life and death of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington - ‘pacifist, socialist, feminist, atheist’.
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Grave Danger Episode 4 Drama On One from 2013-11-23T12:00
Murder, lies and a decades old secret...
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Young Bloods Gúna Nua Drama on One from 2013-11-22T12:00
We continue our season of programmes in our series Young Bloods looking at Theatre Professionals and the Company they keep. Tonight it's the turn of Gúna Nua Theatre Company as Co founders Paul Me...
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Grave Danger Episode 3 Drama On One from 2013-11-17T12:00
Murder, lies and a decades-old secret...
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Young Bloods Fishamble Drama On One Podcast from 2013-11-15T12:00
We continue our short season of programmes in our series Youngbloods looking at Theatre Professionals and the Company they keep. Tonight it's the turn of Fishamble: The New Play Company as Directo...
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Grave Danger Episode 2 Drama On One from 2013-11-10T12:00
An undertaker, a woman looking for her father and a deadly secret...
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Playwrights In Profile - Frank McGuinness Drama on One from 2013-10-31T12:00
We continue our series looking at some of the Playwrights currently writing for Irish Theatre. Tonight we focus on Frank McGuinness. Sean Rocks presents Playwrights in Profile:
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A Golden Triangle by Philip Doherty Drama On One Podcast from 2013-09-11T12:00
The accidental intersection of three unlikely folk living in present-day Dublin - a curmudgeonly widower, a ladette in a wheel-chair, and a jobless Pole mauled by the Celtic Tiger in its death-thro...
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Big Jim by James Plunkett Part 1 Drama on One from 2013-08-22T12:00
A Foray into the forgotten founding narrative of the 1913 Lockout, an episodic radio-play following a short reflection in Sean O Faoilean’s dissonant/dissident Bell magazine.
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Big Jim by James Plunkett Part 2 Drama on One from 2013-08-22T12:00
A foray into the forgotten founding narrative of the 1913 Lockout, an episodic radio-play following a short reflection in Sean O Faoilean’s dissonant/dissident Bell magazine.
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A Golden Triangle by Philip Doherty Drama On One from 2013-07-31T12:00
A Golden Triangle by Philip Doherty - Winner of the PJ O'Connor Awards for Radio Drama 2013. Desire, deliverance and a dying tiger...
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Drama On One Memento Mori by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú from 2013-07-17T12:00
The 2nd Runner up play in this summer season of scripts from the 2013 PJ O’Connor Award is Memento Mori by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú - a lyrical evocation of loss, lamentation, and the bond between the ...
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Orange ‘n ’White ’n’ Pointy On Top by Ciarán Gray Drama On One Podcast from 2013-07-12T12:00
Derek Hyland has a pet hate - and it is orange and white and pointy on top!
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Maybe the Night by Kevin Barry Drama On One Podcast from 2013-05-22T12:00
‘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 Supervisio...
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On Being Flattened by Philip Davison Drama On One Podcast from 2013-05-10T12:00
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 an...
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Macbeth in Monaghan Programme 2 Drama On One Podcast from 2013-04-29T12:00
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 3 from 2013-04-29T12:00
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 4 Drama On One Podcast from 2013-04-29T12:00
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 1 Drama On One Podcast from 2013-04-29T12:00
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 One Podcast from 2013-04-29T12:00
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 Da...
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The Lectures of Erwin Schrödinger Drama On One Podcast from 2013-04-24T12:00
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 from 2013-04-24T12:00
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...
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The Short Biography of Denis O'Rourke by Paul Meade Drama On One Podcast from 2013-04-22T12:00
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 ...
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Genetics What is Life? Drama On One Podcast from 2013-04-19T12:00
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 from 2013-04-13T12:00
Sparkplug sings the blues for the honey bee...
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What is Life? "Honeybee Apocolypse" Part 2 Drama on One Science Season from 2013-04-12T12:00
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 t...
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Thar an Tairseach by Máire Dinny Wren Drama On One from 2013-03-15T12:00
Altan’s Máiréad Ní Mhaonaigh plays Nuala a woman trapped in two worlds in Maire Dinny Wren’s play Thar an Tairseach. Anna Ní Chaigne is the narrator and featuring an original score by Niall Hackett .
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Playwrights in Profile Tom Murphy Drama On One from 2013-02-28T12:00
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 from 2013-02-27T12:00
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...
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Offering by Amy Conroy Drama On One Podcast from 2013-02-20T12:00
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...
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Playwrights in Profile Tom McIntyre Drama On One Podcast from 2013-02-20T12:00
This programme in our series surveys the theatrical contribution of Tom McIntyre Presented by Sean Rocks Produced by Kevin Reynolds
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Playwrights in Profile Bernard Farrell Drama on One from 2013-02-15T12:00
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 from 2013-02-15T12:00
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 fr...
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Playwrights in Profile Billy Roche Drama On One from 2013-01-25T12:00
Sean Rocks continues his series on Irish playwrights.
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One of Us by Mary Coll from 2013-01-24T12:00
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 Zoë Comyns Drama On One from 2013-01-20T13:00
Like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in mine..
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