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OSCAR WILDE : AN IRISH SCENOGRAPHY

In course of compilation by Aoife Leahy and D C Rose

With acknowledgements to the ‘Irish Playography’ compiled by the Irish Theatre Institute: sunflower

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

An Ideal Husband

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The Importance of being Earnest

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Lady Windermere’s Fan

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Salome

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A Woman of No Importance

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Three Oscar Wilde Plays

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One-Man Shows

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Wilde for Children

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Miscellany

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An Ideal Husband

Added July 2008.  Updated: August 008

 

Directed or adapted by

Location

Dates

Hilton Edwards   

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1932: October

Gerald Pringle   

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1940: March

Hilton Edwards  

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1945

John Izon   

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1948: March

Anew McMaster   

Touring

1951 / 1952

Dan O’Connell / Alpho O’Reilly

Gate Theatre  

Dublin

1957: July

Christopher Casson  

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1960: September

Donald Bodley   

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1972: 20th September

Hilton Edwards   

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1972: 25th October–November

   

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1981: February

Ben Barnes  

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1989: April

  

Lyric Theatre

Belfast 

1993:  November

Liam Halligan    

Regal Theatre

Clonmel

1996: 17th, 18th May

Liam Halligan   

Balor Theatre

Ballybofey

1996:  21st May

Liam Halligan   

Riverside Theatre

Coleraine

1996:  22nd, 23rd May

Liam Halligan   

Little Theatre

Skerries

1996:  25th May

Liam Halligan   

Bru Boru

Cashel

1996:  25th May

Liam Halligan   

Town Hall

Dalkey

1996:  28th May

Liam Halligan   

CYMS Hall

Mountmellick

1996:  29th May

Liam Halligan   

Town Hall

Nenagh

1996:  30th May

Liam Halligan   

Garage Theatre

Monaghan

1996:  31st May

Liam Halligan   

Drumlin House

Cavan

1996:  1st June

Liam Halligan   

Watergate Theatre

Kilkenny

1996:  4th, 5th June

Liam Halligan   

Town Hall

Galway

1996:  6th–8th June

Liam Halligan   

School Yard Theatre

Charleville

1996:  9th June

Liam Halligan   

Backstage Theatre

Longford

1996:  11th, 12th June

Liam Halligan   

Opera House

Cork

1996:  13th–15th June

Liam Halligan   

Town Hall

Skibbereen

1996:  18th June

Liam Halligan   

Arts Centre

Wexford

1996:  20th–22nd June

Sir Peter Hall

Grand Opera House

 Belfast

1997:  24th February

Kate Minogue   

RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin

2000:  10th December

Sir Peter Hall    

Grand Opera House             

Belfast

2001:  7th–12th May

Michael Twomey

Everyman Palace Theatre

Cork

2001:  31st October - 10th November

Neil Bartlett

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

2008:  11th August–27th September

 

 

 

 

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The Importance of Being Earnest

Added June 2008.  Updated: July 2008

 

Directed or adapted by

Location

Date(s)

Christopher Fitz-Simon

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

?

Sir George Alexander

Grand Opera House

Belfast

1901

Lennox Robinson

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

1926: 6th November

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1933: October

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1935

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1936

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1937: 5th January

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1938: December

Gerald Pringle

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1941: August

John Izon

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1943: August

Michéal MacLiammoir

Gaiety Theatre

Dublin

1946: 21st October

Anew McMaster 

Touring

1951  / 1952

Dan O’Connell/ Alpho O’Reilly

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1954: October

Michael MacOwan

Olympia Theatre

Dublin

1957: May

 ?

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1971: 18th December

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1971: August / September

Alan Barlow

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

1973: 17th October

Peter O’Shaughnessy

Granary Theatre

Cork

1979: 

Garry Hynes

Druid Theatre

Galway

1979: 11th–23rd December

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Garry Hynes

Druid Theatre

Galway

1980: February

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Barry Cassin

Opera House

Cork

1980: November

 

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1982/1983

Fiona Nolan

National Concert Hall

Dublin

1984: July

Andrew Scorgie

Riverside Theatre

Coleraine

1985: 18th–23rd February

Garry Hynes

Druid Theatre

Galway

1985: 29th August to 24th September

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Patrick Mason

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1987: 23rd July–19th September

Roland Jacquarello

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1990

Piotr Sadowski

American College

Dublin

1995: 14th February

Terry O’Neill

Collaiste Rathin

Bray

1995: October

Gerardine McDermottroe

Arts Centre

Wexford

1996: 18th–26th October

Ned Dempsey

Arklow Bay Hotel

Arklow

1996:  22nd–26th May

?

City University

Dublin

1996: 29th June?

Musetta Joyce

Everyman Palace

Cork

1996: July

Patrick Mason

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

1997: January

Patrick Mason

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

1997: 27th August–27th September

 ?

Rothe House

Kilkenny

1997: July

John Brady

Seven Oaks Hotel

Carlow

1998: 7th-11th June

Seamus Thackaberry

New Theatre

Dublin

1999: 1st - 5th June

 ?

Portora Royal School

Enniskillen

2000: 30th November–1st December

Kate Minogue

RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin

2000: 3rd December

Dan Gordon

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

2001: 21st September–10th October

?

Studio Theatre

Bangor

2001: 12th, 13th & 16th–20th October

Xavier Leret

Old Museum Arts Centre

Belfast

2003: 19th & 20th February

Gerard Bourke

Town Hall

Dalkey

2003: 19th–22nd March

Conall Morrison

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

2006: 12th July–9th September

[student production]

Trinity College

Dublin

2004: 4th–8th May

 

Gate Theatre

Dublin

2003:  –>20th September

Alan Stanford

Gate Theatre

Dublin

2007: 20th March–7th April

Peter Hussey

Andrews Lane Theatre

Dublin

2007: 7th–12th May

 

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Lady Windermere’s Fan

Added July 2008.  Updated:

 

Directed or adapted by

Location

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

Frank Benson ?

Grand Opera House

Belfast

1900

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1931: 10th August

Peter Powell

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1938:  May

Dan O’Connell/Alpho O’Reilly

Gate Theatre    

Dublin

1952: May–June

Carolyn Swift

RTÉ TV

Dublin

1969: 1st October

?

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1972/1973

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1973: November

?

Studio Theatre

Bangor

1985

?

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1986/1987

Lynne Parker

Belltable

Limerick

1991: 3rd–8th June

Lynne Parker

Project Theatre

Dublin

1991: July

Lynne Parker

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1994: June

Alan Stanford

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1997: 8th July

Alan Stanford

Gate Theatre

Dublin

2005: 12th May to 16th July

 

 

 

 

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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Added May 2008.  Updated:

 

Directed or adapted by

Location

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

John C Burke   

Lyric Theatre

Belfast

1964: 24th August

Robert Carrickford

Gresham Hotel

Dublin

1973: 8th October

Robert Carrickford

Opera House

Cork

1973: 15th October

Robert Carrickford

Theatre Royal

Waterford

1973: 22nd October

Antoinette Duffy

Writers Museum

Dublin

1998: 19th November–5th December

 

 

 

 

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Added August 2008.  Updated:

 

Directed / Adapted by

Location

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin   

1945: 19th February

·         A version originally made by MacLiammoir in 1945 at the suggestion of Hilton Edwards – Christopher Fitz-Simon: The Boys, A Double Biography.  Gill & Macmillan 1986 p.227.  Prompt copy with annotations and alterations to the text and stage directions interleaved (94pp.TS) offered in Pagoda Books catalogue 6 (Summer 1985)  for £10

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1955: late autumn

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1956: June

Sam MacCready

Arts Theatre

Belfast

1989: January

Jo Mangan

Players Theatre

Dublin

1992: March

Alan Stanford, version by Gavin Costick

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1995: October / November

Kate Minogue

RTÉ Radio 1, read by Michael James Forde

Dublin   

2000 : November

Adapted by Trevor Baxter, directed by Elijah Moshinsky

Grand Opera House

Belfast

2003: 3rd to 8th November

Alan Stanford

Abbey Theatre

Dublin   

2006: 25th July

·         ‘I love acting. It is so much more real than life.’ Alan Stanford reads from The Picture of Dorian Gray

 

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SALOME

Added May 2008.  Updated: July 2008

 

Directed or adapted by

Location

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

Hilton Edwards

Peacock Theatre

Dublin

1928: 12th December

Steven Berkoff

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1988: 14th April–14th May

Steven Berkoff

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1989: 22nd February–25th March

James Rymer

Dublin Arts Club

Dublin

1995: 21st–26th May

[La Touche Players]

Rupert Guinness Theatre

Dublin

1995: April

Richard Strauss / Laurent Wagner (conductor); Joël Lauwers (director)

Gaiety Theatre

Dublin

1999: 11th, 13th, 15th & 17th April

Steven Berkoff       

Gate Theatre

Dublin

2000: 11th April–20th May  

[student production]

Trinity College

Dublin

2004: 4th–8th May

Steven Berkoff

Gate Theatre

Dublin

2000: 6th September – >

Alan Stanford

Gate Theatre

Dublin

2007: 20th March–7th April

 

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A Woman of No Importance

Added August 2008.  Updated:

 

 

 

Directed or adapted by

Location

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

Peter Powell

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1937: June

Dan O’Connell / Alpho O’Reilly

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1950: March

John Izon

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1949: April

Patrick Mason

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1984: 24th July

Ben Barnes

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

1996: 12th June

Sam Dowling

Tinahealy Courthouse

Wicklow

1997: 27th July

Sam Dowling

Linenhall Arts Centre

Castlebar

1997: 31st July

Sam Dowling

Arts Centre

Wexford

1997: 24th–26th July

Sam Dowling

Royal Hotel

Boyle

1997: 29th July

Kate Minogue

RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin

2000: 26th November

Elijah Moshinsky

Grand Opera House

Belfast

2002: 18th February

 

 

 

 

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WILDE FOR CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULTS

Added August 2008.  Updated:

 

Title

Adapted/directed by

Location

Dates(s)

 

 

 

 

 

The Happy Prince

Michael James Forde

Writers Museum

Dublin

2000: 30th November–2nd December

The Remarkable Rocket

Kate Minogue

RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin

2000: 1st December

The Happy Prince

 

Lambert Puppet Theatre

Monkstown, Dublin

2001: 29th October

The Happy Prince

Bairbre Ní Chaoimh

Bewley's Cafe Theatre

Dublin

2008: :  25th August 2008–6th September

The Nightingale and the Rose / The Happy Prince

 

Bewley's Cafe Theatre

Dublin

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·         shadow puppets produced in the Lamberts' puppet workshop and designed by Wendy Shea

The Selfish Giant

Mary Mc Auliffe (music)

National Concert Hall

Dublin

1997: December

The Star Child and Other Stories

 

Trinity College

Dublin

2000: December

The Star Child and Other Stories

Adapted by
Mary Elizabeth Burke Kennedy, directed by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh

Project Theatre

Dublin

2000/1: 29th December–20th January

The Star Child and Other Stories

Excel Theatre

Tipperary

2001: 2nd & 3rd November

The Star Child and Other Stories

An Grianán Theatre

Letterkenny

2001: 6th–8th November

The Star Child and Other Stories

Hawkswell Theatre

Sligo

2001: 12th & 13th November

The Star Child and Other Stories

Watergate Theatre

Kilkenny

2001: 16th & 17th November

The Star Child and Other Stories

Opera House

Cork

2001: 20th–24th November

The Star Child and Other Stories

Theatre Royal

Wexford

2001: 26th & 27th November

The Star Child and Other Stories

Ardhowen Theatre

Enniskillen

2001: 30th November–1st December

The Star Child and Other Stories

Belltable Arts Centre

Limerick

2001: 4th & 5th December

The Star Child and Other Stories

Draíocht Theatre

Blanchardstown 

2001: 12th December–5th January 2002

 

 

 

 

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THREE OSCAR WILDE PLAYS

Added August 2008.  Updated:

 

Author

Title

Director

Location

 

 

 

 

 

Terry Eagleton

Saint Oscar

Trevor Griffiths

Guildhall

Derry

1989: 25th September

Terry Eagleton

Saint Oscar

Karen Brosnan

Andrews Lane Studio

Dublin

2000: 12th–20th January

Terry Eagleton

Saint Oscar

Maureen Collender

Pavilion Theatre

Dún Laoghaire

2003: 2nd–5th July

·         One man version scripted and played by Seamus Moran

Thomas Kilroy

The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde

Patrick Mason

Abbey Theatre

Dublin

1997: 8th October

Thomas Kilroy

The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde

 

Abbey Theatre

Dublin         

2000: 6th September

Ulick O’Connor

A Trinity of Two

Tomàs Mac Anna

Peacock Theatre

Dublin

1988: 6th April sunflower

Ulick O’Connor

A Trinity of Two

 

Peacock Theatre

Dublin

1995: April

Ulick O’Connor

A Trinity of Two

 

Liberty Hall Theatre

Dublin

2005: November

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ONE-MAN SHOWS

Added August 2008.  Updated:

 

Author/ actor

Title

Director

Location

Date(s)

 

Noel Cummins

Life & Times of Oscar Wilde

 

Andrews Lane Theatre

Dublin

1991: September

Micheál Mac Liammóir

The Importance of Being Oscar

Hilton Edwards

Gaelic Hall, Curragh Camp

Kildare

1960: 15th September

Micheál Mac Liammóir

The Importance of Being Oscar

Hilton Edwards

Gaiety Theatre

Dublin        

1960: 3rd October

Micheál Mac Liammóir

The Importance of Being Oscar

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1968: 23rd January

Micheál Mac Liammóir

The Importance of Being Oscar

Hilton Edwards

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1975: December

·         Mac Liammoir’s last performance

?

The Importance of Being Michael

?

The Playhouse

L/Derry City

2002: 6th & 7th June

·         a celebration of the life and work of Michael MacLiammoir, played by the North Face Theatre Company

Micheál Mac Liammóir / Simon Callow

The Importance of Being Oscar

Patrick Garland

 

Belfast

1997: March

Micheál Mac Liammóir / Simon Callow

The Importance of Being Oscar

Patrick Garland

Trinity College

Dublin

1997: 5th March

Maxim Mazumdar

Oscar Remembered

 

Olympia Theatre

Dublin

1979: November

James T. Meredith

Wilde About Oscar

 

Andrew’s Lane Theatre

Dublin

1995: April

David Norris

Oscar

 

Andrew’s Lane Theatre

Dublin

1994: October

Denis Rafter

The Remarkable Oscar Wilde

 

Arts Centre

Wexford

1982: October

Denis Rafter

The Remarkable Oscar Wilde

 

Alliance Française

Dublin

1996: 14th--18th October

Alan Stanford

Oscar Wilde of Merrion Square

 

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1992: February

Alan Stanford

In the Company of Oscar Wilde

 

Belltable Arts Centre

Limerick

2003: 11th & 12th July

 

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MISCELLANY

Added August 2008.  Updated:

 

Authors / Actors

Title

Location

Date(s)

 

 

 

 

 

James Douglas      

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

RTE Radio

Dublin

?

Paul Doust

Lady Bracknell’s Confinement

Andrew’s Lane Theatre

Dublin

1995 12th–24th June

Andrew Finan

Nocturne for Sybil Vane

Players Theatre

Dublin

1981: October

Christopher Fitz-Simon

Speranza

RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin

2000: 28th November

Kevin Kiely

Children of No Importance

RTÉ Radio 1

Dublin

2000: 5th December

·         Introduced by Richard Pine; Producer: Kate Minogue

Oscar Wilde adapted by Hilton Edwards

The Critic as Artist

Gate Theatre

Dublin

1980: June

Jim O’Keefe

Wilde Women

Newman House

Dublin

1985: July

Brian Marr

Wilde about Yeats

Players Theatre

Dublin

1990: November

Fergal O’Byrne

Oscar and Jim

Andrews Lane Theatre

Dublin

1993: December

Fergal O’Byrne

Wilde about America

Bewleys / The Crypt

Dublin

1994: July

Joy Melville & Gerardine Mc Dermottroe

Mother of Oscar

Tour inc. Samuel Beckett Theatre

Dublin

1994: October

Oscar Wilde adapted by Paul Cullen

Stillorgan Goes Wilde: The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde

 

Stillorgan

1997: 16th–18th October

Glynis Casson & Michael James Ford

Oscar & The Sphinx

Bewley’s Café Theatre

Dublin

2000: 1st August–16th September

Glynnis Casson & Michael James Ford

Oscar and The Sphinx

Writers Museum

Dublin

2000: 30th November - 2nd December

 

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