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Abbey Career

Actor during: 1978 - 1999

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What was on stage this month in history:

  • An Bear
    1950 (Abbey)
  • The Passing Day
    1981 (Abbey)
  • The Playboy of the Western World
    1912 (Tour)
  • Only an Apple
    2009 (Peacock)
  • Antigone
    1986 (Peacock)
  • The Playboy of the Western World
    1938 (Abbey)

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Actor Shawn Keogh The Heart's A Wonder - The Playboy of the Western World 1978 (Abbey)
Actor Voice of Scrape Snake-eye and the Diamond 1980 (Peacock)
Actor Mush A Whistle in the Dark 1987 (Abbey)
Actor Byrne Big Maggie 1988 (Abbey)
Actor Byrne Big Maggie 1989 (Abbey)
Actor Seumas Shields The Shadow of a Gunman 1989 (Peacock)
Actor Seumas Shields The Shadow of a Gunman 1989 (Tour)
Actor Harvey Duff The Shaughraun 1990 (Abbey)
Actor Byrne Big Maggie 1990 (Abbey)
Actor Seumas Shields The Shadow of a Gunman 1990 (Tour)
Actor Seumas Shields The Shadow of a Gunman 1990 (Tour)
Actor Seumas Shields The Shadow of a Gunman 1990 (Tour)
Actor Removals Man Moving 1992 (Abbey)
Actor Alec Brady A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant 1992 (Abbey)
Actor Dickie Bird The Honey Spike 1993 (Abbey)
Actor Thomasheen Sean Rua Sive 1993 (Abbey)
Actor Martin Brothers of the Brush 1993 (Peacock)
Actor The Lord A Picture of Paradise 1997 (Peacock)
Actor Fionn Mac Cool At Swim-Two-Birds 1998 (Peacock)
Actor Caretaker The Passion of Jerome 1999 (Peacock)

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