John Breen (playwright)
John Breen is a playwright from Limerick, Ireland. He is famous for his play Alone it Stands[1] which tells the tale of Munster Rugby Team's legendary 12-0 victory over New Zealand's mighty All Blacks in Thomond Park, Limerick in 1978. In the play six actors play 62 roles including the Munster team, the Kiwis, the two coaches, the ref, the crowd, the press, a pregnant woman, several children and a dog. The Play has made it onto Broadway and this shows the immense talent of this fine playwright.
His other well-known play is Charlie,[2] a work on Charles Haughey, the former Irish Taoiseach, who visits a small farmer in County Mayo on his way from launching what was to become the Céide Fields project. As the two men talk, Haughey's remarkable rise and fall is acting out in flashback around them.
John now resides in an environmentally friendly home just outside Ballina in County Mayo. He also established Yew Tree Theatre Company in Ballina.
A very likeable young man, John has been involved with the Mayo Youth Theatre group and has had big involvement with the Ballina Street and Arts Festival otherwise known as the Ballina Salmon Festival.
References
- ↑ Wren, Celia (November 22, 2007). "'Alone It Stands': A Rugby Match That Never Scores". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Hearns, Orla (14 May 2003). "‘Charlie’ for Mayo premiere". Western People. Retrieved 4 August 2012.