| by McEwen, Robert |
| An epic of Irish insurrection inspired by the life of Sean MacBride, a former IRA commander who later renounced violence, founded Amnesty International, became Undersecretary General of the United Nations, authored the defining manifesto on conscientious objection, and ultimately won the Nobel Prize for Peace. |
Development and Production Status * Dialogue Sample * Specifications * Development and Production History * Short Bio * Special Audience Appeal * E-mail Specs
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| Development and Production Status |
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| Developed, But Not Produced |
| Dialogue Sample |
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| "You take Maxwell out alive, then offer to ransom him in exchange for the release of Republican prisoners in Mountjoy. If the British balk, you send in pieces of him, bit by bit. A finger, a hand, a foot ..." |
| Specifications |
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| Historical drama with music. 30 actors, multiple sets. |
| Development and Production History |
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| Staged reading by Chain Lightning Theater, NYC. Full production at University of Iowa Theatre, Iowa City. Not produced professionally. |
| Short Bio |
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| ROBERT MCEWEN is a winner of two of the nation's top awards for dramatists: first prize in the 21st Century Playwrights Festival (for his play Cholo!) in judging chaired by Edward Albee; and second prize in the Fourth Freedom Foundation competition at The Kennedy Center (for his play Son Of A Gonne) in judging chaired by Lanford Wilson. Many of McEwen's plays were written during his fellowship in the Iowa Writers Workshop, including the short satires in his just-published anthology Tales Of The Pea Sea. Earlier in his career, McEwen wrote for The AP, covering the mass suicides of the Peoples Temple congregation; the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk; the murder trial of Black Panther Huey Newton; and Cesar Chavez's crusade to organize of farm labor. After working as a reporter, McEwen was a junior college basketball coach in Rochester, NY, where his won-lost record was 46-9. More recently, McEwen held senior management positions at three of the world's leading PR firms. He was graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in English. |
| Special Audience Appeal |
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| Irish, Political History Buffs |
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