Drama On One

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A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett Aug 25, 2024

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A Piece of Monologue, performed by Barry McGovern as part of our Beckett Season

The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett Aug 18, 2024

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The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett: Adapted from the radio play La Manivelle by Robert Pinget

All That Fall by Samuel Beckett Aug 11, 2024

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Drama On One continues its Beckett Season with All That Fall directed and produced by Barry McGovern, starring Pegg Monahan and Aidan Grennell.

Watt by Samuel Beckett Aug 04, 2024

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Published as a novel in 1953, Watt tells the story of a nomadic manservant who works for a Mr Knott.

Beckett on Bowman Jul 28, 2024

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As part of our Beckett season, we broadcast a special programme curated from a brace of Bowman Sunday Eight Thirty programmes made in 2006

Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon Jul 21, 2024

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Marion O’Dwyer stars as Maeve, a woman defiantly at peace in her new oasis – A ghost estate - in Dropping Slow by Belinda McKeon.

Creatives in Conversation - Sinéad O'Connor Jul 15, 2024

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In October 2002 Sinéad O'Connor recorded a ‘Rattlebag Special’ with Myles Dungan, marking the release of her album Sean-Nós Nua

A Pathetic Fallacy by Aidan Mathews Jul 14, 2024

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Karen Ardiff shows there's no statute of limitations on a parent's licence to pine.

Creatives in Conversation - Paulo Coelho Jul 10, 2024

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In this Rattlebag public interview from 2001, Brazilian author Paulo Coelho spoke to Myles Dungan. about his work and his extraordinary life.

The Big Picture by Siobhán Mannion Jul 07, 2024

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A costume designer on a film set pours herself into three dresses. Part of Drama On One's online short form season.