M. J. Molloy

Michael Joseph Molloy (1917-1994) was an Irish playwright. He was born and died in Miltown, County Galway.

Molloy originally intended to become a priest, but contracted tuberculosis as a young man. He began writing plays during his long hospital stays. His first play, "Old Road", was produced at the Abbey Theatre in 1943. His plays were popular in the 1940s and 1950s, but only one of his later plays, "Petticoat Loose" (1979) was staged at the Abbey.

Plays

*"Old Road" (1943)
*"The Visiting House" (1946)
*"The King of Friday's Men" (1948)
*"The Wood of the Whispering" (1953)
*"The Paddy Pedlar" (1953)
*"The Will And The Way" (1955)
*"Daughter from Over the Water" (1958)
*"A Right Rose Tree" (1958)
*"The Wooing of Duvessa" (1964)
*"The Bride of Fontebranda" (1975)
*"Petticoat Loose" (1979)
*"The Bachelor's Daughter" (1985)
*"The Runaways" (1987)

External links

* [http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=5505 Irish Theatre Institute profile]
* [http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/biogs/former_literature/mjmolloy.html Aosdána profile]