{"id":522,"date":"2023-10-31T04:34:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T04:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castlegillian.com\/quill-quaver\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2023-10-31T05:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:58:01","slug":"maurice-walsh-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/castlegillian.com\/quill-quaver\/maurice-walsh-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurice Walsh On-Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kazanandpurcell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maurice_Walsh_Caricature-696x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kazanandpurcell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maurice_Walsh_Caricature-696x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2378\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:325px;height:463px\" width=\"325\" height=\"463\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><sub>Illustrator: \u00a9Denis Reeve. Used with permission.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>DONNYBROOK<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Broadway, May 18 \u2013 Jul. 15 1961<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2 previews; 68 performances<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Book by Robert E. McEnroe; Music by Johnny Burke; Lyrics by Johnny Burke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To our knowledge there has been only one previous musical stage adaptation of a Maurice Walsh novel; that is, prior to this adaptation of <em>Castle Gillian<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 8th and 9th August 1960, the New York Times reported that Fred Herbert was to produce a musical based on <em>The Quiet Man<\/em>, called <em>Donnybrook<\/em>. Maurice Walsh said in an interview: \u201c<em>The Quiet Man<\/em> was first published in the Saturday Evening Post and later incorporated into <em>Green Rushes<\/em>. The scene was in my native Kerry. John Ford, who made the film, transferred the scene to Connemarra and now Mr. Herbert brings it up to <em>Donnybrook<\/em>. Fair enough!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a December 1959 <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em> news item, Johnny Burke, the composer-lyricist of the musical, negotiated for Gordon MacRae and Maureen O\u2019Hara to play the lead roles, but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walsh\u2019s sarcasm and exasperation in the musical\u2019s failure was evident given that Donnybrook is both an area in the south side of Dublin which was once the scene of a famous fair and is a word synonymous with the type of punch-up described so vividly in the novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was revived by the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City between January 16 \u2013 April 28, 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kazanandpurcell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Donnybrook_OBC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kazanandpurcell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Donnybrook_OBC.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2382\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:325px;height:329px\" width=\"325\" height=\"329\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrator: \u00a9Denis Reeve. Used with permission. DONNYBROOK Broadway, May 18 \u2013 Jul. 15 1961 2 previews; 68 performances Book by Robert E. McEnroe; Music by Johnny Burke; Lyrics by Johnny Burke To our knowledge there has been only one previous musical stage adaptation of a Maurice Walsh novel; that is, prior to this adaptation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maurice Walsh On-Stage - Quill &amp; Quaver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maurice Walsh On-Stage - Quill &amp; Quaver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Illustrator: \u00a9Denis Reeve. 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