Once a Catholic
Encyclopedia
Once a Catholic is a play by Mary O'Malley
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Once a Catholic was a comedy first performed at The Royal Court Theatre in 1977, directed by Mike Ockrent
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It concerns a retrospective view of the values of 1950s Catholic
convent schools and the female adolescent response to those values.
The play won awards from the Evening Standard
newspaper
and Plays & Players magazine
. Mary O'Malley went on to be the Royal Court's resident dramatist for 1977. The production transferred to Wyndham's Theatre
in the West End
where it ran for over two years.
In 2009, it was revived by the LOST Theatre Company, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London
.
Mary O'Malley (playwright)
Mary Josephine O'Malley is an English playwright of Irish-Lithuanian descent.-Early years:In the 1960s Mary O'Malley studied drama at the City Literary Institute, and 'Improvisation and Playmaking' with Dorothea Alexander. In the mid 1970s, while working in fringe theatre, she joined The Writers'...
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Once a Catholic was a comedy first performed at The Royal Court Theatre in 1977, directed by Mike Ockrent
Mike Ockrent
Mike Ockrent was a British stage director, well-known both for his Broadway musicals and smaller niche plays. He was educated at Highgate School. Through directing Educating Rita and Follies, he became an established figure in London theatre...
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It concerns a retrospective view of the values of 1950s Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
convent schools and the female adolescent response to those values.
The play won awards from the Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
newspaper
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and Plays & Players magazine
Magazine
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. Mary O'Malley went on to be the Royal Court's resident dramatist for 1977. The production transferred to Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham . Located on Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, it was designed by W.G.R. Sprague about 1898, the architect of six other London theatres between then and 1916...
in the West End
West End of London
The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment . Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...
where it ran for over two years.
In 2009, it was revived by the LOST Theatre Company, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London
London
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Work
- "Once a Catholic: a comedy", Samuel French, Inc., 1978, ISBN 9780573613593