THE MATCHMAKER

Type : Theatre

THE MATCHMAKER A play by John B Keane

One of JB Keane's funniest dramas

STARRING

JON KENNY ("Father Ted")
and
MARY McEVOY ("Glenroe")

This comedy drama follows the efforts of Dicky Mick Dicky O Connor to make matches for the lonely and lovelorn from all parts of the country.

At the centre of this celebrated production is John B Keane’s marvellous and mischievous wit
coupled by his unparalleled way with words.
Keane takes us back to a simpler time in Ireland, when even phones were few and far between and the only web was one left behind by spiders

The Playwright

A son of a national school teacher (William B. Keane, and his wife Hannah Purtill), JB Keane was educated at Listowel National School and then at St Michael's College, Listowel. He worked as a chemist's assistant for A.H. Jones who dabbled in buying antiques. Keane had various jobs in the UK between 1951 and 1955, and was a pub owner in Listowel from 1955.

He married Mary O'Connor in 1955 and had four children: Billy, Conor, John and Joanna. He was an Honorary Life Member of the Royal Dublin Society from 1991, served as president of Irish PEN and was a founder member of the Society of Irish Playwrights as well as a member of Aosdána. He remained a prominent member of the Fine Gael party throughout his life, never being shy of political debate.

His nephew is the award-winning investigative journalist Fergal Keane. His son John is a journalist with the Kilkenny People.

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