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6 unusual facts about Frank McGuinness


A Short Stay in Switzerland

A Short Stay in Switzerland is a 2009 British television film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Frank McGuinness.

Bijan Sheibani

Since then Sheibani has directed two more productions at the National: Greenland and Tirso de Molina's Damned by Despair in a new version by Frank McGuinness.

Frank McGuinness

As well as his own works, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, he is recognised for a "strong record of adapting literary classics, having translated the plays of Racine, Sophocles, Ibsen and Strindberg to critical acclaim".

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a 1985 play by Frank McGuinness.

Vagabond Ways

# "Electra" (Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Frank McGuinness) – 3:24

William Gaunt

William also has extensive stage experience, both as an actor and a theatre director, including a notable success in playing the Micheál Mac Liammóir character in Gates of Gold by Frank McGuinness at the Finborough Theatre, London, and in the West End.


Broadway Theatre, Catford

Since 2001's production of Ben Elton's Popcorn the studio has hosted numerous productions including Cabaret, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange and their critically acclaimed take on Frank McGuinness's Someone Who'll Watch Over Me.


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