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    Roddy Doyle Resources in your library Resources in other libraries By Roddy Doyle Resources in your library Resources in other libraries "Roddy Doyle...
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  • the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set...
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  • adaptation by D'Alò and Dave Ingham of the 2011 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. It has a voice cast that includes Sharon Horgan and Brendan Gleeson...
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  • The Commitments (novel) (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    (originally to be called The Partitions) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. The first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy, it is about a group of unemployed...
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    early and highly successful plays such as Brownbread (1987), written by Roddy Doyle and directed by Paul Mercier, Wasters (1985) and Home (1988), written...
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  • Commitments is a jukebox musical written by Roddy Doyle, based on the 1987 novel of the same name, also written by Doyle. Like the novel (and its 1991 film adaptation)...
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  • Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, first published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg. It won the Booker Prize that year. The story...
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  • and Brendan Gleeson. The film is based on the novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, about the Curley family and their domestic adventures. For his performance...
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  • mini-series that aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1994. It was written by Roddy Doyle, the author of The Commitments, and directed by Michael Winterbottom...
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  • 1991 adaptation of the Roddy Doyle novel (see below) The Commitments (musical), a 2013 stage musical adaptation of the Roddy Doyle novel "Commitment", a...
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  • Barrytown (franchise) (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    20th Century Fox bought the rights to the 1987 novel The Commitments by Roddy Doyle shortly after it was published. The book was successful, as was Alan...
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  • Deco Cuffe in the 1991 cult film The Commitments based on the book by Roddy Doyle, despite being only 16 at the time. In 1992, he was nominated for the...
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  • The Van (novel) (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    The Van is a 1991 novel by Roddy Doyle and the third novel in The Barrytown Trilogy. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1991). The basis of the...
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  • The Snapper (novel) (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    The Snapper (1990) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the second novel in The Barrytown Trilogy. The plot revolves around unmarried Sharon Rabbitte's...
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  • The Woman Who Walked into Doors (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1996) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It was adapted from the 1994 RTÉ/BBC miniseries Family. The novel tells...
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  • A Star Called Henry (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    A Star Called Henry (1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It is Vol. 1 of The Last Roundup series. The second installment of the series, Oh,...
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    appearing in Layer Cake, The Damned United, all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, and in Get Him to the Greek. He portrayed a principal...
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  • and Other Stories is the first short story collection by Irish writer Roddy Doyle first published by Jonathan Cape in 2007. All the stories were written...
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  • writers to have spoken highly of him are Seamus Heaney, Eugene McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Patrick McCabe and Anne Enright. He won several literary awards, and...
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  • skier Roddy Doyle (born 1958), Irish novelist Roddy Ellias (born 1949), Canadian musician Roddy Estwick (born 1961), Barbadian cricketer Roddy Evans (born...
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  • The Guts (novel) (category Novels by Roddy Doyle)
    The Guts is a 2013 novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. The novel returns to Barrytown where Jimmy Rabbitte, Outspan, and Imelda are 30 years older and...
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  • directed by Atom Egoyan, 1999) and When Brendan Met Trudy (written by Roddy Doyle and directed by Kieron J. Walsh, 2000); television series (the BBC's...
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  • based on the novel The Van (the third in The Barrytown Trilogy) by Roddy Doyle. Like The Snapper (1993), it was directed by Stephen Frears. The first...
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  • this film, in the courage and dignity of Rosie Davis and her family". "Roddy Doyle is back – and has homeless crisis in his sights". The Irish Times. Retrieved...
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  • based on the short story by Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter, Roddy Doyle. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film...
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    Sacred Hunger". The Guardian. Streitfeld, David (27 October 1993). "Roddy Doyle Wins U.K.'s Booker Prize". The Washington Post. Jordison, Sam (14 September...
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  • Bulawayo Graeme Macrae Burnet A. S. Byatt J. L. Carr Jim Crace Rachel Cusk Roddy Doyle Esi Edugyan Robert Edric Tan Twan Eng J. G. Farrell Karen Joy Fowler...
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  • The Commitments may refer to: The Commitments (novel), a 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle The Commitments (film), a 1991 film adaptation of the book The Commitments...
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  • and starring Peter McDonald and Flora Montgomery. It was written by Roddy Doyle. The screenplay concerns a Dublin schoolteacher who falls in love with...
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  • Roddy Doyle Read by Gerard Doyle | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-06. "ONE FOR MY BABY by Tony Parsons Read by Gerard Doyle...
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