with my son Trevor on my birthday yesterday
HIGH TEA ON A LOW TABLE
with my son Trevor on my birthday yesterday
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ELVIS AIN’T DEAD
Finally got my website up and running properly. Now to fill my blog with words of wsidom. If only it was that easy! Writers block is a much bandied word, though I think it is more like writers seizure in my case. They say you should try and write your way through it. Easier said than done! Never mind, here’s a poem that might ease the symptoms;
ELVIS AIN’T DEAD
Another juggernaut rocks the Van
But Van just smiles
And sings Brown-eyed Handsome Man.
Then The Lady in Red joins in
And Chris De Burgh bangs loudly on a tin.
You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Houndog
Can be heard from up ahead
And a squeaky voice pipes up
Hey, Elvis ain’t dead!
He drivin’ that big old truck up front.
Goddamn! Says Bo Diddley
Aint’ he some cupid stunt!
BRENDAN BEHAN STANDS UP
BRENDAN BEHAN STANDS UP
By Tom O’Brien
A monologue
A bar. Brendan is entertaining the customers. A glass of milk sits on the table.
BRENDAN: (sings) Oh a hungry feelin’ came oe’r me stealin’
And the mice were squealin’ in my prison cell
And the auld triangle went jingle jangle
CRICKLEWOOD COWBOYS – NEW PAPERBACK
Now available to buy on Amazon
Letters To Mother And Other Dead Relatives
Now available to buy as a paperback on Amazon
The Missing Postman and Other Stories
Now available to buy as a paperback on Amazon
QUEENIE – a play
QUEENIE – a play, now available as paperback @ amazon.co.uk
My Temporary Home
My home on my visit to Venice LA in 2013!
Behan’s Women – New York 1963
My play Behan’s Woman was recently shown at The Space in Isle of Dogs.
The play is set in the Chelsea Hotel bar in New York in late 1963. Beatrice Behan has come over from her home in Dublin to have it out with Brendan. What happen’s next makes for great theatre!
My short monologue BRENDAN BEHAN STANDS UP, performed successfully recently at the Trapdoor/Red Kettle Xmas Shorts, was taken from a 3 hander called BEHAN’S WOMEN,which we performed in London a few years ago. Any local theatre company now has the opportunity to perform the Irish Premiere of this play – if they are game enough! (I am reasonable to deal with!)
My Writing Life 