Conor McPherson
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Oct 14, 2026
speaker_4HOST
And the writing team.
speaker_4HOST
They have Michael Goldenberg, Adam Klein, Conor McPherson, and even the original author himself, Eoin Colfer, holds a writing credit.
speaker_5HOST
Which is baffling in hindsight.
speaker_4HOST
It is.
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speaker_4HOST
No.
speaker_4HOST
He wrote the screenplay for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
speaker_4HOST
And you have Conor McPherson, who is an incredible playwright.
speaker_4HOST
It makes you wonder about the absolute bloodbath happening behind the scenes.
Sarah HoltHOST
Albion Theatre does, um, plays that are, uh, British, Irish, Scottish from that, uh, part of the globe, bringing 'em over here to St. Louis.
Sarah HoltHOST
And, uh, Conor McPherson, playwright that, um, is pretty well known for his own work, um, this is his adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier short story, The Birds.
Sarah HoltHOST
So if you're looking for Tippi Hedren in a phone booth, I don't think you're gonna find her here.
Troy SchneiderHOST
[laughs]
John MooreGUEST
... couple of other suggestions I might add in.
John MooreGUEST
Right now everyone in town is talking about, uh, Conor McPherson's The Weir, which is being presented-
Alejandro Alonso GalvaCORRESPONDENT
Yes, yes
John MooreGUEST
... by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.
Kevin C. OlohanHOST
And it is very similar.
Kevin C. OlohanHOST
I'm reminded of The Seafarer, the great play by Conor McPherson.
Kevin C. OlohanHOST
I'm reminded of the very first, probably one of the very first folktales I ever read, which was on Carvach Macaba, which is something I studied in Irish in secondary school.
Kevin C. OlohanHOST
And that was another story about a gambler making a deal with the devil and outsmarting the devil.
Alan CorcoranHOST
It has some-
Elizabeth WhyteGUEST
Fabulous Conor McPherson
Alan CorcoranHOST
... well, it's two of my favorite actors.
Alan CorcoranHOST
I'd be lucky to be on stage with them.
Elizabeth WhyteGUEST
Yeah.
Elizabeth WhyteGUEST
It's, it's, it's, it's really...
Elizabeth WhyteGUEST
And it's an amazing play by Conor McPherson as well.
Elizabeth WhyteGUEST
It's a really gritty one as well, you know.
Rosie FellnerHOST
Nicholas, yeah.
Brian CoxGUEST
It was written by Conor McPherson.
Rosie FellnerHOST
Yes, the Irish.
Rosie FellnerHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Davie FureyHOST
My guest today is an exceptional actor who has just finished a five-week run in Dublin's Olympia Theatre with Conor McPherson's Girl of the North Country.
Davie FureyHOST
She's also worked with Sting on The Last Ship and with Kelsey Grammar in Big Fish.
Davie FureyHOST
She is absolutely stunning and it's a great pleasure to welcome Frances McNamee all the way from Derry.