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Billy Roche (born 11 January 1949) is an Irish playwright and actor. He was born and still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, he turned to writing in the 1980s. He has written a number of plays, including The Wexford Trilogy. He has also written the screenplay of Trojan Eddie and ...
Dec 6, 2001 · Since he emerged as a formidable playwright in 1988, Billy Roche has been the laureate of the unremarkable. The stuff of his best work has been the epic yearning encased within ordinary lives.
May 30, 2022 · Past and present collide in Billy Roche’s memory play, The Cavalcaders, which opens on the retirement day of shoemaker Terry (Garrett Lombard), who is handing over ownership of his Wexford main ...
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Apr 25, 2021 · William Thomas Roche Jr. (Billy), 78, passed away on April 25, 2021 at his home in Largo FL. Billy was born to Willam Roche Sr. and Helena R (Cochlin) Roche in Boston, Massachusetts. He is survived by his four children, William Roche III, John Roche, Jackie Pennella, and Cindy Roche, three grandchildren; Tyler,...
- Bay Pines, Florida
- November 30, 1942
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Jun 11, 2024 · According to the programme, this Four Rivers production is the first ever revival of A Handful of Stars in Ireland. Billy Roche’s portrait of out-of-control male youth premiered in London’s ...
Billy Roche has been a firm favourite at the Tricycle for a decade, since the theatre put on his Wexford Trilogy in one of those glorious days that allowed one to immerse oneself in the Irish world that he so lovingly created. Lay Me Down Softly, first seen at the Abbey's smaller Peacock Theatre in Dublin in 2008, also takes place somewhere in ...
Jan 11, 2023 · Billy Roche, Irish playwright and actor, is born in Wexford, County Wexford, on January 11, 1949. He still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, Roche turns to writing in the 1980s. He has written a number of plays, including The Wexford Trilogy. He….
