The Death of Harry Leon
The Death of Harry Leon opened in Smock Alley Theatre on World Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th January 2009 and ran for three weeks until February 14th.
Set in the Dublin of the 1930s and 40s, the play follows the trials and tribulations of its eight characters as they are confronted by the growing horror of Nazism. In the shadow of bigotry and intolerance, the characters must learn to define the fundamental nature of friendship, loyalty and courage.
Conall Quinn’s plays include Miss Canary Islands 1936, produced by the Focus theatre, 2002, The Unfortunate Machine-Gunning of Anwar Sadat, CoalFace theatre company, 2005 (nominated for a Fringe First award), Spider and the Lily, commissioned by the Abbey, received a public reading in the Peacock theatre in 2007 and is currently a work in progress. He is also working on a play for Upstate theatre company due to produced in 2009. The Death of Harry Leon was originally commissioned by the Abbey Theatre in 2004.
