The Quiet Men

Who links James Connolly, John Wayne, James Bond and the Oscars? 

The Quiet Men is a whistle-stop tour through the life stories of two remarkable Dublin brothers, Barry FitzGerald and Arthur Shields who between them fought in the GPO in Easter Week and won an Oscar. Known and beloved by movie audiences for their roles in John Ford’s The Quiet Man - these two stalwarts of the Abbey Theatre Company carved out careers in Hollywood. However, little is known about their private lives. The Quiet Men delves into this hidden history. Written and performed by their great grandnephew Morgan C Jones and directed by Conall Morrison this show sheds new light on two of Ireland’s most talented actors.

Morgan C Jones first came to notice in 1989 as a stand up comedian, then as a script writer and performer of satirical sketches on Nighthawks (Network 2). Since then he has established himself as an actor on stage playing Charlie Haughey in Haughey | Gregory (Fishamble), several Greek gods in Roger Gregg's The Stuff Of Myth (Crazydog Theatre), Judge John Munro Woolsey in the Irish and New York productions of Colin Murphy's The United States Versus Ulysses (Once Off Productions) and recently Telegin in Uncle Vanya at Smock Alley Theatre directed by Cathal Cleary (Cathal Cleary Theatre Productions/Smock Alley Theatre co production). 

Notable film and television credits include the Oscar nominated short Detainment (Twelve Media), Vikings (MGM/UA) , Game Of Thrones (HBO), Ripper Street (BBC), Nowhere Fast (Deadpan Pictures), Quantico (Mark Gordon Company/ABC Studios), Harry Wild (Acorn TV), The Guarantee (John Kelleher Media), The Fox (Pink Moon/Expressie Pictures) and Boys From County Hell (Six Mile Hill Productions). He is the narrator of Caimh McDonnell’s “Dublin Trilogy” book series (McFori Ink/Audible) and a prolific voice actor