{{Short description|1936 expressionist play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy}}
{{Infobox play | name = Katie Roche | image = Katie Roche poster.jpg | image_size = | caption = Poster for the 2013 Mint Theater revival | writer = Teresa Deevy | chorus = | characters = Jo Mahony<br /> Amelia Gregg<br /> Reuben <br />Katie Roche<br />Margaret Drybone<br />Stanislaus Gregg<br />Frank Lawlor<br />Michael Maguire | setting =Ireland, 1930s | premiere = 16 March 1936 | place = Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Irish Free State | orig_lang = English | series = | subject = | genre = expressionism | web = }}
'''''Katie Roche''''' is a 1936 expressionist play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quocyNYLbLcC&q=%22KATIE+ROCHE%22&pg=PA87|title=Irish Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide|first=Alexander G.|last=Gonzalez|date=18 September 2017|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313328831|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iU9FAAAAIAAJ&q=%22KATIE+ROCHE%22|title=Three Plays; Katie Roche, The King of Spain's Daughter, The Wild Goose|first=Teresa|last=Deevy|date=18 September 2017|publisher=Macmillan and Company, limited|via=Google Books}}</ref> It has been staged by the Abbey Theatre eleven times with the most recent revival being in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/katie-roche/|title=Katie Roche - Abbey Theatre|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Katie Roche |url=https://irishplayography.com/play?playid=31989 |website=Playography Ireland: A comprehensive database of new Irish plays produced professionally since 1904}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/theatre-review-katie-roche-abbey-theatre-458193.html|title=Theatre Review: Katie Roche - Abbey Theatre|date=2 September 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/items/show/111|title="Katie Roche" Miss Deevy's new play at the Abbey · Teresa Deevy Archive|website=deevy.nuim.ie|date=17 March 1936}}</ref>
Described as a "reputed favourite with amateur dramatic societies and theatre groups" the play has been staged by a broad range of companies, notable amongst these are productions by Radio Éireann,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/exhibits/show/katieroche/radio-versions|title=Radio Versions · Katie Roche · Teresa Deevy Archive|website=deevy.nuim.ie|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> Lennox Robinson in the Torch Theatre<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/exhibits/show/katieroche/torch-theatre-1938|title=Torch Theatre 1938 · Katie Roche · Teresa Deevy Archive|website=deevy.nuim.ie|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> and New York's Mint Theater Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deevy.nuim.ie/exhibits/show/katieroche/mint-theatre-production|title=Mint Theatre Production|website=The Teresa Deevy Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://minttheater.org/production/katie-roche/|title=Mint Theatre Company Production|website=minttheater.org}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IBDB show}}
Category:1936 plays Category:Plays by Teresa Deevy Category:Plays set in Ireland Category:Expressionist plays
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