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''Oh Emerald Isle, surrounded by the raging sea.''
  
''"Oh Emerald Isle, surrounded by the raging sea..."''
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'''Emerald Isle''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1988]].
 
 
"Emerald Isle" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1988]].
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
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* The Irish singer talks about comforting men.
 
* The Irish singer talks about comforting men.
 
* Edie Brickell song, "Nothing."
 
* Edie Brickell song, "Nothing."
 
 
  
 
== Interesting Facts ==
 
== Interesting Facts ==
Shares material with [[Clement At Christmas]], [[Live At Market Street]].
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* Shares material with [[Clement At Christmas]], [[Live At Market Street]].
 
 
  
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== Music ==
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* "Misty" - unknown instrumental version
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* "The Kiss" - Harold Budd (from ''The White Arcades'', 1988)
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* "Brussels" - Jon Hassell (from ''The Surgeon Of The Nightsky Restores Dead Things By The Power Of Sound'', 1987)
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* "Danny's All-Star Joint" - Rickie Lee Jones (from ''Rickie Lee Jones'', 1979)
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* "Nothing" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (from ''Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars'', 1988)
  
 
== Commentary ==
 
== Commentary ==
 
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== External Links ==
 
 
 
{{Work In Progress}}
 
 
[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
 
[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
 
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[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
 
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
 
[[Category:Singing]]
 
[[Category:Singing]]
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[[Category:Fionualla Flannigan]]
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[[Category:Larry Block]]
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[[Category:1988]]
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[[Category: Work In Progress]]

Revision as of 13:08, 19 February 2021

Emerald Isle[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1988
Cast
Fionualla Flannigan, Larry Block, Joe Frank
Format
Improv Actors, Scripted Actors, Serious Monologue, Absurd Monologue, Singing, 1 hour
Preceded by: Five Part Dissonance
Followed by: Home

Oh Emerald Isle, surrounded by the raging sea.

Emerald Isle is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.

Synopsis

  • Sound of rain.
  • monologue by Joe: a meditation on Ireland, Dublin.
  • monologue by an actress with an Irish accent in the second person: She has found racy magazines in her dormer's room.
  • She accidentally read his journal, found it was about her.
  • She admits to having feelings for him. She sings Misty, is greeted with applause and thanks the band, starts on "That Old Black Magic" in a monotonic whisper.
  • Joe: A magician sets his audience on fire; a volunteer is sawed in two and dies horribly; a magician is pulled into a hat by a disembodied hand.
  • Ode to woman: high school cheerleader, business woman, nurse, homemaker, secretary, stewardess, prostitute, torch singer.
  • Actors: the Irish singer calls her Agent to complain about her hotel, they argue. Joe delivers a second person monologue: you explore a run down hotel; a mental patient obsessively opens and closes a trunk; bathroom graffiti.
  • The story of a maid; she knows the secrets of the inhabitants of the house she cleans.
  • When she discovers that the family is planning to fire her, she leaves and becomes a blues singer.
  • The Irish singer and her agent continue to argue.
  • Joe monologue: one side of a stock conversation to accompany an illicit affair.
  • The Irish singer talks about comforting men.
  • Edie Brickell song, "Nothing."

Interesting Facts

Music

This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.

  • "Misty" - unknown instrumental version
  • "The Kiss" - Harold Budd (from The White Arcades, 1988)
  • "Brussels" - Jon Hassell (from The Surgeon Of The Nightsky Restores Dead Things By The Power Of Sound, 1987)
  • "Danny's All-Star Joint" - Rickie Lee Jones (from Rickie Lee Jones, 1979)
  • "Nothing" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (from Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars, 1988)

Commentary

Please see guidelines on commentary and share your personal thoughts in this section.