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T.P.McKENNA: LONDON MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE LATELY ABSENT 'TP'.
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Friday, 11 February 2011. LONDON MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE LATELY ABSENT 'TP'. The life and essence of a most unique actor and personality were celebrated in a memorial service at St.Paul's, Covent garden, otherwise known as the Actors' Church. Sara Kestelman, Peter Bowles, Tim Pigott-Smith and Jim Norton. There were choices from the King James bible, TS Eliot (Journey of the Maji), Byron (So, We'll No More go a-roving) and The Dead (James Joyce). Accompanied by organist, Simon Gutteridge. Distingushed gu...
T.P.McKENNA: 'MORNING IRELAND' (RTE), PAT LAFFAN TRIBUTE
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Monday, 11 April 2011. MORNING IRELAND' (RTE), PAT LAFFAN TRIBUTE. Player, Pat Laffan. Recalls a special colleague and friend. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). MEDIA / SITE ENQUIRIES. THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. LOCATION REPORT: CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. Charge of the Light Brigade.
T.P.McKENNA: LAST WORD (BBC RADIO 4): TP McKENNA
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011. LAST WORD (BBC RADIO 4): TP McKENNA. Critic and broadcaster, Matthew Sweet, looks back on TP's career and talent for BBC Radio 4's 'Last Word'. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). MEDIA / SITE ENQUIRIES. THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. LOCATION REPORT: CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. Charge of the Light Brigade.
T.P.McKENNA: AND FINALLY ...
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Saturday, 16 April 2011. As an actor he was unique, as a friend and colleague he was exceptional, as a father he was irreplaceable.". This website is dedicated to the life and career of the celebrated Irish actor, T.P. McKenna. Spanning a fifty year period as a star of stage, screen and radio, the pages that follow chart his progress from a small Irish village to the world stage through press cuttings, reviews, live excerpts and recordings. Stephen McKenna (Site Editor). 15 February 2011 at 01:12. So sor...
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THE MIDDLE YEARS II: FILM: A CHILD'S VOICE (1978)
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THE MIDDLE YEARS II. Monday, 5 July 2010. FILM: A CHILD'S VOICE (1978). Location shot: Director Kieran Hickey is in the shadows to the left. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. TV: CALLAN, THAMES TELEVISION. STAGE: THE BALCONY, RSC. TV: OMNIBUS, BBC. STAGE: SLEUTH, OLYMPIA. TV: CROWN COURT, GRANADA. TV: THE SWEENEY, EUSTON FILMS. TV: NAPOLEON AND LOVE, THAMES TELEVISION. STAGE: THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, RSC. TV: HOLOCAUST, NBC.
TP IN QUOTES
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Thursday, 17 March 2011. TP was always keen to discuss his craft and he was a gift to any journalist wanting some lively copy. Here are a selection of quotes from the press files in which TP talks, amongst other things, about horses ("they don't like me! A fear of failure ("I hate first nights") and his idea of food heaven ("crispy bacon . every morning! Acting with Norman Rodway:. On being Tee Pee:. A place like the Abbey gives the actor breathing space, a place to settle down and learn his trade in a q...
THE LATER YEARS II: RADIO: 'RETURN TO KILLROE', BBC RADIO 4 (2005)
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THE LATER YEARS II. Thursday, 3 March 2011. RADIO: 'RETURN TO KILLROE', BBC RADIO 4 (2005). Broadcast date: 22nd June, 2005. That's a good question. He could give up the booze, but what then? Is there anything to salvage from this wreck of a life? The years slip by when you're on the drink," Paddo says. "Everyone belonging to me is dead and gone these long years.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II.
THE LATER YEARS II: TV: WAKING THE DEAD, 'ANGER MANAGMENT' (2004)
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THE LATER YEARS II. Tuesday, 27 July 2010. TV: WAKING THE DEAD, 'ANGER MANAGMENT' (2004). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II.
THE EARLY YEARS: FILM: THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET (1960)
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Friday, 6 August 2010. FILM: THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET (1960). TP as 'Lapidos', a Latvian anarchist. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. STPATS and FR.VINCENT KENNEDY. TP at the Pike. FILM: SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET. FILM: THE QUARE FELLOW.
The Abbey Years: AN SCIATH DRAIOCHTA by Tomas MacAnna (1962)
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Sunday, 3 June 2012. AN SCIATH DRAIOCHTA by Tomas MacAnna (1962). The Princess Clíona is put under a spell by the witch Muireagán. She is banished from Tír na nÓg and condemned to a life of servitude and unhappiness in the world of men. The Prince Aonghus follows her determined to free her from the spell.". Picture: T.P. McKenna and Michéal O'Briain in AN SCIATH DRAIOCHTA, a Gaelic pantomime,. Directed by Frank Dermody, the Abbey at the Queen's Theatre, 1960. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
THE EARLY YEARS: FIRST PRESS
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Saturday, 11 September 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. STPATS and FR.VINCENT KENNEDY. TP at the Pike. FILM: SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET. FILM: THE QUARE FELLOW.
THE MIDDLE YEARS I: TV: THE AVENGERS - TROJAN HORSE (1964)
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THE MIDDLE YEARS I. Wednesday, 18 August 2010. TV: THE AVENGERS - TROJAN HORSE (1964). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. FILM: FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY. TV: THE WEDNESDAY PLAY. FILM: THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. FILM: THE BEAST IN THE CELLAR.
THE MIDDLE YEARS I: FILM: FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY (1965)
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THE MIDDLE YEARS I. Tuesday, 10 August 2010. FILM: FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY (1965). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II. FILM: FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY. TV: THE WEDNESDAY PLAY. FILM: THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. FILM: THE BEAST IN THE CELLAR.
THE LATER YEARS II: TV: LONGITUDE (2000)
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THE LATER YEARS II. Wednesday, 4 August 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THE MIDDLE YEARS I. THE MIDDLE YEARS II. THE LATER YEARS I. THE LATER YEARS II.
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FAMILY HISTORY
Friday, 17 January 2014. The McKennas at Teampall Cheallaigh. Teampall Cheallaigh and Mullagh Lake. Teampall Cheallaigh is where. You'll find the oldest resting place of the Mullagh McKennas, by the shores of Mullagh Lake, and more recently the final resting place of TP and May McKenna. It takes its name from the small church that existed there, the 'church of chilleach', the ruin of which still stands. There is also a mass grave for the 320 victims of the parish who died in the famine of 1854-59. For th...
THE LATER YEARS II
THE LATER YEARS II. Monday, 7 November 2011. TV: PARNELL and THE ENGLISHWOMAN (1991). Parnell and the Englishwoman. Was a four-part dramatisation by Hugh Leonard of the events surrounding the downfall of Irish liberationist Charles Stewart Parnell and his controversial affair with Kitty O'Shea, played respectfully by Trevor Eve and Francessca Annis. TP's role in the drama was as Justin McCarthy a politician who remained loyal to Parnell after his fall. Friday, 4 March 2011. By 1991 a tv adaptation was pr...
THE MIDDLE YEARS I
THE MIDDLE YEARS I. Tuesday, 9 October 2012. STAGE: A LITTLE WINTER LOVE (DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 1963/UK REGIONS 1964). With TP's dramatic and acclaimed arrival on the London stage in 'Stephen D' there was the inevitable talk about whether Ireland had just lost another of its' rising stars across the water. Ireland seemed very capable of producing many excellent acting talents but quite inept at retaining them. Ahead of TP had gone the likes of Donal Donnelly, Ray McAnally and Milo O'Shea. Subsequent Fe...
T.P.McKENNA
Saturday, 16 April 2011. As an actor he was unique, as a friend and colleague he was exceptional, as a father he was irreplaceable.". This website is dedicated to the life and career of the celebrated Irish actor, T.P. McKenna. Spanning a fifty year period as a star of stage, screen and radio, the pages that follow chart his progress from a small Irish village to the world stage through press cuttings, reviews, live excerpts and recordings. Stephen McKenna (Site Editor). Wednesday, 13 April 2011. Sara Ke...
T.P.McKENNA
Wednesday, 19 March 2014. MONARCH RISES AGAIN AS TP MAKES A BIG SCREEN RETURN. STOP PRESS: T.P. McKenna will soon be making a comeback with the re-release of 'Monarch' directed by John Walsh on blu-ray. This was a film feature TP. TP on set at Charlton House with director John Walsh. The wives of Henry VIII haunt him. Through the long night as portrayed by Jean Marsh. Walsh's composition is reminiscent of painter Caravaggio'. This is an assured feature film debut by John Walsh, however, it might be said ...
SPECIAL FEATURE
Monday, 20 September 2010. FILM REPORT: CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. In this special feature we recall TP's involvement in one of the finest British pictures of the 1960s, The Charge of the Light Brigade - an epic telling of the infamous loss of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War. As TP recalls, it all began with a phone call. The Offer: A Call from Woodfall. Most actors impulse when such a call comes in would be to say a ready 'yes', but for TP there was a whole string of obstacles in the way. TP was ...
TP's TRIVIA
Friday, 13 August 2010. TP’s initials stand for Thomas Patrick and it’s virtually the first question he’s ever asked in any interview. He was named after his grandfather, also T.P.McKenna, who was a prominent politician. Over the years many of his colleagues have called him Tom but to his family he has always been ‘TP’. Humourist Willie Rushton however, dubbed him ‘TCP’ McKenna! TP has often come to a sticky end in his busy screen career and has been shot dead variously by Donald Sinden, Edward Woodward,...
THE GALLERY
Tuesday, 7 February 2012. What follows is a mixture of press, location and personal shots from across TP's career, most of which of have languished for years in a small wooden chest. Some of the pictures are in need of repair and that will happen in due course. WHAT DO YOU THINK, DUSTIN? Peckinpah looks very old Hollywood here with the cloth cap reversed and a cigarette hanging louchely from his mouth. His relaxation during set-up changes was knife-throwing. BURTON'S VILLAINOUS VIC DAKIN. Terry Hand̵...
THE LATER YEARS I
THE LATER YEARS I. Friday, 11 March 2011. In 1980 TP was the recepient of an Irish Post Award. In recognition of his distinguished achievements as an. Irish artist and high profile talent in the UK. The awards were presented by the Irish Ambassador, Dr.Eamonn Kennedy and TP is pictured below receiving a specially commissioned piece of Cavan Crystal. Also honoured that evening were choreohrapher, Dame Ninette deValois, novelist, Maeve Binchy and fellow actors Gemma Craven and Kieron Moore. An actor's life...
