Teeth 'n' Smiles Teeth 'n' Smiles Teeth 'n' Smiles is a musical play written by David Hare. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre on 2 September 1975. It was subsequently revived at Wyndhams Theatre in May 1976, at the Oxford Playhouse in October 1977 and at the Crucible Theatre in 2002. 1975 cast. 1976 cast. 1977 cast. In a 1979 production in the USA, Maggie was played by Ellen Greene. The play is set around the performances of a failing rock band fronted by lead singer Maggie Frisby at the May Ball on the night of 9 June 1969
John McDonnell (playwright) John McDonnell (playwright) John N. McDonnell, commonly known as John McDonnell, was an Irish playwright and journalist. McDonnell worked as a television critic on "The Sunday Press". As a playwright his work is most closely associated with the Ulster Group Theatre, Belfast, where he wrote a string of successful comedy plays in the 1960s and 1970s in association with the actor and comedian James Young. McDonnell was born in Kilsaran, Co. Louth. McDonnell, and his wife Patti, lived in Dublin where he worked as a journalist and playwright. In 1961 McDonnell wrote "All the King's Horses", which was performed at