Dowling, Joe (Joseph)

Abbey Career

Actor during: 1954 - 1975

Director during: 1971 -

Artistic Director during: 1978 - 1985

NOTES: See also under Seosamh O Dubhlainn.

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Actor The Crowd/Parishioners Tarry Flynn 1967 (Peacock)
Actor Tubby Borstal Boy 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Tubby Borstal Boy 1968 (Abbey)
Actor Father Horan Famine 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Policeman X The Rising of the Moon 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Fardy Farrell Hyacinth Halvey 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Sound of the Gong 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Sound of the Gong 1968 (Peacock)
Actor Barney Doran's Friends John Bull's Other Island 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Tubby Borstal Boy 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Joe Borstal Boy 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Barney Doran's Friends John Bull's Other Island 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Shaybo The Quare Fellow 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Shaybo The Quare Fellow 1969 (Abbey)
Actor Second Merchant / Demon The Countess Cathleen 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Pierrot The Second Kiss 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Donal An Deisceart Domhain 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Robert Emmet Aaron Thy Brother 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Robert Emmet Aaron Thy Brother 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Cardinal Archdeacon Hadrian VII 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Willie The Moon in the Yellow River 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Rio Rita The Hostage 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Rio Rita The Hostage 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Rio Rita The Hostage 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Miko Feely A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Rio Rita The Hostage 1970 (Abbey)
Assistant Director Not applicable A State Of Chassis 1970 (Peacock)
Actor The Boss The Plebians Rehearse The Uprising 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Rio Rita The Hostage 1970 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Up with the Barricades 1970 (Tour)
Director Not applicable The Stormy Seas and the Smooth Journey 1970 (Tour)
Actor The Archangel Uriel The Devil at Work 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Baal The Devil at Work 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Shawn Keogh The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Shawn Keogh The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Shawn Keogh The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Shawn Keogh The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Serpent Prince 1971 (Peacock)
Actor The Boss The Plebians Rehearse The Uprising 1971 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Deirdre Of The Sorrows 1971 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Deirdre Of The Sorrows 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Leopold Bloom Ulysses in Nighttown 1971 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Fairy Tales of New York 1971 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Blue Demon 1971 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Blue Demon 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Michael Feeny Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Liam The White House 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Feeny Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Feeney Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Liam The White House 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Feeny Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Liam The White House 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Feeny Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Feeny Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Liam The White House 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers/Assessors Saint Joan 1972 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Blue Demon 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Hairoil Hatchet 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Hairoil Hatchet 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Hairoil Hatchet 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Pull Down A Horseman 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable They Feed Christians To Lions Here, Don't They? 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Pull Down A Horseman 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable They Feed Christians To Lions Here, Don't They? 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Golden Apple 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Myles The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche 1973 (Abbey)
Actor Myles The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche 1973 (Abbey)
Actor Owen Fenigan The King of Friday's Men 1973 (Abbey)
Actor Ould Rock The Scatterin' 1973 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Golden Apple 1973 (Peacock)
Assistant to Director Not applicable The Freedom of the City 1973 (Tour)
Actor Judge The Freedom of the City 1973 (Tour)
Assistant to Director Not applicable The Freedom of the City 1973 (Tour)
Actor Judge The Freedom of the City 1973 (Tour)
Actor Givola The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Leopold Bloom Ulysses in Nighttown 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Leopold Bloom Ulysses in Nighttown 1974 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Sarah 1974 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Sarah 1974 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Happy-Go-Likeable Man 1974 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Witches Brew 1974 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Katie Roche 1975 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Wonder Ponder Time 1975 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Twelfth Night - What you will 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Torvald Helmer A Doll's House 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Torvald Helmer A Doll's House 1975 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Rhyming Couplets 1975 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Witches Brew 1975 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Mothers 1976 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Mothers 1976 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Much Ado About Nothing 1976 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Much Ado About Nothing 1976 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Living Quarters 1977 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Living Quarters 1977 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Mothers 1977 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Stephen D 1978 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Stephen D 1978 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Stephen D 1978 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Servant of Two Masters 1978 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Patrick Gulliver 1978 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Diarmuid agus Grainne 1978 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Diarmuid agus Grainne 1978 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Patrick Gulliver 1978 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Aristocrats 1979 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Aristocrats 1979 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable A Life 1979 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Juno and the Paycock 1979 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Patrick Gulliver 1979 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Countess Cathleen 1979 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable A Life 1980 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Juno and the Paycock 1980 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Faith Healer 1980 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable A Life 1980 (Abbey)
Actor Sheridan Whiteside The Man who came to Dinner 1980 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Man who came to Dinner 1980 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable A Life 1980 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Faith Healer 1981 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Scenes from an Album 1981 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Night and Day 1981 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Faith Healer 1981 (Tour)
Director Not applicable She Stoops to Conquer - The Mistakes of a Night 1982 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable Philadelphia, Here I Come! 1982 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Philadelphia, Here I Come! 1982 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Philadelphia, Here I Come! 1982 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable Philadelphia, Here I Come! 1982 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable She Stoops to Conquer - The Mistakes of a Night 1982 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Petty Sessions 1982 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Translations 1983 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Da 1983 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Translations 1983 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Da 1983 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Da 1983 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Hotel Casanova 1983 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable Talley's Folly 1983 (Peacock)
Programme Note Not applicable Talley's Folly 1983 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Don Juan 1983 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Da 1984 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Plough and the Stars 1984 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable The Merchant of Venice 1984 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable Is Glas iad na Cnuic 1984 (Peacock)
Actor Christopher Roulson Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme 1985 (Peacock)
Programme Note Not applicable The Gentle Island 1988 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable You Can't Take It With You 1989 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Faith Healer 1990 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Moving 1992 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Faith Healer 1992 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Faith Healer 1994 (Tour)
Programme Note Not applicable Da 2002 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable All My Sons 2003 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 2004 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable Finders Keepers 2004 (Peacock)
Programme Note Not applicable Defender of the Faith 2004 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable The Dead 2012 (Abbey)
Director Not applicable Othello 2016 (Abbey)