Stapleton, John

Abbey Career

Assistant Stage Manager during: 1981 - 1983

Director, Abbey Theatre Board of Directors during: 2004 - 2009

Stage Director during: 1981 - to date

Abbey Theatre Staff Member during: 1981 - 2019

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable All in Favour Said No! 1981 (Abbey)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Night and Day 1981 (Abbey)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Hostage 1981 (Abbey)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable At Swim-Two-Birds 1981 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Lone Star 1981 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Gotcha 1981 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable At Swim-Two-Birds 1981 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Kolbe 1982 (Abbey)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Petty Sessions 1982 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable How He Lied to Her Husband 1982 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Hidden Curriculum 1982 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable PVT Wars 1982 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Hidden Curriculum 1982 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Tinker's Wedding 1982 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Pushcart Peddler 1982 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Joycemen 1982 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Tour)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Tour)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Tour)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Tour)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable The Factory Girls 1982 (Tour)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Hamlet 1983 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Talley's Folly 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Chocolate Cake 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Talley's Folly 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable My Name is Zozimus 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Your Humble Servant 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Imeachtai na Saoirse 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Workhouse Ward 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Flying Home 1983 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Chalk Farm Blues 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Crimes of the Heart 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Hall of Healing 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable At The Hawk's Well 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Cat and the Moon 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Dreaming of the Bones 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Kathleen ni Houlihan 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Endgame 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Rockaby 1984 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Execution 1985 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Storytime II 1985 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Devil's Disciple 1989 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden 1989 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Purple Dust 1989 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Ghosts 1989 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Blinded by the Light 1990 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 1990 (Tour)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 1990 (Tour)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 1990 (Tour)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 1990 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable One Last White Horse 1991 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living? 1992 (Abbey)
Stage Manager Not applicable Dancing at Lughnasa 1992 (Abbey)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Iceman Cometh 1992 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Winter Thief / Gadaí Gear na Geamh Oíche - Gadai Gear na Geamh-Oiche 1992 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Bold Girls 1992 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Away Alone 1992 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Countess Cathleen 1992 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Silverlands 1992 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Last Apache Reunion 1993 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Last Apache Reunion 1993 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Sive 1993 (Abbey)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Last Ones 1993 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Hour Glass 1993 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Words upon the Window Pane 1993 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Cat and the Moon 1993 (Peacock)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Brothers of the Brush 1993 (Peacock)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Dancing at Lughnasa 1993 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable The Bird Sanctuary 1994 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Well of the Saints 1994 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme 1994 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Well of the Saints 1994 (Abbey)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Brothers of the Brush 1994 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme 1995 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Only True History of Lizzie Finn 1995 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Man who became a Legend 1995 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme 1995 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable Translations 1996 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Marriage of Figaro 1996 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme 1996 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable Sour Grapes 1997 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Melonfarmer 1997 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Chirpaun 1997 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Sour Grapes 1997 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable The Colleen Bawn - The Bride of Garryowen 1998 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable The Rivals 1998 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Twenty Grand 1998 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire 1998 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Colleen Bawn - The Bride of Garryowen 1999 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Judas Of The Gallarus 1999 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Living Quarters 1999 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Colleen Bawn - The Bride of Garryowen 1999 (Tour)
Tour Stage Manager Not applicable Love In The Title 1999 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable Translations 2000 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Alice through the Looking Glass 2000 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 2000 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Down the Line 2000 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Living Quarters 2000 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable Love In The Title 2000 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable Translations 2001 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Eden 2001 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Eden 2001 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 2001 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Translations 2001 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable That Was Then 2002 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable En Suite 2002 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov's screenplay adapted for stage) 2002 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Henry IV Part 1 2002 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Eden 2002 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable The Road to Carne 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Meat and Salt 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Big Love 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Homebody 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Fever 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Love! Valour! Compassion! 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Fucking A 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Late Henry Moss 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Race of The Ark Tattoo 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Eden 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Doldrum Bay 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Wild Duck 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Death of Harry Leon 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Proposal 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Sonny 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable Homebody 2003 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Burial at Thebes 2004 (Abbey)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable I do not like thee, Dr. Fell 2004 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Finders Keepers 2004 (Peacock)
Stage Director Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Tour)
Stage Manager Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Tour)
Stage Director Not applicable A Cry From Heaven 2005 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living? 2005 (Abbey)
Stage Director Not applicable Enlightenment 2005 (Peacock)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable The Bacchae of Baghdad - Euripides' The Bacchae in a new Version 2006 (Abbey)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable The School For Scandal 2006 (Abbey)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Blue / Orange 2006 (Peacock)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Kicking A Dead Horse 2007 (Abbey)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Terminus 2007 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Happy Days 2008 (Abbey)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Terminus 2008 (Tour)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable James X 2010 (Peacock)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable Outsiders 2010 (Peacock)
Company Stage Manager Not applicable B For Baby 2010 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Silent 2013 (Peacock)
Stage Manager Not applicable Poetry Reading 2017 (Abbey)