Stones in His Pockets: Playwright Marie Jones on her hit work that's coming to Cork 

The Kerry-set drama has had versions in almost 40 languages, the playwright  tells Colette Sheridan

Stones In His Pockets, by Marie Jones, is at the Everyman in Cork. 

Belfast playwright Marie Jones says she has seen enough productions, including poorly executed ones of her hit play, Stones in His Pockets, to last a lifetime. She wanted to put it to rest. “As my mother would say, ‘it doesn’t owe you anything',” says Jones.

Speaking from Greece where she has a second home, Jones was however impressed by a new plan for the drama that won the 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and played at the West End for four years. Actor Gerard McCabe (who stars in the two-hander with Shaun Blaney) decided he wanted to work with award-winning director, Matthew McElhinney (a son of Marie Jones) in a new production of the play.