The Playboy of the Western World
McKenna directed on occasion, and had to his name productions of John Millington Synge's "The Playboy of the Western World" (Nottingham Playhouse, 1968), Thomas Kilroy's "The Death and Resurrection of Mr Roche" (Abbey Theatre, 1973) and Seán O'Casey's "The Shadow of A Gunman" (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1980).