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Dermot Bolger

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Dermot Bolger was born in Finglas in Dublin in 1959. He is the author of numerous novels including 'Night Shift','The Journey Home', 'Father's Music' and 'The Valparaiso Voyage'. His awards as a dramatist include the Samuel Beckett Award (for 'The Lament for Arthur Cleary', 1989), an Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best New Irish Play ( for 'From These Green Heights', 2004) and two Edinburgh Fringe Firsts (for 'The Lament for Arthur Cleary' and 'The Holy Ground', 1989 and 1990 respectively). His plays have been published in collected volumes by Penguin ('A Dublin Quartet') and Methuen ('Bolger: Plays 1'). Appointed Writer-in-Association at the Abbey in 1997, Bolger is also a poet. He founded and edited Raven Arts Press from 1977-1992 and co-founded New Island Books of which he is Executive Editor. Dermot Bolger is a member of Aosdána. He lives in Dublin.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
April Bright Dermot Bolger
Bang Bang Dermot Bolger
Blinded by the Light Dermot Bolger
Consenting Adults Dermot Bolger
Dear Ireland I Manchán Magan Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Zoe Ní Riordáin Karen Cogan Carmel Winters Sinéad Burke Jimmy Murphy Dermot Bolger Ursula Rani Sarma Enda Walsh Iseult Golden Carys D. Coburn Zhu Yi Sarah Hanly Meadhbh McHugh Pom Boyd John Connors Colm Keegan (2) Stacey Gregg Shane O'Reilly Phillip McMahon Thomas Kane Byrne Emmet Kirwan Nancy Harris Darach Mac Con Iomaire Rosaleen McDonagh Owen McCafferty Sonya Kelly David Ireland Frank McGuinness Margaret Perry Joseph O'Connor (1) Jody O'Neill Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Kit de Waal Abbie Spallen Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Michael West Keith James Walker Shaun Dunne Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub
From These Green Heights Dermot Bolger
In High Germany Dermot Bolger
One Last White Horse Dermot Bolger
She Was Wearing... Stella Feehily Gavin Kostick Dermot Bolger Sebastian Barry Michael Collins (1) Maeve Binchy Rosalind Haslett Roisin Ingle Marian Keyes
Tea Chests and Dreams Dermot Bolger
The Consequences of Lightning Dermot Bolger
The Holy Ground Dermot Bolger
The Lament for Arthur Cleary Dermot Bolger
The Parting Glass Dermot Bolger
The Passion of Jerome Dermot Bolger
The Townlands of Brazil Dermot Bolger
Tiny Plays for Ireland Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Antonia Hart Darren Donohue Ardal O'Hanlon Joseph O'Connor (1) Gerald Murphy Michael West Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Dermot Bolger Sean McLoughlin Michelle Read Rosaleen McDonagh Deirdre Kinahan Niamh Creely Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long
Walking the Road Dermot Bolger

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce