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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce