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Kathleen O'Brennan

1870? - 1948

A sister-in-law of the executed 1916 signatory Éamon Ceannt, Kathleen (Kit) O'Brennan was a well-known journalist, lecturer, feminist campaigner and writer. Born in Dublin to a nationalist family, O'Brennan was appointed Dublin correspondant of the London Times and was later a regular contrbutor to the Irish Times and the Irish Tatler. Her play 'Full Measure' was premiered in the Abbey Theatre in 1928. In later life she acted as secretary to the Irish PEN club, and her extensive personal papers are currently held in the National Library of Ireland.

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Play Title	Playwright
Full Measure	Kathleen O'Brennan

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Carmel Winters, Enda Walsh, Iseult Golden, Sarah Hanly, John Connors, Shane O'Reilly, Nancy Harris, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Feli Speaks, Gina Moxley, Abbie Spallen, Michael West, Shaun Dunne, 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, Jimmy Murphy, Ursula Rani Sarma, Zhu Yi, Pom Boyd, Stacey Gregg, Thomas Kane Byrne, Sinéad Burke, Dermot Bolger, Carys D. Coburn, Meadhbh McHugh, Colm Keegan (2), Phillip McMahon, Darach Mac Con Iomaire, Sonya Kelly, Margaret Perry, Joseph O'Connor (1), Kit de Waal, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, Keith James Walker, Mark O'Halloran, Una McKevitt, Blindboy Boatclub, Emmet Kirwan, Rosaleen McDonagh, David Ireland, Jody O'Neill
Company
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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