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Daragh Carville

1969 -

Carville was born in Armagh and studied drama and film at the University of Kent. His first play, Language Roulette, was premiered by Tinderbox Theatre Company in 1996 and was subsequently performed in London, Edinburgh and New Hampshire. Subsequent plays include Dumped (Tinderbox, 1997) and Observatory (Peacock Theatre, 1999). Carville was awarded the Stewart Parker Playwright award in 1997 and the Meyer-Whitworth Prize in 1998. He was appointed Writer-in-Residence at Queen's University Belfast in 1999. He has also written a number of films, including Middletown (2006) and Cherrybomb (2009).

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Arrivals2 Deirdre Cartmill Daragh Carville Maggie Cronin Fionnuala Kennedy James Meredith
Convictions Gary Mitchell Daragh Carville Marie Jones (1) Damian Gorman Martin Lynch Owen McCafferty Nicola McCartney
Dumped Daragh Carville
Family Plot Daragh Carville
Language Roulette Daragh Carville
Observatory Daragh Carville
This Other City Daragh Carville
What We're Made Of Ivor Martinic John McCann (2) Daragh Carville Jonathan Bailie Vedrana Klepica

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
The Disappearance Daragh Carville MR James