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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce