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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce