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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce