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Declan Hughes

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Declan Hughes was born in Dublin. He founded Rough Magic Theatre Company with Lynne Parker in 1984, was Artistic Director until 1992 and Writer-in-Residence until 1999. He directed sixteen of the company's productions and was nominated for a Harvey's Best Director Award in 1987. His first stage play, I Can't Get Started, was awarded the Stewart Parker Award and the BBC NI TV Drama Award for 1991. His plays, Digging for Fire and Love and a Bottle', a radical re-working of George Farquhar's 1698 comedy, together won a Time Out award in 1992. Hughes's work has been performed throughout Ireland and Britain, and in Europe, Canada and the US. A collection of four plays, Declan Hughes: Plays 1, was published by Methuen in 1998.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Boomtown Declan Hughes Pom Boyd Arthur Riordan
Digging For Fire Declan Hughes
Halloween Night Declan Hughes
I Can't Get Started Declan Hughes
New Morning Declan Hughes
Shiver Declan Hughes
The Last Summer Declan Hughes
Twenty Grand Declan Hughes

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Love and a Bottle Declan Hughes George Farquhar
Tartuffe Declan Hughes Molière
The Woman in White Declan Hughes Wilkie Collins

Director

Play Title Playwright
Bat The Father Rabbit The Son Donal O'Kelly
The Emergency Session Arthur Riordan
The Woman in White Declan Hughes Wilkie Collins
Adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins