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Eilis Dillon

1920 - 1994

Eilis Dillon was born in Galway in 1920. Her mother's brother was Joseph Mary Plunkett, one of the seven signatories of the Declaration of the Republic, executed in 1916. An internationally renowned writer, she published nine novels and a large number of children's books. Her only stage play, A Page of History, was produced by the Abbey Theatre in 1966. The Cats' Opera is adapted from the book of the same name published in 1961. Dillon served on the Arts Council and was a member of Aosdána. She died in 1994.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title	Playwright
A Page of History	Eilis Dillon
The Cats' Opera	Eilis Dillon

Composer

Play Title	Playwright
The Cats' Opera	Eilis Dillon

Premiered In 2023

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Updated 27 Oct 2022

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Carmel Winters, Enda Walsh, Iseult Golden, Sarah Hanly, John Connors, Shane O'Reilly, Nancy Harris, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Feli Speaks, Gina Moxley, Abbie Spallen, Michael West, Shaun Dunne, Manchán Magan, Eva O'Connor, Edna O'Brien, Aoife Martyn, Arthur Riordan, Andrea Molino, John O'Donovan (2), Deirdre Kinahan, Zoe Ní Riordáin, Karen Cogan, Jimmy Murphy, Ursula Rani Sarma, Zhu Yi, Pom Boyd, Stacey Gregg, Thomas Kane Byrne, Sinéad Burke, Dermot Bolger, Carys D. Coburn, Meadhbh McHugh, Colm Keegan (2), Phillip McMahon, Darach Mac Con Iomaire, Sonya Kelly, Margaret Perry, Joseph O'Connor (1), Kit de Waal, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, Keith James Walker, Mark O'Halloran, Una McKevitt, Blindboy Boatclub, Emmet Kirwan, Rosaleen McDonagh, David Ireland, Jody O'Neill
Company
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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Premiered In 2023

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