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EDNA O'BRIEN

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Edna O'Brien was born in County Clare in 1930. Her world-famous novels include 'The Country Girls', 'The Lonely Girl', 'Girls in their Married Bliss', 'August is a Wicked Month' ,'A Pagan Place' and 'Wild December'. Her early novels were banned in Ireland in the 1960s due to what was perceived to be inappropriately sexual content, but have since been recognised as classics. Dramatic works not listed here include 'Virgina' (Theatre Royal, 1981)and an adaptation of Iphigenia written especially for the Crucible Stage in Sheffield in 2003. In 2009 Edna O'Brien was presented a lifetime achievement award at the Irish Book Awards in Dublin. She is a member of Aosdána and lives in London.

PLAYWRITING CREDITS

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

ADAPTATIONS

Play Title Playwright
A Pagan Place Edna O'Brien Edna O'Brien
Iphigenia Edna O'Brien Euripides
The Country Girls Edna O'Brien Edna O'Brien