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