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Maura Laverty

1907 - 1966

Born in Rathangan, Co. Kildare, Laverty was educated at the Brigidine Convent, Carlow, where she studied teacher-training. She acted as governess and later secretary to Princess Bibesco in Spain. She became a foreign correspondent in Madrid. She returned to Ireland in 1928 and worked in Dublin as a journalist and broadcaster. Her novels include Never No More (1942), Touched by the Thorn (1943), No More than Human (1944), Lift Up Your Gates (1946). Her plays include Liffey Lane (1951) and Tolka Row (1951). Her collected fairy tales were published posthumously as The Queen of Aran’s Daughter (1995).

Playwriting Credits

Play Title	Playwright
A Tree in the Crescent	Maura Laverty
Liffey Lane	Maura Laverty
Tolka Row	Maura Laverty

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
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Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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Premiered In 2023

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