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Alex Hijmans

1975 -

Alex Hijmans was born in Holland; he moved to Galway in 1995 to learn Irish. He then spent 10 years working as a journalist for Foinse, Raidió na Gaeltachta, RTÉ agus Nuacht TG4. His play Aingilín was premiered at Féile 2002 in Galway, and was later staged in Dublin. He has published a novel for teenagers which is a translation from Dutch to Irish and an autobiography about his experiences in Brazil, where he currently resides.

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Play Title	Playwright
Aingilín	Alex Hijmans

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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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Alex Hijmans

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Twenty Fifty

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