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Brinsley MacNamara

1890 - 1963

Born in Delvin in Co. Westmeath, Brinsley McNamara (the pen name of John Weldon) was a playwright and novelist. His portrait of Irish village life, "The Valley of the Squinting Windows" caused a furore when first published in 1918, due to its depiction of the meanminded inhabitants of his native village. His second novel, "The Various Lives of Marcus Igoe", is an autobiographical examination of the author's life and achievements written in the form of a dream.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Look at the Heffernans! Brinsley MacNamara
Margaret Gillan Brinsley MacNamara
Marks and Mabel Brinsley MacNamara
The Glorious Uncertainty Brinsley MacNamara
The Grand House in the City Brinsley MacNamara
The Land for the People Brinsley MacNamara
The Rebellion in Ballycullen Brinsley MacNamara
The Three Thimbles Brinsley MacNamara
The Uncrowned King Brinsley MacNamara V.A. Pearn

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
The Master Brinsley MacNamara Brinsley MacNamara

Actor

Play Title Playwright
King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior Lord Dunsany