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Dermot Bolger

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Dermot Bolger was born in Finglas in Dublin in 1959. He is the author of numerous novels including 'Night Shift','The Journey Home', 'Father's Music' and 'The Valparaiso Voyage'. His awards as a dramatist include the Samuel Beckett Award (for 'The Lament for Arthur Cleary', 1989), an Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best New Irish Play ( for 'From These Green Heights', 2004) and two Edinburgh Fringe Firsts (for 'The Lament for Arthur Cleary' and 'The Holy Ground', 1989 and 1990 respectively). His plays have been published in collected volumes by Penguin ('A Dublin Quartet') and Methuen ('Bolger: Plays 1'). Appointed Writer-in-Association at the Abbey in 1997, Bolger is also a poet. He founded and edited Raven Arts Press from 1977-1992 and co-founded New Island Books of which he is Executive Editor. Dermot Bolger is a member of Aosdána. He lives in Dublin.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
April Bright Dermot Bolger
Bang Bang Dermot Bolger
Blinded by the Light Dermot Bolger
Consenting Adults Dermot Bolger
Dear Ireland I Phillip McMahon Thomas Kane Byrne Darach Mac Con Iomaire Sonya Kelly Margaret Perry Joseph O'Connor (1) Emmet Kirwan Kit de Waal Rosaleen McDonagh Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker David Ireland Mark O'Halloran Jody O'Neill Carmel Winters Una McKevitt Enda Walsh Blindboy Boatclub Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly John Connors Shane O'Reilly Nancy Harris Owen McCafferty Frank McGuinness Manchán Magan Feli Speaks Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Gina Moxley Aoife Martyn Abbie Spallen Arthur Riordan Michael West Andrea Molino Shaun Dunne John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Zoe Ní Riordáin Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Sinéad Burke Ursula Rani Sarma Dermot Bolger Zhu Yi Carys D. Coburn Pom Boyd Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Stacey Gregg
From These Green Heights Dermot Bolger
In High Germany Dermot Bolger
One Last White Horse Dermot Bolger
She Was Wearing... Stella Feehily Gavin Kostick Dermot Bolger Sebastian Barry Michael Collins (1) Roisin Ingle Maeve Binchy Marian Keyes Rosalind Haslett
Tea Chests and Dreams Dermot Bolger
The Consequences of Lightning Dermot Bolger
The Holy Ground Dermot Bolger
The Lament for Arthur Cleary Dermot Bolger
The Parting Glass Dermot Bolger
The Passion of Jerome Dermot Bolger
The Townlands of Brazil Dermot Bolger
Tiny Plays for Ireland Antonia Hart Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Darren Donohue Niamh Creely Joseph O'Connor (1) Evan Lee D'Alton Michael West Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Dermot Bolger Adrienne Michel-Long Michelle Read Gregory Rosenstock Deirdre Kinahan Michael Cussen Karl O'Neill Ronan Geoghegan Rory Nolan Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver
Walking the Road Dermot Bolger

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce