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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce