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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce