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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce