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Frank McGuinness

1953 -

McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co Donegal. He has written extensively for the Irish theatre, both original scripts and translations. His awards include the London Evening Standard Award for most promising playwright for Observe the Sons of Ulster in 1985, and a Tony Award for his 1997 adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House. He has published several volumes of poetry and wrote the screenplay for Pat O'Connor's 1998 film version of Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa. He is a writer-in-residence at UCD. He lives in Dublin.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Baglady Frank McGuinness
Borderlands Frank McGuinness
Brides of Ladybag Frank McGuinness
Carthaginians Frank McGuinness
Dear Ireland I Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn Meadhbh McHugh Nancy Harris Colm Keegan (2) Owen McCafferty Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire Frank McGuinness Sonya Kelly Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Abbie Spallen Michael West Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Margaret Perry Eva O'Connor Joseph O'Connor (1) Edna O'Brien Kit de Waal Aoife Martyn Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Arthur Riordan Keith James Walker Andrea Molino Mark O'Halloran John O'Donovan (2) Una McKevitt Deirdre Kinahan Blindboy Boatclub Emmet Kirwan Rosaleen McDonagh Carmel Winters David Ireland Enda Walsh Jody O'Neill Zoe Ní Riordáin Iseult Golden Karen Cogan Sarah Hanly Jimmy Murphy John Connors Ursula Rani Sarma Shane O'Reilly Zhu Yi Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke
Dolly West's Kitchen Frank McGuinness
Donegal Frank McGuinness Kevin Doherty
Feed the Money and Keep Them Coming Frank McGuinness
Flesh and Blood Frank McGuinness
Gates of Gold Frank McGuinness
Gatherers Frank McGuinness
Greta Garbo Came to Donegal Frank McGuinness
Innocence Frank McGuinness
Ladybag Frank McGuinness
Mary and Lizzie Frank McGuinness
Mutabilitie Frank McGuinness
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme Frank McGuinness
Signatories Emma Donoghue Marina Carr Joseph O'Connor (1) Frank McGuinness Thomas Kilroy Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hugo Hamilton Rachel Feehily
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me Frank McGuinness
Speaking like Magpies Frank McGuinness
The Bird Sanctuary Frank McGuinness
The Bread Man Frank McGuinness
The Factory Girls Frank McGuinness
The Glass God Frank McGuinness
The Hanging Gardens Frank McGuinness
The Match Box Frank McGuinness
There Came A Gypsy Riding Frank McGuinness

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
A Doll's House Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
Barbaric Comedies Frank McGuinness Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Damned by Despair Frank McGuinness Tirso de Molina
Electra Frank McGuinness Sophocles
Ghosts Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
Hecuba Frank McGuinness Euripides
Helen Frank McGuinness Euripides
John Gabriel Borkman Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
Miss Julie Frank McGuinness August Strindberg
Oedipus Frank McGuinness Sophocles
Peer Gynt Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
Phaedra Frank McGuinness Jean Racine
Rosmersholm Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
The Dead Frank McGuinness James Joyce
The House of Bernarda Alba Frank McGuinness Federico García Lorca
The Man with the Flower in his Mouth Frank McGuinness Luigi Pirandello
The Storm Frank McGuinness Alexander Ostrovsky
The Stronger Frank McGuinness August Strindberg
The Threepenny Opera Frank McGuinness Frank McGuinness Kurt Weill
The Wild Duck Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
Three Sisters Frank McGuinness Anton Chekhov
Yerma Frank McGuinness Federico García Lorca

Director

Play Title Playwright
Brides of Ladybag Frank McGuinness