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Stewart Parker

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Stewart Parker was born in Belfast in 1941 and spent a number of years as working as a popular music critic for The Irish Times. His first stage play, 'Spokesong', won the 1976 Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award and his 1987 play, 'Pentecost', won the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award. Plays for radio include 'The Iceberg' and 'The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner'. Film and TV credits include 'Eat The Peach' and 'I'm a Dreamer, Montreal', 'Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain', 'Blue Money' and 'Lost Belongings'. Stewart Parker died in 1988. 'High Pop: The Irish Times Columns 1970-76' was published by Lagan Press in 2008.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Catchpenny Twist Stewart Parker
Heavenly Bodies Stewart Parker
Kingdom Come Stewart Parker
Nightshade Stewart Parker
Northern Star Stewart Parker
Pentecost Stewart Parker
Pratt's Fall Stewart Parker
Spokesong Stewart Parker
Tall Girls Have Everything Stewart Parker
The Actress and the Bishop Stewart Parker

Lyrics by

Play Title Playwright
Spokesong Stewart Parker

Director

Play Title Playwright
The Actress and the Bishop Stewart Parker