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Edna O'Brien

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Edna O'Brien was born in County Clare in 1930. Her world-famous novels include 'The Country Girls', 'The Lonely Girl', 'Girls in their Married Bliss', 'August is a Wicked Month' ,'A Pagan Place' and 'Wild December'. Her early novels were banned in Ireland in the 1960s due to what was perceived to be inappropriately sexual content, but have since been recognised as classics. Dramatic works not listed here include 'Virgina' (Theatre Royal, 1981)and an adaptation of Iphigenia written especially for the Crucible Stage in Sheffield in 2003. In 2009 Edna O'Brien was presented a lifetime achievement award at the Irish Book Awards in Dublin. She is a member of Aosdána and lives in London.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Dear Ireland I Shane O'Reilly Nancy Harris Owen McCafferty Kit de Waal Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Frank McGuinness Emmet Kirwan Jimmy Murphy Feli Speaks Rosaleen McDonagh Ursula Rani Sarma Zhu Yi Gina Moxley David Ireland Jody O'Neill Pom Boyd Abbie Spallen Stacey Gregg Michael West Shaun Dunne Thomas Kane Byrne Manchán Magan Sinéad Burke Eva O'Connor Dermot Bolger Edna O'Brien Carys D. Coburn Aoife Martyn Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Arthur Riordan Phillip McMahon Andrea Molino Carmel Winters Darach Mac Con Iomaire John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Enda Walsh Sonya Kelly Zoe Ní Riordáin Iseult Golden Margaret Perry Karen Cogan Sarah Hanly Joseph O'Connor (1) John Connors
Haunted Edna O'Brien
Our Father Edna O'Brien
The Gathering Edna O'Brien
Triptych Edna O'Brien
Virginia Edna O'Brien

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
A Pagan Place Edna O'Brien Edna O'Brien
Iphigenia Edna O'Brien Euripides
The Country Girls Edna O'Brien Edna O'Brien