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Kevin Casey

1940 -

Born in Kells in 1940 and educated by the Christian Brothers, Casey chose advertising as a career. He was encouraged to write plays by the Abbey Theatre and had his first play produced there in 1962, making him then the youngest playwright to have done so. One other of his plays was produced at the Eblana Theatre for the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1965.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Not With A Bang Kevin Casey
The Living and the Lost Kevin Casey

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses agus Penelope Eoghan Ó Tuairisc