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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses Dermot Bolger James Joyce