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GERARD STEMBRIDGE

1958 -

Gerard Stembridge was born in Limerick. He is a writer and a director who has worked extensively in theatre, film, TV and radio, first coming to prominence with the RTÉ radio comedy series Scrap Saturday in the early 1990s. He has written four novels and several films, including the hit About Adam (2000), which he also directed, and Nora (directed by Pat Murphy, 1999). Plays not listed here include several for youth theatres, such as 1992, Betrayals, The Girls of Summer and Goodnight Strabane.

PLAYWRITING CREDITS

Play Title Playwright
Ceaucescu's Ear Gerard Stembridge
Daniel's Hands Gerard Stembridge
Love-Child Gerard Stembridge
Melting Penguins Gerard Stembridge
Nightmare on Essex Street Gerard Stembridge
That Was Then Gerard Stembridge
The Gay Detective Gerard Stembridge

ADAPTATIONS

Play Title Playwright
Denis and Rose Gerard Stembridge Maeve Binchy

ACTOR

Play Title Playwright
Cement Tony Cafferky
Corporation Flat Tony Cafferky

DIRECTOR

Play Title Playwright
Ceaucescu's Ear Gerard Stembridge
Denis and Rose Gerard Stembridge Maeve Binchy
Inspired by a Maeve Binchy's short story 'Excitement'.
Love-Child Gerard Stembridge
Made in China Mark O'Rowe
Maeve's House Eamon Morrissey Maeve Brennan
Massive Damages Declan Lynch
Melting Penguins Gerard Stembridge
Nightmare on Essex Street Gerard Stembridge
That Was Then Gerard Stembridge
The Dosshouse Waltz Aodhán Madden
The Gay Detective Gerard Stembridge
The Grown-Ups Nicholas Kelly
The Private Death of a Queen Aodhán Madden
The Waste Ground Party Shaun Dunne

DRAMATURG

Play Title Playwright
Cyrano Veronica Coburn Edmond Rostand