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ELAINE MURPHY

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Elaine’s debut play, Little Gem, premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival winning the Fishamble New Writing Award and a nomination for Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards before transferring to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre, where it won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award. Her second play, Ribbons, was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre for The Fairer Sex, a series of short plays from leading female playwrights. Another Abbey Theatre commission, Shush, premiered in June 2013.

Elaine is also the recipient of the Stewart Parker BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award and a Zebbie for best theatre script from the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild.

Between 2012-2014, Elaine was a participant in Six in the Attic, an Irish Theatre Institute resource sharing initiative.

Elaine's publisher is www.nickhernbooks.co.uk & agent is Nick Marston www.curtisbrown.co.uk.

PLAYWRITING CREDITS

Play Title Playwright
Home Theatre (Ireland) Clare Barrett (1) Robbie Blake Bryan Burroughs Carys D. Coburn Jeda de Brí Finbarr Doyle Shaun Dunne Fionn Foley Sorcha Fox Nancy Harris Roisin Ingle Sonya Kelly Deirdre Kinahan Gavin Kostick Louise Lewis Marc Mac Lochlainn Sharon Mannion Fiona McGeown Paul Mercier John Morton Elaine Murphy Colin Murphy Little John Nee Eva O'Connor Natalya O'Flaherty Jody O'Neill Feli Speaks Duke Special Tom Swift Neil Watkins
Little Gem Elaine Murphy
Ribbons Elaine Murphy
Shush Elaine Murphy

ACTOR

Play Title Playwright
Home Theatre (Ireland) Clare Barrett (1) Robbie Blake Bryan Burroughs Carys D. Coburn Jeda de Brí Finbarr Doyle Shaun Dunne Fionn Foley Sorcha Fox Nancy Harris Roisin Ingle Sonya Kelly Deirdre Kinahan Gavin Kostick Louise Lewis Marc Mac Lochlainn Sharon Mannion Fiona McGeown Paul Mercier John Morton Elaine Murphy Colin Murphy Little John Nee Eva O'Connor Natalya O'Flaherty Jody O'Neill Feli Speaks Duke Special Tom Swift Neil Watkins