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Dermot Bolger

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