Neil Donnelly
Neil Donnelly | |
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| Born | 1946 Tullamore, Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Notable works | The Silver Dollar Boys Upstarts The Duty Master |
Neil Donnelly (born 1946) is an Irish playwright and poet. He is a member of Aosdána, an elite association of Irish artists.[1]
Early life
[edit]Donnelly was born in 1946 in Tullamore, County Offaly.
Career
[edit]In the 1970s Donnelly founded "Wheels," a theatre in education company that toured Great Britain.[2] Donnelly has written over 20 plays for stage and radio. He won the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award for Best Play in 1981 was the Abbey Theatre's writer-in-association in 1994. He has also held writer-in-residence posts in County Mayo (1993) and County Kildare (1999).[3] Several of his works depict the Irish diaspora in England. In 2019 he directed a documentary about Aidan Higgins.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Donnelly lives in County Kildare.[5]
Works
[edit]Stage
[edit]- The Station Master (1974)
- Upstarts (1980)
- The Silver Dollar Boys (1981)
- Flying Home (1983)
- Chalk Farm Blues (1984)
- Boys of Summer (1985)
- Blindfold (1986)
- Goodbye Carraroe (1989)
- The Reel McCoy (1989)
- The Duty Master (1995)
- Four is a Magic Number (1995)
- Butterfly (2005)
- Invitation to a Poisoning (2010)[3]
Radio
[edit]- Rotunda Blue (1983)
- The Loop (1987)
- Fire (1998)
- King of the Blues (1998)
- The Darkest Hour (1999)
Poetry
[edit]- Tullamore Train (2012)[6]
Novel
[edit]- Sister Caravaggio (2014), collaborative novel with Peter Cunningham, Mary O'Donnell and others[7]
Documentary film
[edit]- Where Would You Like The Bullet? (2019)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Neil Donnelly – Bunratty Beauty". 12 January 2019.
- ^ Harding, M. P. (1996:xx-xxi). New Plays from the Abbey Theatre: 1993-1995. United Kingdom: Syracuse University Press.
- ^ a b "Aosdána". aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
- ^ "Aidan Higgins: caught on camera in Where Would You Like the Bullet?". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Neil Donnelly". 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Donnelly, Neil". Efacis. 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Sister Caravaggio".
- ^ "Writers Chat 17: Neil Donnelly on his documentary about Aidan Higgins "Where Would You Like The Bullet?"". 19 March 2019.