Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan | |
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Sheridan at the 2016 Dublin International Film Festival | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, director |
Years active | 1970–present |
Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director. He lives in Dublin. His awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1978.[1] In 1980 he was writer-in-residence in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and his short film, The Breakfast, won several European awards.[2] He wrote the pilot episode of Fair City.[3]: 13 He wrote and directed the film Borstal Boy,[4] which was released in 2002. He is the brother of the film director Jim Sheridan.[2]
In 2017, he also appeared as a contestant on the British game show Countdown.
Plays
- Diary of a Hunger Strike
- Emigrants
- Finders Keepers
- No Entry
- Children of Eve
- Paint It Black
- Shades of the Jelly Woman (Part One)
- The Liberty Suit
- The Rock and Roll Show
- Women at Work
- Are You Havin' a Laugh?[5]
- Borstal Boy Playwright: Frank McMahon "Borstal Boy" was written by Brendan Behan
Novels
- Every Inch of Her (Big Fat Love) (2003 & 2004)
Memoirs
- 44 (1999)
- Forty Seven Roses (2002)
- Break a Leg (2012)
References
- ^ "Judges shortlist 16 authors", The Irish Times, 4 September 1999 (NB article dates the prize as 1977 but other sources confirm Hogan as 1977 winner)
- ^ a b "Forty-Seven Roses" (notes), Irish Times, 8 September 2001.
- ^ Gallagher, Brian (3 October 2005). Inside Fair City. Rooney Media Graphics. ISBN 978-0955090202.
- ^ IMDB [1]
- ^ http://nomoreworkhouse.com/2015/04/02/are-you-havin-a-laugh-bewleys-cafe-theatre-review/[permanent dead link]
Sources
- Sheridan, Peter (1999). 44, Dublin Made Me. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-88514-2.
- Sheridan, Peter (2004). Every Inch of Her. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-200434-0.
- Sheridan, Peter (2003). 47 Roses. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-200286-0.
- "IMDb profile". IMDb. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
- "Irish Playography". Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
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Recipients of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
- Heno Magee (1976)
- Desmond Hogan (1977)
- Peter Sheridan (1978)
- Kate Cruise O'Brien (1979)
- Bernard Farrell (1980)
- Neil Jordan (1981)
- Medbh McGuckian/Special Prize: Seán Ó Tuama & Thomas Kinsella (1982)
- Dorothy Nelson (1983)
- Ronan Sheehan (1984)
- Frank McGuinness (1985)
- Paul Mercier (1986)
- Deirdre Madden (1987)
- Glenn Patterson (1988)
- Robert McLiam Wilson (1989)
- Mary Dorcey (1990)
- Anne Enright (1991)
- Hugo Hamilton (1992)
- Gerard Fanning (1993)
- Colum McCann (1994)
- Philip MacCann (1995)
- Mike McCormack (1996)
- Anne Haverty (1997)
- David Wheatley (1998)
- Mark O'Rowe (1999)
- Claire Keegan (2000)
- Keith Ridgway (2001)
- Caitríona O'Reilly (2002)
- Eugene O'Brien (2003)
- Claire Kilroy (2004)
- Nick Laird (2005)
- Philip Ó Ceallaigh (2006)
- Kevin Barry (2007)
- Leontia Flynn (2008)
- Kevin Power (2009)
- Leanne O'Sullivan (2010)
- Lucy Caldwell (2011)
- Nancy Harris (2012)
- Ciarán Collins (2013)
- Colin Barrett (2014)
- Sara Baume (2015)
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa (2016)
- Elizabeth Reapy (2017)
- Caitriona Lally (2018)
- Mark O'Connell (2019)
- Stephen Sexton (2020)
- Niamh Campbell (2021)
- Seán Hewitt (2022)
- Michael Magee (2023)
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