Robin Glendinning

Robert James Glendinning (born 1 September 1938), known as Robin Glendinning, is a

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playwright and former politician. Born in

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, the brother of

Will Glendinning Will Glendinning is a former politician in Northern Ireland. He was born in Portadown, the brother of Robin, and a great-grandchild of Robert Glendinning. Glendinning attended Rockport School in Holywood, Co Down. Glendinning joined the Ulster De ...

,John Stanley Bull, ''British and Irish dramatists since World War II'', pp.73–74 Robin grew up in

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and studied at

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Campbell College Campbell College located in Belfast, Northern Ireland and founded in 1894 comprises a preparatory school department (junior age) and a senior Northern Ireland 'Voluntary Grammar' school, the latter meaning, in terms of provision of education, a ...

and

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.Gordon Lucy and Elaine MacClure, ''Cool Britannia?'', p.66John Peacock, ''Best Radio Plays of 1991'', p.1 He taught English and history at

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for eleven years. Glendinning was a founder of the

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, and left teaching in 1973 to become its full-time political organiser. He stood for the party in Mid Ulster at the

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and Armagh at the February 1974 general election, but missed election on both occasions. In 1976, Glendinning returned to teaching, working at the

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, although he remained politically active, campaigning for the Alliance Party into the 1980s, and presenting a submission to the

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in 1983. He also began writing short stories, some of which were published in the ''

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'', as a result of which he won the Hennessey Award. Following this, he switched to write plays, several of which were produced for

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