Elaine Murphy is an Irish playwright. Her play ''

Little Gem ''Little Gem'' is a play written by Dublin playwright Elaine Murphy and was first produced by Guna Nua at Dublin’s 2008 Fringe Festival, September 9–13 in Project Cube, before transferring to The Loose End Studio at the Civic Theatre, Tallag ...

'', about three Irish women, won the Fishamble New Writing Award in 2008 and the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award in 2009. In 2008 Murphy won the Stewart Parker BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award. Her second play ''Shush'' premiered in June 2013 at the

Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the p ...

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Irish women dramatists and playwrights Living people Writers from County Dublin Year of birth missing (living people) {{playwright-stub