Eugene O'Brien is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
He is best known for his very successful play ''
Eden'', which after playing at the
Peacock Theatre
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/
Abbey Theatre
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in Dublin was put on in the
West End of London and
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...
in
New York City
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. In 2001 the play won the ''
Irish Times
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'' Best New Play of the Year Award and
Stewart Parker
James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish playwright.
Early life
Born into a working-class family in East Belfast in 1941, he was one of the post-WWII generation to be the first in their family to attai ...
Prize.
O'Brien's second play, ''Savoy'', premiered on the Peacock stage in 2004.
Works
The author of several radio plays for
RTÉ
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, ''
The Nest'' and ''
Sloth
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'', in 2005 he wrote the screenplay to ''
Pure Mule'', a six-part television drama for RTÉ, which garnered five Irish Film and Television awards.
As an actor, he has worked for
The Corn Exchange,
Bickerstaffe
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, Calypso, Storytellers, Barnstorm, Loose Cannon, and
Glasshouse Theatre companies, and has appeared in several television series including ''
Ballykissangel
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''. He was awarded the
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
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in 2003.
References
Irish dramatists and playwrights
Irish male dramatists and playwrights
Irish screenwriters
Irish male screenwriters
Irish male stage actors
Irish male television actors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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