Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director. He lives in

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. His awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1978."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) In 1980 he was writer-in-residence in the

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, Dublin, and his short film, The Breakfast, won several European awards."Forty-Seven Roses" (notes), ''Irish Times'', 8 September 2001. He wrote the

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of '' Fair City''. He wrote and directed the film ''

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'', which was released in 2002. He is the brother of the film director

Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish people, Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, ''My Left Foot'' (1989), ''The Field (1990 film), The Field'' (19 ...

. In 2017, he also appeared as a contestant on the

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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?''http://nomoreworkhouse.com/2015/04/02/are-you-havin-a-laugh-bewleys-cafe-theatre-review/ * '' 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

Sources

* * * * * 1952 births Living people Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish male novelists Irish novelists Writers from County Dublin {{Ireland-bio-stub