Elaine Murphy (playwright)

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Elaine Murphy is an Irish playwright. Her play Little Gem , about three Irish women, won the Fishamble New Writing Award in 2008 and the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award in 2009. [1] [2] [3] In 2008 Murphy won the Stewart Parker BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award. [4] Her second play Shush premiered in June 2013 at the Abbey Theatre. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fishamble New Writing Award".
  2. ↑ "The Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award". Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Charles Isherwood, "3 Irish Women Bound by Blood and Behavior", The New York Times , 8 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Awards". stewartparkertrust.
  5. ↑ Keating, Sara. "Elaine Murphy: Following up a gem of a play on the national stage". The Irish Times.


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