Eugene O'Brien (playwright)

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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/Abbey Theatre in Dublin was put on in the West End of London and Broadway in New York City. [1] In 2001 the play won the Irish Times Best New Play of the Year Award and Stewart Parker Prize. [2] O'Brien's second play, Savoy, premiered on the Peacock stage in 2004. [2]

Works

The author of several radio plays for RTÉ, The Nest and Sloth , in 2005 he wrote the screenplay to Pure Mule , a six-part television drama for RTÉ, which garnered five Irish Film and Television awards. [2] As an actor, he has worked for The Corn Exchange, Bickerstaffe, Calypso, Storytellers, Barnstorm, Loose Cannon, and Glasshouse Theatre companies, and has appeared in several television series including Ballykissangel . He was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2003. [3]

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References

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