Peter Sheridan
Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director. He lives in Dublin. His awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1978.
Peter Sheridan
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- Name
- Peter Sheridan
- Born
- 1952
- Occupation
- Writer, director
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Honours
- Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
- Languages
- English
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Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director. He lives in Dublin. His awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1978.
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Peter Sheridan (born 1952) is a film director, playwright and screenwriter, of Irish nationality. The film director was born in Dublin. Peter Sheridan is a member of Aosdána.
Languages used include English. Honours include Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
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Biography
Biography
In 1980 he was writer-in-residence in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and his short film, The Breakfast, won several European awards. He wrote the pilot episode of Fair City. He wrote and directed the film Borstal Boy, which was released in 2002. He is the brother of the film director Jim Sheridan. In 2017, he also appeared as a contestant on the British game show Countdown.
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Key facts
• Name — Peter Sheridan • Born — 1952 • Occupation — Writer, director • Years Active — 1970–present • Relatives — Jim Sheridan (brother)
Plays
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? • Borstal Boy Playwright: Frank McMahon "Borstal Boy" was written by Brendan Behan
Novels
Novels
• Every Inch of Her (Big Fat Love) (2003 & 2004)
Memoirs
Memoirs
• 44 (1999) • Forty Seven Roses (2002) • Break a Leg (2012)
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- 1."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)
- 2."Forty-Seven Roses" (notes), Irish Times, 8 September 2001.
- 3.Gallagher, Brian. Inside Fair City. Rooney Media Graphics. 3 October 2005. 978-0955090202.
- 4.IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221838/
- 5.http://nomoreworkhouse.com/2015/04/02/are-you-havin-a-laugh-bewleys-cafe-theatre-review/
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Sheridan, Peter. 44, Dublin Made Me. Viking. 1999. 0-670-88514-2.
- Sheridan, Peter. Every Inch of Her. Penguin Books. 2004. 0-14-200434-0.
- Sheridan, Peter. 47 Roses. Penguin Books. 2003. 0-14-200286-0.
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