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UCD Library Collection Spotlight: Female Playwrights
A monthly online and print display highlighting our collections
Focus on Female Playwrights
UCD Dramsoc
Contemporary Women Playwrights by Penny Farfan (Editor); Lesley Ferris (Editor)
Call Number: James Joyce, General 822.08 FARISBN: 1137270799Publication Date: 2014
Elaine Murphy
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Elaine Murphy is an up-and-coming Irish playwright. Her plays "Ribbons" and "Shush" premiered in the Abbey Theatre. Her first play "Little Gem" won the Fishamble New Writing Award in 2008.
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Shush by Elaine Murphy
Call Number: James Joyce, General 822 IR MURISBN: 1848423225Publication Date: 2014Little Gem by Elaine Murphy
Call Number: James Joyce, General 822 IR MURISBN: 9781848420786Publication Date: 2010
Caryl Churchill
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Caryl Churchill is perhaps the best known British playwright to deal with feminist themes. Her plays include "Love and Information" and "Cloud 9". Her play "Top Girls" ranked at number 16 in the National Theatre's millennial poll of the best plays of the past 100 years.
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Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill
Call Number: James Joyce, General 822 CHUISBN: 184842549XPublication Date: 2016
Stacey Gregg
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Born in Belfast, Stacey Gregg has achieved success with plays such as "Shibboleth" and "Override", which was on show as part of the Tiger Dublin Fringe this year. Gregg's first full-length play, "Perve", was performed on the Dramsoc stage during Week 8 of this semester.
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Marina Carr
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Marina Carr was born in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. During her time as a student in UCD, she was an active member of Dramsoc. Works include "By the Bog of Cats", "On Raftery's Hill" (performed last April in Dramsoc) and an adaptation of "Anna Karenina", which will premiere in the Abbey Theatre this December. |
Palys 3 by Marina Carr
Call Number: James Joyce, General 822 IR CARISBN: 0571328814Publication Date: 201516 Possible Glimpses by Marina Carr
Call Number: James Joyce, General 822 IR CARISBN: 9781852355210Publication Date: 2011
Polly Stenham
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Polly Stenham is an English playwright. Her first play, "That Face", debuted when she was only 19 years old. Since then, she has written three more plays - "Tusk Tusk", "No Quarter" and "Hotel". She has been described as "a modern successor to Tennessee Williams". |
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