Biography of conor mcpherson

Born July, 1970 (some sources cite 1971), in Dublin, Ireland; father, a business and accounting guide. Addresses: Agent: Curtis Brown Group, Company, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP, England; and William Craver, Writers and Artists Group International, 19 Westerly 44th St., Suite 1410, New Royalty, NY 10036.

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Male

Occupation

Playwright, director, actor

Birth Details

1970?

Dublin, Ireland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• Dublin Carol, Royal Court Histrionic arts Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 2000, then Atlantic Theatre Company, New Dynasty City, 2003
• Film Director
• Saltwater, Artificial Eye/Buena Landscape Ireland, 2000
• The Actors, Miramax, 2003
• Film Appearances
• Loser in nightclub, I Went Down, Description Shooting Gallery, 1997
• Television Director
• Specials
• Endgame, Channel 4, 2001, then PBS, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Episodic
• Dermot, Fergus's Wedding, 2002
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• Taking Stock, 1989
• Michelle Pfeiffer, 1990
• Scenes Federal, 1991
• A Light in birth Window of Industry, Fly by Gloom Theatre Company, 1993, International Bar, Port, Ireland, 1993
• Inventing Fortune's Wheel, Fly close to Night Theatre Company, Firken Crane Palsy-walsy, Shandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1994
• The Stars Lose Their Glory, Fly by Nighttime Theatre Company, 1994, International Bar, Port, 1994
• The Good Thief (one-act monologue; in titled The Lightof Jesus), Dublin Auditorium Festival, Fly by Night Theatre Band, City Arts Centre, 1994, later Jose Quintero Theatre and Forty-Five Bleecker Street Theatre, both New York City, 2001, published in This Lime Tree Bower: ThreePlays, Nick Hern Books, 1996
• Rum with the addition of Vodka (one-act monologue), Fly by Darkness Theatre Company, City Arts Centre Amphitheatre, Dublin, 1994, then Ohio Theatre, Different York City, 2002, published in This Lime Tree Bower: Three Plays, Bit Hern Books, 1996
• This Lime Tree Bower, Dublin Fringe Festival, Fly by Stygian TheatreCompany, Crypt Theatre, Dublin, 1995, corroboration Bush Theatre, London, later Primary Initial Theatre, New York City, 1999, publicized in This Lime Tree Bower:Three Plays, Nick Hern Books, 1996
• St. Nicholas (one-act monologue), Bush Theatre, 1997, then PrimaryStages Theatre, 1997, published with The Weir, Nick Hern Books, 1997
• The Weir, Be in touch Court Theatre Company, Royal Court Coliseum Upstairs and Ambassadors Theatre, London, 1997, then Gate Theatre, Dublin, and Dukeof York's Theatre, London, both 1998, ulterior Walter Kerr Theatre, New York Warrant, 1999, published with St. Nicholas, Reduce Hern Books, 1997
• Dublin Carol, Royal Boring Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, Author, 2000, then Atlantic Theatre Company, Virgin York City, 2003, published in Conor McPherson: Four Plays, Nick Hern Books, 1999
• Come On Over, Dublin Theatre Commemoration, Gate Theatre, 2001, published in McPherson Collected Plays 2, Nick Hern Books
• Port Authority (fifteen monologues), Gate Theatre Lying on, New Ambassadors Theatre, London, 2001, publicised by Nick Hern Books, 2001
• 3 Plays by Conor McPherson (includes The Agreeable Thief,This Lime Tree Bower, and Rum and Vodka), Belt Theatre, New Royalty City, 2004
• McPherson's plays have also anachronistic produced in repertory and regional theatres throughout the United States.
• Screenplays
• I Went Down, The Shooting Gallery, 1997, published dampen Nick Hern Books, 1997
• Saltwater (based tie in with his play This Lime Tree Bower), Artificial Eye/Buena Vista Ireland, 2000
• The Actors, Miramax, 2003
• Radio Plays
• Concerning Communication, also secure on stage at 1992 International Pole, Dublin, Ireland, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Contemporary Dramatists, Sixth edition, St. James Press, 1999

• American Theatre, July/August, 1998, pp. 20-23
• Detour, Could, 1997
• Irish Times, July 2, 1998
• Playbill, Could 31, 1999, p. 12
• Variety, July 26, 1998, p. 49

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