- Thomas Kilroy
Thomas F. Kilroy (1934 - ), the Irish playwright and novelist, was born on 23rd September 1934 in Green Street, Callan,
County Kilkenny and studied atUniversity College, Dublin . In his early career he was play editor at theAbbey Theatre, Dublin . Subsequently, he co-founded (withBrian Friel ,Stephen Rea andTom Paulin ) and was Director of the touring theatre company Field Day. He became Professor of English inUniversity College, Galway , a post from which he resigned in 1989 to concentrate on writing. He now lives inCounty Mayo and is a member of theIrish Academy of Letters , theRoyal Society of Literature , andAosdána .Plays
*"The Death and Resurrection of Mr Roche", The Dublin Theatre Festival, 1968. Published by Faber & Faber, Grove Press, 1968;
*"The O'Neill", The Peacock Theatre, Dublin, 1969. Published by The Gallery Press, Oldcastle, Co Meath, 1995;
*"Sex and Shakespheare", The Abbey, 1976. Revised edition published by The Gallery Press, 1998;
*"Talbot's Box", The Peacock, 1973. Published by The Gallery Press/Delaware, Proscenium Press, 1979;
*"Double Cross", The Abbey, 1986. Published by Faber & Faber, 1986. Translated into French as "Double jeu" by Alexandra Poulain, 1996;
*"The Madam MacAdam Travelling Theatre", The Field Day Theatre Company, 1992. Published by Methuen, 1992;
*"The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde", The Abbey, 1997 and Melbourne Festival 1998. Published by The Gallery Press, 1997;
*"The Shape of Metal", The Peacock, 2003. Published by The Gallery Press;
*"My Scandalous Life", 2004, The Gallery Press.Adaptations
*"The Seagull" (Chekov), The
Royal Court , London, 1981. Published by Eyre Methuen, 1981;
*"Ghosts " (Ibsen ), The Peacock Theatre, Dublin, 1989;
*"Six Characters in Search of an Author" (Pirandello ) TheAbbey Theatre , Dublin, 1996.Books
*"The Big Chapel", Faber & Faber, 1971. This novel was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize, 1971 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
*"Sean O'Casey: a Collection of Critical Essays", Ed., Prentice Hall, 1975, ISBN 0-13-628941-XPieces for Radio
*"The Door", BBC Radio 4,
October 27 1967 ;
*"That Man Bracken", BBC Radio 3,June 20 1986 ;
*"The Colleen and the Cowboy", RTÉ Radio, Prod. Kate Minogue,September 11 ,2005 .Pieces for Television
*"Farmers", Radio Telefís Éireann, 1978;
*"Gold in the Streets", 1993;
*"The Black Joker".Academic Works
*"Satirical elements in the prose of Thomas Nashe." Thesis (M.A.), University College Dublin, 1959.
*"Mervyn Wall: The demands of Satire.", Studies: an Irish Quarterly Review of Letters, Philosophy and Science 47 (Spring 1958): 83-9.
*"Groundwork for an Irish Theatre.", Studies: an Irish Quarterly Review of Letters, Philosophy and Science 48 (Summer 1959): 192-8.
*"Reading and Teaching the Novel.", Studies: an Irish Quarterly Review of Letters, Philosophy and Science 56 (Winter 1967): 356-7.
*"The Outsider.", The Irish Times April 16, 1971.
*"Synge and Modernism.", in J. M. Synge Centenary Papers. 1971. Ed. Maurice Harmon. Dublin. Dolmen Press, 1972. 167-79.
*"Synge the Dramatist.", Mosaic 5.1 (1972): 9-16.
*"Tellers of Tales.", Times Literary Supplement. 17 March 1972: 301-02.
*"The Writer’s Group in Galway.", The Irish Times. April 8, 1976.
*"Two Playwrights: Yeats and Beckett.",, Myth and Reality in Irish Literature. Ed. Joseph Ronsley. Toronto: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1977. 183-95.
*"Anglo-Irish Playwrights and Comic Tradition.", The Crane Bag 3.2 (1979): 19-27.
*"The Moon and the Yellow River : Denis Johnson’s Shavianism.", Denis Johnson : A Retrospective. Joseph Ronsley Ed. Irish Literary Studies 8. Gerrards Cross, Bucks : Colin Smythe, 1981 ; Totawa, New Jersey : Barnes and Noble, 1982. 49 - 58.
*"The Irish Writer: Self and Society, 1950-1980.", Literature and the Changing Ireland. Irish Literary Studies 9. Ed. Peter Connolly. Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1982. 175-87.
*"The Anglo-Irish.", The Irish Times. December 7, 1983.
*"Goldsmith the Playwright.", Goldsmith, the Gentle Master. Ed. Sean Lucy. Cork: Cork University Press, 1984. 66-77.
*"Brecht, Beckett, and Williams.", Sagetrieb 3.2 (Fall 1984): 81-87.
*"The Autobiographical Novel.", The Genius of Irish Prose. Augustine Martin Ed. Thomas Davis Lecture Series. Dublin : Mercier Press in collaboration with Radio Telefís Eirann, 1985. 65-75.
*"Ireland’s Pseudo-Englishman. ", Magill 11.5 January 1988 : 52-54.
*"Reassessment. Thomas Kilroy on J.M. Synge : The Complex Creator of a Closed World.", The Irish Times April 29, 1989.
*"Secularized Ireland.", Culture in Ireland : Division and Diversity ? Proceeding of the Cultures of Ireland Group Conference, 27 - 28 September 1991. Ed. Edna Longley. Belfast : Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, 1991. 135 - 141.
*"A Generation of Playwrights.", Irish University Review 22:1 (Spring 1992): 135-41.
*"Theatrical Text and Literary Text.", The Achievement of Brian Friel. Ed. Alan J. Peacock. Gerrard’s Cross: Bucks, Colin Smythe, 1993. 91-102.
*"Some Irish Poems of Yeats,", Eibei-Bungaku. Koka Women’s University, 11.3 (March 1994) : 41 - 53.
*"The Literary Tradition of Irish Drama.", Anglistentag 1994 graz : Proceedings. W. Rioehle, H. Keiper edc. Tübingen : Niemeyer, 1995. 7 - 15.
*"John Bull’s Other Island : Shaw’s Irish Play. ", Banado Sho Kenkyu. Vol. 3, 1995, 11.1 1-20.
*"Chekhov and the Irish.", Program Note. Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya adapt. Frank McGuinness. Field Day Theatre Company. 1995.
*"From Page to Stage.", Irish Writers and Their Creative Process. Ed. Jacqueline Genet and Wynne Hellegouarc’h. Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1996. 55-62.
*"The Anglo-Irish Theatrical Imagination.", Bullan, an Irish Studies journal 3.2 (Winter 1997/ Spring 1998), 5 - 12.
*"Friendship.", Irish University Review. 29:1 (Spring-Summer 1999): 83-9.
*"The Seagull, an Adaptation.", The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov. Ed. Vera Gottlieg and Paul Allain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 80-90.
*"The Wildean Triangle.", What Revels Are in Hand ? Assessment of Contemporary Drama in English in Honor of W. Lippke. B. Reitz, H. Stahl, eds.
*"Contemporary Drama in English.", (CDE Studies) 8 Trier : WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2001. 47 - 55.Unpublished
*"Dreaming House", a Play about
George Moore , 1990.
*"Blake" 2001.Works about Thomas Kilroy
*"Le théâtre de Thomas Kilroy.", Thierry Dubost, Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2001, English edition "The Plays of Thomas Kilroy: A Critical Study", McFarland, 2007
*"Irish University Review 32:1 Special Issue Thomas Kilroy.", Ed. Anthony Roche, (Spring/Summer 2002), 214 p.Awards
*Guardian Fiction Prize, 1971;
*Heinemann Award for Literature;
*Aib Literary Prize;
*American-Irish Foundation Award for Literature;
*Rockefeller Foundation Residency;
*Kyoto University Foundation Fellowship;
*Prix Nikki Special Commendation;
*Lifetime Achievement, Irish Times / ESB Theatre Award, 2004.
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