Mark O'Rowe

Mark O'Rowe

Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright and screenwriter.

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Personal Background

Mark O'Rowe was born in 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, to parents Hugh and Patricia O'Rowe. (To whom he dedicated his 1999 play, Howie the Rookie) He grew up in Tallaght, a working class suburb just south of Dublin, and he claims that much of the violence in his work stems from watching and rewatching a tremendous amount of violent, bloody movies when he was in his teens.[1]

List of plays

  • The Aspidistra Code (1995)
  • Anna's Ankle
  • From Both Hips
  • Crestfall
  • Howie the Rookie (1999)
  • Made in China
  • Terminus

Awards & Nominations as a playwright

  • Irish Times/ESB Theatre Award for Best New Play for Howie the Rookie.
  • George Devine Award for Best New Play for Howie The Rookie.
  • Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Howie the Rookie in 1999.

Credits as a screenwriter

Awards and Nominations as a screenwriter

  • He won the IFTA Award for the Best Screenplay in 2003 for Intermission

References

  1. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2003/nov/24/theatre1

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