1964 Martinique Theatre, New York, 19 Sept.

The Poker Session A Play (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 23 Sept.

A Walk on the Water (Eblana Theatre, Dublin, 1960).

Madigans Lock (Globe Theatre, Dublin, March 1958 London 1963).

A Leap in the Dark (Abbey Theatre, 21 Jan.

2009 survived by second wife Kathy his papers are held in the National Library of Ireland. a long-running column (∼urmudgeon) in Sunday Independent premiered Love in the Title (Abbey 1999), concerning three generations of women in an Irish family issued A Wild People (2001), a novel also Fillums (2004), a novel, a chapter in the life of Perry Perry, a failing dramatist, and his wife Babs in the Irish 1940s an 80th birthday party was held at the Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, organised by Bernard Farrell and others, 11 Nov. by Alan Stanford, Gate Theatre (January 1996) his version of A Tale of Two Cities took the stage in Winter 1997 contrib. John Mulcahy), and wrote a column for Sunday Independent from 1976 wrote a successful stage version of Great Expectations, dir.

literary editor at Abbey Th., 1976-77 his prolific work as screen-writer includes Widows Peak with Mia Farrow reviewed TV for Hibernia, 1973-76 (ed. 1973), later produced at the Olney Th., Maryland, and performed with huge success on Broadway winning the Tony Award, 1978 filmed with Martin Sheen and Leonards screenplay, 1987 writes script for 5-part BBC TV adaptation of Wuthering Heights (1978) ĭa revived in Dublin with Bernard Hughes still in lead role, 1993 appt. Danielle) worked with Granada in Manchester from 1958 an early play Italian Road, rejected by the Abbey success of Stephen D at Dublin Theatre Festival, 1962, and first of his plays to go on to London, 1963, where he stayed, 1962-1970 adapted Great Expectations for BBC TV, 1967 and proceeded to adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories and other popular classics he scripted the 1916 Rising commemorations for RTÉ as The Week of the Rising, in an 8 part series presented by Prionsias Mac Aonghusa, 1966 issued Patrick Pearse Motel (1971), a Feydeauesque satire on Irish nationalist bourgeoisie his father-son play Da premiered at the Olympia Theatre (Dublin Tn. Glasthule,, and afterwards declined a scholarship to Presentation College worked in Land Commission, 1945-59 m. Dublin, fatherless child of Annie Byrne, given up immediately for adoption and raised by Nicholas and Margaret Keyes, in Dalkey ed.

Home before night by hugh leonard