Eugene O'Brien (playwright)

Eugene O'Brien is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, and actor.

He is best known for his very successful play Eden, which after playing at the Peacock Theatre/Abbey Theatre in Dublin was put on in the West End of London and Broadway in New York City.[1] In 2001 the play won the Irish Times Best New Play of the Year Award and Stewart Parker Prize.[2] O'Brien's second play, Savoy, premiered on the Peacock stage in 2004.[2] The author of several radio plays for RTÉ,The Nest and Sloth, in 2005 he wrote the screenplay to Pure Mule, a six-part television drama for RTÉ, which garnered five Irish Film and Television awards.[2] As an actor he has worked for The Corn Exchange, Bickerstaffe, Calypso, Storytellers, Barnstorm, Loose Cannon, and Glasshouse Theatre companies, and has appeared in several television series including Ballykissangel.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Eugene O'Brien". Curtisbrown.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Eugene O'Brien". Doollee.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Writer: Eugene O'Brien". RTÉ. Retrieved 8 January 2013.


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