Whistling Psyche

Authors

  • Sebastian Barry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v6i1.183961

Abstract

Characters

Dr Barry

Miss Nightingale

Author Biography

  • Sebastian Barry

    BARRY, Sebastian was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays are The Pentagonal
    Dream (Damer Theatre 1986); Boss Grady’s Boys (Abbey Theatre, Peacock stage, Dublin
    1988), which won the first BBC/Stewart Parker Award; Prayers of Sherkin (Abbey
    Theatre, Peacock stage, Dublin 1990, where he was Ansbacher Writer-in-Residence);
    White Woman Street (Bush Theatre, London 1992); The Steward of Christendom (Royal
    Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1995) Writers’ Guild Award (Best Fringe Play) -
    Nominated for Olivier Awards (BBC Best Play) - Best Play of 1995 in The Guardian,
    Daily Telegraph and Time Out - Best Drama Award, Brighton Festival; and The Only
    True History of Lizzie Finn (Abbey Theatre, Dublin 1995). His latest play is Our Lady
    of Sligo, (The National Theatre, London, Summer 1998 and The Gate Theatre Dublin
    September 1998). His plays are published as Boss Gradys Boys and Prayers of Sherkin
    (Methuen, 1992); The Only True History of Lizzie Finn, The Steward of Christendom
    (Metheun, 1995); White Woman Street (London, Methuen, 1995); Our Lady of Sligo
    (London, Methuen, 1998); and Hinterland (Abbey Theatre, 2002). His translation of
    Lorca’s The House of Bernada Alba was staged by the Abbey Theatre in 2003.
    His novels are Macker’s Garden (Dublin, Writer’s Co-Op 1982); Time Out of Mind/
    Strappado Square (Dublin, Wolfhound, 1983); and The Engine of Owl-Light (Manchester,
    Carcanet, 1987); and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (London, Picador, & New
    York, Viking 1998).
    His poetry collections are The Water Colourist (Dublin, Dolmen 1983); The
    Rhetorical Town(Dolmen 1985); and Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever
    (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1987). For children he has written Elsewhere (Dolmen 1985).
    He has been Writer Fellow, Trinity College Dublin, during 1995-1996, and has won
    numerous awards. He lives in Wicklow and is a member of Aosdána.

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Published

30-06-2004

Issue

Vol. 6 (2004): ABEI Journal 6

Section

Drama

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Copyright (c) 2004 Sebastian Barry

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How to Cite

Barry, S. (2004). Whistling Psyche. ABEI Journal, 6(1), 73-101. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v6i1.183961