Enda Walsh

Mark Schreiber (Universität GH Siegen)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Eoghan Smith (Carlow College), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

Born 1967
Activity 1987-ongoing

Places

Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in Ireland, Republic of (Eire); United Kingdom

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter

Resources

Walsh's Works

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Enda Walsh counts among Ireland’s most successful and most widely performed contemporary playwrights. Although his work has received comparatively little attention from either Irish theatres or the academy, his plays have contributed considerably to the ongoing interest in new Irish theatrical writing around the world. Walsh was born in Dublin in 1967. He attended Greendale Community School, in Kilbarrack, North Dublin, where another genius of contemporary Irish literature, Roddy Doyle, worked as a teacher. Later Walsh moved to Cork where he began to work with director Pat Kiernan at the Corcadorca Theatre Company. Kiernan had founded Corcadorca in 1991, and the company has since then gained fame for its productions of new and innovative plays, often using non-traditional venues as…

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Citation: Schreiber, Mark. "Enda Walsh". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 October 2004; last revised 07 January 2005. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5500, accessed 21 November 2024.]