(William) Denis Johnston (18 June 1901 – 8 August 1984) was an Irish writer. Born in Dublin, he wrote mostly plays, but also works of literary criticism...
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Bernard Shaw and Lady Gregory had a favourable opinion of the show. Denis Johnston, who knew O'Casey and spent time with him in London in the 1920s, is...
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playwright Denis Johnston. A cousin of actress and film star Geraldine Fitzgerald, via Fitzgerald's mother, Edith (née Richards), Jennifer Johnston was educated...
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subsequently. The play is published in The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston vol. 3. Johnston acquired a collection of papers from Ros including the unfinished...
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novelist-mary-manning-adams-is-dead-at-93-82864 Johnston, Denis. “3rd Omnibus X Book.” Denis Johnston Papers (MS 10066/181/95/194). TC Manning, Mary....
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John Dennis Johnston (born May 14, 1950) is an American film and television actor. He appeared in a number of feature films including Close Encounters...
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major recognition was for Off-Broadway's The Moon in Yellow River by Denis Johnston, for which he won an Obie Award. Coco's first modern collaboration with...
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1894, he married Kathleen King; they had one child, Denis Johnston born in 1901. William John Johnston died in Dublin on 29 November 1940, aged 72. The Law...
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In Debts of Honour he cites with approbation a theory propounded by Denis Johnston that offers an explanation of Swift's behaviour towards Stella and Vanessa...
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Synge. It was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst with Sara Allgood and Denis Johnston in the title roles. A story set in a fishing community in Western Ireland...
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playwright Teresa Deevy called The King of Spain's Daughter, and produced by Denis Johnston. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) – Sergeant MacFarlane This Man Is...
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Knocknagow Brian's child Fred O'Donovan 1935 Guests of the Nation IRA member Denis Johnston 1936 Servants All Billy Alex Bryce Short film 1941 Inspector Hornleigh...
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Michael Harding (born 1953) Declan Hughes (born 1963) Denis Johnston (1901–1984) Jennifer Johnston (born 1930) Henry Jones (1721–1770) Marie Jones Lauren-Shannon...
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The National Gallery of Ireland Portrait of Michael Scott Portrait of Denis Johnston The Startled Bird Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane The Victoria and...
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East London. Other important Irish dramatists of this period include: Denis Johnston, Thomas Kilroy, Tom Murphy, Hugh Leonard, Frank McGuinness, and John...
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Hollingworth, Daily Express, Chicago Daily News Alaric Jacob, Daily Express Denis Johnston, BBC Philip Jordan, News Chronicle Ed Kennedy, Associated Press George...
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story of how one new work was said to have come to the Gate Theatre. Denis Johnston reportedly submitted his first play, Shadowdance, to the Abbey; however...
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The Irish Times. Playboy of the Western World: Cummings Study Guides Denis Johnston, John Millington Synge, (Columbia Essays on Modern Writing No. 12),...
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published in English in 2015 as 33 Days in a new translation by Austin Denis Johnston. Three years after 33 Days appeared in English, Oxford University Press...
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Drive My Car, the main character is seen as a lead role in the play. Denis Johnston, "Waiting with Beckett", Irish Writing, Spring 1956, pp. 23–28. Le Monde's...
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Hector Hughes, Scottish MP Herbert Carmichael Irwin, aviator and athlete Denis Johnston, writer Felix Jones, Ireland rugby union international Christopher Juul-Jensen...
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his often-performed Six Characters in Search of an Author (libretto: Denis Johnston, after Luigi Pirandello). Hugo Weisgall died at the age of 84 on Long...
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popular success. Other Irish playwrights of the 20th century include Denis Johnston, Thomas Kilroy, Tom Murphy, Hugh Leonard, Frank McGuinness, and John...
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cousins was the Irish playwright, BBC producer and war correspondent Denis Johnston. Between 1935 and 1947, Patton read several short stories for BBC Radio...
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Denis (‹See Tfd›Russian: Денис) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Saint Denis of Paris (3rd century), French bishop and...
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the fact she was then living with Denis Johnston, the husband of fellow actress Shelah Richards. After Johnston's divorce, they married in March 1945...
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consistent with the Rising appear in his later work. Hugh Leonard, Denis Johnston, Tom Murphy, Roddy Doyle and Sorley MacLean are among writers would...
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reputation as being a somewhat conservative figure. For example, when Denis Johnston submitted to the Abbey his first play, Shadowdance, it was rejected...
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footballer Dawn Marie Johnston (born c. 1948), American professional wrestler Denis Johnston (1901–1984), Irish playwright Denvour Johnston (living), New Zealand...
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1959: an opera by Hugo Weisgall, libretto adapted from Pirandello by Denis Johnston 1963: An Australian film adaptation directed by Christopher Muir 1973:...
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