Gerard Mannix Flynn
Gerard Mannix Flynn was born in Dublin in 1957.
His work has dealt with such issues as institutional abuse, imprisonment and injustice. In 1977 The Liberty Suite, co-written with Peter Sheridan, was premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival with Gerard Mannix Flynn as the protagonist.
Nothing To Say, a novel was published by Ward River Press (Dublin, 1983).
As well as an author, he has been a
professional actor in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
He who laughs wins (1981) was one of a series of six half hour plays commissioned and produced by Paines Plough Theatre Company, England. Inside was co-written for RTÉ in 1986; Hunger and Thirst, written for Red Rex Theatre Company was performed in Italy in 1989. Talking to the Wall was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre in 1990: it was performed by the author at the Edinburgh Festival in 1997, where it won a Scotsman’s Fringe First Award.
His screenplays include: Twist of Fate, a screenplay based on the Kerry Babies Case, commissioned by Trisquare Films, Pinewood, London in 1998; in 2001 a screenplay, Alma Mater, based on the novel Nothing to Say was developed with the support of An Bord Scannán na hÉireann. HIs play, James X, brings to conclusion a 10 year work-in-progress which began with Talking to the Wall. It was published in 2003 by Lilliput Press along with a reissue of his first novel Nothing to Say.
'Extallations' were held in 2004 at a Leeson Street, Dublin, site: Call Me By My Name - A Requiem for Remains Unknown 1889-1987 and Victim Impact Report .
He is a member of Aosdána, and lives in Kerry.
