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Stewart Parker
Stewart Parker
was born in Belfast in 1941.
His stage plays include Spokesong (Dublin Theatre Festival, John Player Theatre, 1975); The Actress and the Bishop (1976); Catchpenny Twist (Dublin, The Peacock, 25 August, 1977); Nightshade (1980); Pratt’s Fall (1982); Northern Star (commissioned by Belfast Lyric 1984); Heavenly Bodies (1986); and Pentecost (Dublin Theatre Festival, John Player Theatre, 1987).
His radio plays include The Iceberg (1975); and The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner (1980).
His TV plays include I’m A Dreamer, Montreal (1979); Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain (1981); Joyce in June (1981); Radio Pictures (1985); Blue Money (1985); and Lost Belongings (1987).
His awards include The Evening Standard Drama Award, and Thames Television Grant, for Spokesong, 1976; Evening Standard Award, 1977 and Ewart Biggs award, 1979, for Catchpenny Twist; and Harvey’s Best Play of the Year Award, 1987, for Pentecost.
His plays are published as Spokesong (London, Samuel French, 1979); Nightshade (Dublin, Co-Op Books 1980); Catchpenny Twist (Loughcrew, Co Meath, Gallery Press 1980); and Three Plays for Ireland: Northern Star, Heavenly Bodies, Pentecost (London, Oberon Books, 1989). His poems are collected as Paddy Dies (Kilcar, Co Donegal, Summer Palace Press, 2004).
He died from cancer in 1998 and is commemorated by the Stewart Parker Trust Awards.
