Teresa Deevey
Teresa Deevey was born on January 21, 1894 in Waterford.
Her plays include Reapers (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, 1930); A Disciple (one-act, The Abbey, 1931); Temporal Powers (The Abbey, 1932); The King of Spain’s Daughter (The Abbey, 1935); Katie Roche (The Abbey, 1936); and The Wild Goose (The Abbey, 1936).
Her play Wife to James Whelan was rejected by the Abbey in 1937, after which she wrote extensively for radio, her work being broadcast on Radio Éireann and BBC Northern Ireland. In 1939 two of her plays were broadcast on the new BBC Television service.
She was elected to the Irish Academy of Letters in 1954, and having lived for many years in Dublin, returned to her native Waterford where she died in 1963.