Geraldine Aron
Geraldine Aron (born 1951) is an Irish playwright. She was born in Galway, Ireland, has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and now lives in London.[1]
Aron's first play Bar and Ger was performed at the Space Theatre in Cape Town in 1975 and then won awards and continues to be produced internationally.[1] Aron's one-hander starring Dawn French, My Brilliant Divorce, played at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End and was nominated for the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.[2][3] Twelve of Aron's plays have been performed on television or radio.[1]
My Brilliant Divorce has since been produced in 28 countries and as of 2016 is enjoying a 14 year record breaking run in Prague. A feature film is underway. Aron's produced stage plays include Same Old Moon (Geilgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue,) A Galway Girl, The Shrinking of Alby Chapman, Spider, On The Blue Train, Olive and Hilary, The Stanley Parkers, et al.[1] Aron is included in the 1992 Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature, and many other anthologies. My Brilliant Divorce appears in Singular Sensations, an American collection of one-person plays.
Selected works
Plays with place and date of first production
- Bar and Ger, Space Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, 1975[1]
- A Galway Girl, Space Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, 1979[1]
- Same Old Moon, Druid Theatre, Galway, Ireland, 1984[1]
- The Stanley Parkers, Druid Theatre, Galway, Irelandm 1990[1]
- The Donahue Sisters, Druid Theatre, Galway, Ireland, 1990[1]
- My Brilliant Divorce, Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Ireland, 2001[1]
Publications
- Seven Plays and Four Monologues, 1985 ISBN 0864860285 (includes Mickey Kannis Caught My Eye, Mr McConkey's Suitcase, On The Blue Train, The Shrinking of Alby Chapman, Spare Room, Spider).[1]
References
External links
- Whitington, Paul (7 March 2009). "Celeb news: Geraldine Aron, playwright". Independent.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2012. (Interview with Aron)
- "Our clients: Geraldine Aron". The Agency. Retrieved 15 April 2012.(Listing at Aron's agent's website, which gives fuller list of plays and other works)