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Deirdre Hines

DEIRDRE HINES

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Deirdre Hines graduated from the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin in 1989 with a degree in Drama and English. Her play, Howling Moons, Silent Sons, was performed at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1991 and won the Stewart Parker Trust Award for that year. Apart from her professional playwriting work, she also writes extensively for youth groups and primary schools. Hines was awarded an Arts Council bursary in 1994 and again in 1997.

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=484

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below is a list of Deirdre Hines's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Dreamframe         Ghost Acreage At Vixen Time         Howling Moons, Silent Sons         Moving Destiny, A

Dreamframe

Synopsis:
Two exiled women face the future by exploring apocalyptic moments from the past in an abstract take on time. This multi-media play offers an insight into time and meaning through the creation of cyclical structures.

Notes:
Y2K Festival

1st Produced:
Civic Theatre, Dublin >>>    15 Feb 2000

Organisations:
fishamble

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=63

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Ghost Acreage At Vixen Time

Synopsis:
Most of the nations in the industrialised world depend on importing food from abroad, that is, they depend on exploiting 'ghost acres' abroad to grow their agricultural inputs and food. This plays explores mankind's relationship with the land as a young farmer and his wife struggle against the loss of a pastoral vision and its practical adjuncts.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Passion Machine

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=380

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Howling Moons, Silent Sons

Synopsis:
Howling Moons, Silent Sons is a coming-of-age drama set in Northern Ireland which explores the intimate burden of a child made adult before her time: a young girls life is distorted by the dreadful secrets of the house in which she lives.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Pigsback Theatre Company

1st Published:
New Island Books, Dublin, 2002   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=50

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Moving Destiny, A

Synopsis:
The story of four generations of a family, living on an illegal camping site. Kate and Mikey, the great-grandparents, take us back through history as we follow the myriad journeys of two gangs of children, 'the Wagonettes' and 'the Boulderheads', through to their futures.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
the Building Theatre, Ballina, Co. Mayo    15 Apr 1996

Organisations:
Yew Tree Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=572

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