Stage & Screen Season at the National Library of Ireland - Upcoming Dates
The National Library's Spring/Summer season of Library Late public interviews is dedicated to the art of Writing for Stage and Screen. The Library Late series, which runs from February to May 2010 at the National Library of Ireland in Kildare Street, will explore the work and recent successes of Ireland's contemporary writers in each genre and examine the most powerful elements in the creation of works for stage, film and television.The theme of Writing for Stage and Screen highlights the Library's vast collection which is an indispensable source for the history of Irish film and theatre production - from photographs of stage productions to first night reviews in newspapers, unique portrait drawings, rare theatrical ephemera and outstanding collections of manuscript papers of notable playwrights and papers relating to famous theatres.
Writer/actor Mark O'Halloran will be the Library's guest on Wednesday, March 24th at 8pm. O'Halloran's screenplays include Adam & Paul and the screenplay for the film Garage which was awarded the CICAE award for best film Cannes Film Festival 2007.
On Monday, April 26th at 8pm television and radio broadcaster John Kelly will interview writer/director Paul Mercier. Mercier's twelve plays include Studs, We Ourselves and Spacers in addition to Homeland and Down The Line for The Abbey. Among other work, he has also written and directed three short films including Before I Sleep, Lipservice and Tupperware.
Playwright and film writer Mark O'Rowe brings the Library's season of stage and screen to a close on Wednesday, May 26th at 8pm. An award-winning playwright and film writer his work for theatre includes From Both Hips, Howie the Rookie, Made in China and Terminus and screenplays Intermission (2003), Boy A (2007) and Perrier's Bounty (2010).
In conjunction with the Library Late series, film historian Bob Monks will give a special lunchtime talk to mark the centenary of the birth of film archivist Liam O'Leary (1910 - 1992) at 1pm on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010.
Library Late Spring/Summer February - May 2010. Admission is free. For information see http://www.nli.ie/ or telephone 01 603 0317 for bookings. National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.