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Nancy Harris | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Playwright and screenwriter |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin and the University of Birmingham |
| Notable awards | Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (2012) |
| Spouse | Kwasi Agyei-Owusu |
| Parents | Anne and Eoghan Harris |
Nancy Harris is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. She was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2012.
Early life and education
[edit]Nancy Harris is the daughter of Anne and Eoghan Harris. She was educated at Trinity College Dublin, earning a B.A. in Drama Studies and Classical Civilisation,[1] and the University of Birmingham, where she completed an M.Phil. in Playwriting Studies (a course founded by playwright David Edgar) in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2009, Harris adapted Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, creating a one-act monologue for the Gate Theatre in Dublin, which was then also presented in New York City in 2012.[3]
Her first original full-length play was No Romance which premiered at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin, which earned her several accolades.[4] Her play Our New Girl, premiered at The Bush Theatre in London in 2013.[citation needed]
In December 2017, the Gate Theatre presented Harris' unique spin on a classic fairytale, about the challenges of reimagining The Red Shoes for a new generation.[5]
Harris had two commissioned plays opening in September 2019: The Beacon for Druid Theatre[6] which premiered at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway before transferring to the Gate Theatre, Dublin in October[7] and Two Ladies for The Bridge theatre, starring Zoë Wanamaker and Zrinka Cvitešić.[8]
Harris wrote the stage musical adaptation of The Magician's Elephant (based on Kate DiCamillo's novel) with Marc Teitler for the Royal Shakespeare Company Having been delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled to premiere in winter 2021.[citation needed]
On television, she wrote episodes of the Channel 4 series Dates, and contributed scripts for Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Good Karma Hospital, and the epic miniseries Troy: Fall of a City.[citation needed]
Harris wrote and created the ITV comedy series The Dry, about a party girl returning home to Ireland to a troubled family.[9] It began broadcast on 5 May 2022. It has been renewed for a second and third series.[citation needed]
Her play Somewhere Out There You opened at the Abbey Theatre in September 2023 as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.[10]
Her play The Beacon is opened in autumn 2024 as an Off-Broadway production by the Irish Repertory Theatre, with actress Kate Mulgrew in the lead.[11]
Recognition and awards
[edit]Harris was awarded the 2012 Stewart Parker Trust Award 2012 for her first original full-length play, No Romance.[4] The play was also nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award, a Zebbie Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2012.[citation needed]
She was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2012.[12]
Harris's play Our New Girl and was longlisted for an Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2013.[citation needed]
She was nominated for a BAFTA for her episodes of the Channel 4 series Dates.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Harris married Ghanaian scientist, Kwasi Agyei-Owusu. As of 2022[update] she lives in London.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Drama Graduate Nancy Harris receives the Rooney Prize
- ↑ Walsh, Fintan (12 December 2011). "I try to get under the skin". Irish Theatre Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Eberson, Sharon. "PICT offers love triangle set to music." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 27, 2013, p. D3 (subscription required).
- 1 2 "Stewart Parker Trust Award Wins for Nancy Harris, Stacey Gregg and Paul Mercier". Abbey Theatre. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ The Red Shoes-Nancy Harris on The Gate's modern fairytale. RTE
- ↑ Druid Theatre website
- ↑ Gate Theatre website
- ↑ Nancy Harris "Plays are kind of cool now", Irish Times, 21 September 2019
- ↑ "The Dry and Dead Still among TV projects to receive BAI funding".
- ↑ "Somewhere Out There You". Abbey Theatre. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Kate Mulgrew Will Return to the New York Stage in The Beacon." New York, New York: Playbill, July 25, 2024.
- ↑ "Dramatist Harris wins Rooney Prize". The Irish Times. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ↑ "Upfront". Sunday Independent. 13 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Nancy Harris at IMDb
- From the Archive: Bushgreen Meets Nancy Harris
- Stewart Parker Trust Award Wins for Nancy Harris, Stacey Gregg and Paul Mercier
- Irish Theatre Magazine review of No Romance
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- 21st-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
- Irish women dramatists and playwrights
- Irish television writers
- Irish women television writers
- 21st-century Irish women writers
- 21st-century Irish screenwriters
- Writers from County Dublin