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Frank McGuinness
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Vinony's link graph records 228 inbound references to Frank McGuinness, and connects out to Henrik Ibsen, Federico García Lorca and August Strindberg.
Vinony files it under 1953 births, 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights and 20th-century Irish male writers.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 71
Top works
- Phaedra
- John Gabriel Borkman
- Ghosts
- Lady from the Sea
- Team Theatre presents three Team plays
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Remembers…2022
- Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street — Self - Writer2017
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 20
McGuinness was born in Buncrana, a town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland. He was educated locally and at University College Dublin, where he studied Pure English and medieval studies to postgraduate level.[citation needed] He first came to prominence with his play The Factory Girls, but established his reputation with his play about World War I, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, which was staged in Dublin's Abbey Theatre and internationally. <a h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Buncrana
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Ulster University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Work location
- Dublin
- Residence
- Buncrana
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- date of birth
- 1953-07-29
- member of
- Aosdána
- influenced by
- Henrik Ibsen
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Play
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