Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard (born November 9, 1926 in Dalkey , County Dublin , today Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown , † February 12, 2009 in Dublin ) was an Irish playwright and journalist. His birth name was John Joseph Byrne, after his adoption John Keyes Byrne.
Life
Hugh Leonard's first play The Big Birthday Suit was staged in 1956 at the Abbey Theater in Dublin. In the following years his writing was very fruitful. He wrote eighteen other plays. He has also published two autobiographical works, Home Before Night (1979) and Out After Dark (1989).
Until 2006 he wrote a regular column in the Sunday Independent entitled The Curmudgeon .
In 1977 he received the Tony Award for his play Da , a comedy about his youth and his adoptive father.
Hugh Leonard last lived in his native Dalkey near Dublin.
Filmography
- 1959: The 110th birthday (Broth of a Boy)
- 1967: The Great Catherine
- 1967: Interlude
- 1967: love stories (ship to Valparaiso)
- 1968: Sherlock Holmes (TV series, 1964) Episode A Study in Scarlet
- 1968: Sherlock Holmes (1964) episode The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 1970: Sparrow in hand (Percy)
- 1988: Pa (Da)
- 1994: The Widows of Widows Peak (Widows Peak)
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugh Leonard in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hugh Leonard in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Weber: Hugh Leonard, 82, Dies; Wrote Broadway's 'Da' New York Times , February 12, 2009, accessed August 19, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonard, Hugh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Byrne, John Keyes (real name); Byrne, John Joseph (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish playwright and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dalkey , County Dublin, Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2009 |
| Place of death | Dublin , Ireland |