Frank McGuinness
Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, and now lives in Dublin and lectures in English at University College Dublin. His plays include: The Factory Girls (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1982), Baglady (Abbey, 1985), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Abbey, 1985; Hampstead Theatre, London, 1986), Innocence (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1986), Carthaginians (Abbey, 1988; Hampstead, 1989), Mary and Lizzie (RSC, 1989), The Bread Man (Gate, 1991), Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Hampstead, West End and Broadway, 1992), The Bird Sanctuary (Abbey, 1994), Mutabilitie (NT, 1997), Dolly West’s Kitchen (Abbey, 1999; Old Vic, 2000), Gates of Gold (Gate, 2002), Speaking Like Magpies (Swan, Stratford, 2005) and There Came a Gypsy Riding (Almeida, London, 2007). His widely performed versions include Ibsen’s Rosmersholm (1987), Peer Gynt (1988), Chekhov’s Three Sisters (1990), Lorca’s Yerma (1987), Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera (1991), Hedda Gabler (1994), Uncle Vanya (1995), A Doll’s House (1997), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1997), Sophocles’ Electra (1998), Ostrovsky’s The Storm (1998), Strindberg’s Miss Julie (2000), Euripides’ Hecuba (2004), Racine’s Phaedra (2006), Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (2008) and Sophocles’ Oedipus (2008).
