Bernard Farrell

Bernard Farrell

Bernard Farrell is an Irish dramatist,known for his contemporary comedies. He was born in Sandycove in County Dublin in 1939. Farrell was awarded The Rooney Prize for Literature in 1980, The Sunday Tribune Comedy of the year Award for 'Forty Four Sycamore' in 1992, and in 1998 'Kevin's Bed' was nominated as best Irish Play in the Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards. He was Writer-In-Association at the Abbey Theatre in 1996/97 and has also served on the theatre's Advisory Council and as Director of the Abbey Board. In 2014 he was presented with The John B. Keane Lifetime Achievement Award in association with Mercier Press.

He has written a number of radio plays for both RTÉ and BBC, two of which ( 'The Year of Jimmy Somers' and 'The Final Whistle') went on to represent Ireland at the Prix Italia in 1987 and 1992 respectively. He has also written for television, notably for the long-running RTÉ series 'Glenroe'. He lives in Greystones in County Wicklow.

List of plays

• Gliding With Mr Gleeson (BBC and RTÉ)
• The Scholarship Trio (RTÉ)
• When Mr Kelly Met Mozart (RTÉ)
• The Day Grandad Disappeared (RTÉ)
• The Year of Jimmy Somers (RTÉ entry for 1987 Prix Italia)
• I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell (BBC)
• The Final Whistle (RTÉ entry for 1992 Prix Italia)
• Jumping For Joy (RTE)
• Meeting Michael (RTE)
• The Pied Piper (RTE)
• Malachy's Money (RTE)
• Flying To Cincinnati (RTE)
• Greta at the Gresham (RTE. Zebbie Award for Best Script 2015)
• The Wedding Anniversary (RTE)