Christina Reid (12 March 1942 – 31 May 2015) was an Irish

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Life

Reid was born in North Belfast. She left school in 1957 and married in 1963. She enrolled at

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in 1981 but winning a BBC playwrighting competition and becoming a single parent following a divorce meant she did not complete the course. Reid was a writer-in-residence at the Lyric Theatre, and at the Young Vic. Reid was a scriptwriter on

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's drama series ''

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''. Reid was a Patron of YouthAction Northern Ireland, a charity working to inspire young people. One of its projects is the Rainbow Factory which has over 450 young people participating a range of classes, workshops and performances.

Private life

She was mother to three daughters Heidi, Tara and Siubhan.

Awards

* Thames Television Playwriting Award for "Tea in a China Cup" * 1980 Ulster Television Drama Award, "Did You Hear the One About the Irishman?" * 1986

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for "The Belle of Belfast City"

Selected works

Plays

*''Tea In A China Cup'', Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1983 *''Did You Hear The One About The Irishman . . .?'', New York, 1985 *''Joyriders'', Tricycle Theatre, London, 1986 *''The Belle Of Belfast City'', Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1989 *''My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name?'' Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin, 1989 *''Les Misérables'', Nottingham Playhouse, 1992 *''The King of the Castle'', Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London, 1999 *''Clowns'', The Room, Orange Tree, Richmond, 1996 *''A Year And A Day'', National Theatre, London, 2007

Books

*''Christina Reid, Plays I'', Methuen, 1997.

References

1942 births 2015 deaths Irish women dramatists and playwrights Alumni of Queen's University Belfast 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Irish women writers 21st-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Irish women writers Place of birth missing {{playwright-stub