Denise Deegan (born 1952) is an English novelist and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
. She is best known for her play, ''
Daisy Pulls It Off''.
Biography
Deegan was born in
London
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, England, where she trained in
stage management at
East 15 Acting School.
Prior to writing ''
Daisy Pulls It Off'' (1983), she worked as a freelance
stage manager. Deegan is the resident writer for the prison,
HMP Featherstone, where she teaches writing to inmates.
Work
Deegan is best known for ''
Daisy Pulls It Off'' (1983), a comedy that which spoofs "schoolgirl novels" of the type written by
Angela Brazil. The play was called a "pitch-perfect spoof" by ''
The Guardian
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'' and it ran for three years in the
West End theatre
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. Her play, ''The Hiring Fair'', is based on a true story of events that took place at the Portfield Fair.
Playwright and critic,
Michelene Wandor, identifies Deegan's plays as
feminist in nature.
Bibliography
* ''The Project (1971).''
* ''The One and Only Wonderous Legends Show'' (for EMMA Theatre Company).
* ''
Daisy Pulls It Off'' (1983).
* ''A Late Late Christmas Carol.''
* ''The Midsummer Gathering''
* ''No Birds Sing''
* ''The Harvester's Feast''
* ''The Hiring Fair''
* ''Turn the Old Year Go''
* ''Tom Jones'' (adaptation)
* ''Swallows & Amazons'' (co-adaptation)
* ''Transports of Delight''
* ''Every Night Something Awful''
* ''Ideal Words''
References
Citations
Sources
*
External links
Preview of a performance of ''Daisy Pulls It Off''(video)
1952 births
Living people
20th-century English women writers
20th-century British novelists
Laurence Olivier Award winners
English women novelists
English women dramatists and playwrights
Alumni of East 15 Acting School
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