Geraldine Aron (born 1951) is an Irish playwright. She was born in

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, Ireland, has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and now lives in London. Aron's first play ''Bar and Ger'' was performed at the Space Theatre in Cape Town in 1975 and then won awards and continues to be produced internationally. Aron's one-hander starring

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My Brilliant Divorce ''My Brilliant Divorce'' represents a comedy play created by an Irish dramatist Geraldine Aron; and a French feature-length film, directed by Michèle Laroque, which was released in France on 17 January 2018, under the title ''Brillantissime.'' ...

'', played at the

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in London's West End and was nominated for the 2004

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. Twelve of Aron's plays have been performed on television or radio. ''My Brilliant Divorce'' has since been produced in 28 countries and is enjoying a 14 year record breaking run in Prague. A French feature-length film, directed by Michèle Laroque, was released in France on 17 January 2018, under the title ''Brillantissime.'' Aron's produced stage plays include ''Same Old Moon'' (Geilgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue,) ''A Galway Girl'', ''The Shrinking of Alby Chapman'', ''Spider'', ''On The Blue Train'', ''Olive and Hilary'', ''The Stanley Parkers'', et al. Aron is included in the 1992 ''Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature'', and many other anthologies. ''My Brilliant Divorce'' appears in ''Singular Sensations'', an American collection of one-person plays.

Selected works

Plays with place and date of first production

*''Bar and Ger'', Space Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, 1975 *''A Galway Girl'', Space Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, 1979 *''Same Old Moon'',

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, Ireland, 1984 *''The Stanley Parkers'', Druid Theatre, Galway, Irelandm 1990 *''The Donahue Sisters'', Druid Theatre, Galway, Ireland, 1990 *''

'', Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Ireland, 2001

Publications

*''Seven Plays and Four Monologues'', 1985 (includes ''Mickey Kannis Caught My Eye'', ''Mr McConkey's Suitcase'', ''On The Blue Train'', ''The Shrinking of Alby Chapman'', ''Spare Room'', ''Spider'').

References

External links

* ''(Interview with Aron)'' *''(Listing at Aron's agent's website, which gives fuller list of plays and other works)'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Aron, Geraldine 1951 births Living people Irish women dramatists and playwrights People from Galway (city) 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Irish women writers 20th-century Irish women writers