Maeve Larkin is an English actor and playwright.
Plays
She has written five plays for the
Mikron Theatre Company
The Mikron Theatre Company is an English touring theatre company, founded in 1972, which is notable for its tours by canal boat during the summer months, and by road in the spring and autumn. The company believes itself to be the only theatre c ...
. In 2012 they performed her ''Can You Keep A Secret? the Rise And Fall Of the Yorkshire Luddites'', in 2013 ''Don't Shoot the Messenger'' and in 2014 ''Troupers''. Her 2015 play ''Raising Agents'', celebrating the centenary of the
Women's Institutes
The Women's Institute (WI) is a community-based organisation for women in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. The movement was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Erland and Janet Lee with Adelaide Hoodless being th ...
, was one of the two shows of Mikron's 150-venue 2015 tour; in writing it she worked with the National Federation of Women's Institutes and visited meetings of several WIs. For Mikron's 2017 season she wrote ''Best Foot Forward'', about the
Youth Hostels Association.
Television roles
Larkin has had television roles including several in ''
Emmerdale'', and appeared with
Northern Broadsides in roles including
Emilia
Emilia may refer to:
People
* Emilia (given name), list of people with this name
Places
* Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia
* Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...
in their
Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...
which starred
Lenny Henry.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English stage actresses
English dramatists and playwrights
English television actresses
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