Gerard Stembridge
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Gerard "Gerry" Stembridge (born 1958, County Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish writer, director and actor.[1] He was educated at CBS Sexton Street in Limerick and later at Castleknock College. While attending University College Dublin, he was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society.[2] He taught English and drama at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Clontarf.
Radio
He reached significant prominence in Ireland when he co-created the satirical comedy radio programme Scrap Saturday with Dermot Morgan.[1] It became one of the most popular programmes on RTÉ Radio.
Film career
Stembridge wrote the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal (which starred Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino). He co-wrote Nora, a film about James Joyce and Nora Barnacle which starred Ewan McGregor and Susan Lynch. He has directed such films as Guiltrip, Black Day at Black Rock, Alarm and About Adam.[1]
Playwright
A selection of his plays include
- 1992
- Betrayals
- Ceaucescu's Ear (Teatru Míc in Bucharest)
- Daniel's Hands (City Arts Centre, Dublin)
- Denis and Rose (Civic Theatre, Dublin)
- The Gay Detective (Project Arts Centre, Dublin)
- Love Child
- Melting Penguins
- That Was Then (Abbey Theatre, Dublin).
- The Leaving
Novels
Stembridge's latest novel The Effect of Her was published in 2013. He is also the author of three earlier novels: Unspoken (Old Street Press), Counting Down[3] and According to Luke[4] (both Penguin Ireland).
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- Pages with script errors
- 1958 births
- Date of birth missing (living people)
- Writers from Limerick (city)
- People educated at Castleknock College
- Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Irish schoolteachers
- Mount Temple Comprehensive School
- Mass media people from Limerick (city)
- Irish satirists
- Irish film directors
- Living people