Christina Reid

Christina Reid
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BornMarch 12, 1942
Ardoyne
DiedMay 31, 2015
NationalityIrish
OccupationPlaywright

Christina Reid (12 March 1942 – 31 May 2015) was an Irish playwright.[1][2]

Life

Reid was born in North Belfast. She left school in 1957 and married in 1963.[3]

She enrolled at Queen's University Belfast in 1981 but winning a BBC playwrighting competition and becoming a single parent following a divorce meant she did not complete the course.[3]

Reid was a writer-in-residence at the Lyric Theatre,[4] and at the Young Vic.[5] Reid was a scriptwriter on BBC Radio 4's drama series Citizens.

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,[3] 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?"[3]
  • 1986 George Devine Award 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 [6]

Books

  • Christina Reid, Plays I, Methuen, 1997. ISBN 978-0-413-71220-2

References

  1. ^ Sanford V. Sternlicht (1998). A reader's guide to modern Irish drama. Syracuse University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-8156-2773-9. Christina Reid.
  2. ^ Coveney, Michael (5 June 2015). "Christina Reid obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "Reid, Christina | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  4. ^ Bernice Schrank; William W. Demastes, eds. (1997). Irish playwrights, 1880-1995: a research and production sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-313-28805-0. Christina Reid.
  5. ^ "Irish Playography". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Christina Reid- Playwright Dramatist". doollee.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.


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