O'Reilly, Kaite
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Name (Latin)
O'Reilly, Kaite
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Drama
Occupation
Artists with disabilities
Dramatists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Belonging, 2000:title page (Kaite O'Reilly)
- The 'd' monologues, 2018:title page (Kaite O'Reilly) back cover (playwright, radio dramatist, writer and dramaturg who works in disability arts and culture and in mainstream culture)
- wiki (Kaite O'Reilly; openly identifies as a disabled artist; brought up in Birmingham, UK; currently lives in Llanarth, Wales; plays include The 'd' monologues and Belonging; outspoken advocate of rights for disabled people ( (Wikipedia, viewed June 25, 2019:) )
- Belonging, 2000:t.p. (Kaite O'Reilly)
Wikipedia description:
Kaite O'Reilly FRSL is UK-based playwright, author and dramaturge of Irish descent. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the Ted Hughes Award (2011) for her version of Aeschylus's tragedy The Persians. O'Reilly's plays have been performed at venues across the UK and at the Edinburgh Festival. Her work has also been shown internationally including in Europe Australia, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. O'Reilly openly identifies as a disabled artist and has spoken of the importance of "identifying socially and politically as disabled" to her work. In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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