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Jimmy Murphy was born on 30 September, 1962 in Salford, United Kingdom, is an Irish playwright living in Dublin. Discover Jimmy Murphy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 30 September, 1962
Birthday 30 September
Birthplace Salford, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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Jimmy Murphy is an Irish playwright living in Dublin.

1916

His first Verbatim play for the Abbey, "Of This Brave Time", commissioned to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising, toured the UK in 2016 and later returned to the Peacock stage for a short run.

A new full length play, commissioned to mark the centenary of the drawing of the Irish border "The Cartographer's Pen, opened at the Town Hall Theatre, Cavan, in May 2022.

1962

Murphy was born to Irish parents in Salford, Lancashire on September 30th, 1962.

When he was six, his family returned to Dublin, settling in the South inner-city district of Islandbridge.

He first went to school in nearby Inchicore, attending the Oblate Fathers’ primary school there, then moved to Ballyfermot, a working-class heartland of suburban Dublin, in his teens.

There, he attended secondary school at St. John's De La Salle College.

After failing the Irish Intermediate Certificate he left school to pursue an apprenticeship in painting and decorating, taking his Junior and Senior Irish Trade Certificates, and the City and Guilds of London exams at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street.

1993

His stage plays include Brothers of the Brush (Dublin, The Peacock, Dublin Theatre Festival 1993), which was awarded best new Irish play; A Picture of Paradise (The Peacock, 1997); The Muesli Belt (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, 2000); Aceldama (1998), The Kings of the Kilburn High Road (Waterford, Red Kettle Theatre Company, 2000), The Castlecomer Jukebox (Red Kettle, 2004) and What's Left of The Flag (Theatre Upstairs @ The Plough 2010), nominated for an Irish Times Best New Play Award.

1994

His awards include The Stewart Parker Award in 1994.

The play The Kings of the Kilburn High Road was adapted by Tom Collins as the Irish language film Kings, and was selected as Ireland’s entry for best foreign-language film for the Academy Awards by the Irish Film and Television Academy.

1995

Plays for radio include Mandarin Lime (BBC Radio 4, 1995), Peel’s Brimstone (BBC Radio 4, 1995), and "The Jangle of the Keys" (BBC Radio 4 1997).

2000

He is a former writer in residence at NUI Maynooth (2000–01), a member of the Abbey Theatre’s Honorary Advisory Council, a recipient of three Bursaries in literature from the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíona and was elected a member of Aosdána in 2004.

2001

Three of his plays have been presented at the Acting Irish International Theatre Festival: Brothers of the Brush (2001 Festival, presented by the Tara Players of Winnipeg), The Kings of the Kilburn High Road (2005 Festival, first North American production, presented by the Irish Players of Rochester, and The Muesli Belt (2008 Festival, presented by the Toronto Irish Players).

2011

Murphy's last play, with an all female cast, The Hen Night Epiphany, premiered at The Focus Theatre, Dublin in September 2011 and was published by Oberon Books.

It has recently been translated into Hebrew.

2012

A one act play, Perfida, premiered at Theatre Upstairs in July 2012.

In October 2012 "The Muesli Belt" received its US premiere at the Banshee Theater, Burbank, CA and in 2013 "The Hen Night Epiphany" received its US premiere at the Wade James Theater, Edmonds WA.

2013

In June 2013 a new production of Perfidia was staged by Red Kettle Theatre Company at their new theatre in Waterford.

2017

In May 2017 Murphy's second Verabtim piece for the Abbey, looking at police corruption, "A Whisper Anywhere Else", was produced at the Peacock theatre.