Author and playwright who shone humour into dark corners
Bridget O'Connor, who has died aged 49 of cancer, was the author of the prizewinning play The Flags, as well as collections of short stories, and several plays, for both radio and theatre. Most recently she had been working on a film version of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Born in Harrow, north-west London, she was the second of five children of Bridie and Jim O'Connor, from Limerick and Cork respectively. In Harrow, Bridget grew up amid ceilidh bands and dancing lessons, and spent long, wild summers on Ireland's Banna Strand, the utopian beach referred to in The Flags. She attended Catholic schools before reading English at Lancaster University.
After several years' writing while working in a building-site canteen and then in a bookshop, Bridget won the 1991 Time Out short story prize.
Bridget O'Connor, who has died aged 49 of cancer, was the author of the prizewinning play The Flags, as well as collections of short stories, and several plays, for both radio and theatre. Most recently she had been working on a film version of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Born in Harrow, north-west London, she was the second of five children of Bridie and Jim O'Connor, from Limerick and Cork respectively. In Harrow, Bridget grew up amid ceilidh bands and dancing lessons, and spent long, wild summers on Ireland's Banna Strand, the utopian beach referred to in The Flags. She attended Catholic schools before reading English at Lancaster University.
After several years' writing while working in a building-site canteen and then in a bookshop, Bridget won the 1991 Time Out short story prize.
- 10/18/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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