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Gerard "Gerry" Stembridge (born 1958, County Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish writer, director and actor. 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. 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. 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.
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 and According to Luke (both Penguin Ireland).
See also
Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)
References
External links
Gerard Stembridge at IMDb
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- Daftar film Amerika tahun 2000
- Gerard Stembridge
- Stembridge
- Ordinary Decent Criminal
- About Adam
- Nora (2000 film)
- Alarm (2008 film)
- Dermot Morgan
- John Loder (actor)
- Mount Temple Comprehensive School
- List of American films of 2001
