Gerard Stembridge

Gerry Stembridge
Born	1958 County Limerick, Ireland
Occupation	Writer, director, novelist
Notable works	Scrap Saturday (1989-91), Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000), Nora (2000), Counting Down (2009)

Gerard "Gerry" Stembridge (b. 1958, County Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish writer, director and actor.^[1] He was educated at CBS Sexton Street in Limerick. While attending University College Dublin, he was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society.^[2] 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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^[3] and According to Luke^[4] (both Penguin Ireland).

See also

• Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)

References

1. Mick Heaney (5 February 2006). "Gerry Stembridge". The Times Online. London. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
2. "UCD L&H Auditors" (PDF). UCD L&H Website. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
3. Ian O'Doherty (4 January 2009). "Count on it, Gerry is back on form". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
4. Sile McArdle (26 November 2006). "Why every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2009.

External links

• Works by or about Gerard Stembridge in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Gerard Stembridge at the Internet Movie Database