Irene Coates
Irene Coates (née Gregory; 23 March 1925 - 18 June 2019) was an English playwright, poet, painter, feminist and environmentalist.[1] She is the author of 14 plays and four books, perhaps best known is her biography Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf?: A Case for the Sanity of Virginia Woolf.[2]
Biography[]
Irene Coates grew up in a bohemian family in London on the fringe of the Bloomsbury Group. In the 1940s she ran the . She wrote 14 plays between 1961–81, which were produced among others by the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed at the Edinburgh Festival.[citation needed] She migrated to Australia in 1982 and was Writer in Residence (drama) at Nepean in 1998. She was the sister-in-law and aunt respectively of the painters Ivon Hitchens and John Hitchens.[citation needed]
Works[]
Books[]
Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf?: A Case for the Sanity of Virginia Woolf ISBN 978-1-56947-222-4[3]
Plays[]
- The Wideawakes, Aldwych Theatre, 1965[4]
- The Space is Mine (100 minutes) [5]
- Self Service (40 minutes) [6]
Filmography[]
References[]
- ^ "Irene Coates". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Irene Coates". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf? – Brandl & Schlesinger".
- ^ "Theatre 1960 | Ariel Music". arielmusic.co.uk.
- ^ "This Space is Mine". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved Jul 14, 2019.
- ^ "SELF SERVICE". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved Jul 14, 2019.
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