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词条 Denise Deegan
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  1. Biography

  2. Work

  3. Bibliography

  4. References

      Citations    Sources  

  5. External links

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Denise Deegan (born 1952) is an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for her play, Daisy Pulls It Off.

Biography

Deegan was born in London, England, where she trained in stage management at East 15 Acting School.[1] Prior to writing Daisy Pulls It Off (1983), she worked as a freelance stage manager.[2] Daisy Pulls It Off is the play that kick-started her career.[3] Deegan is the resident writer for the prison, HMP Featherstone, where she teaches writing to inmates.[4]

Work

Deegan is best known for Daisy Pulls It Off (1983), a comedy that which spoofs "schoolgirl novels" of the type written by Angela Brazil.[5] The play was called a "pitch-perfect spoof" by The Guardian and it ran for three years in the West End theatre.[6] Her play, The Hiring Fair, is based on a true story of events that took place at the Portfield Fair.[7]

Playwright and critic, Michelene Wandor, identifies Deegan's plays as feminist in nature.[8]

Bibliography

  • The Project (1971).[1]
  • The One and Only Wonderous Legends Show (for EMMA Theatre Company).[1]
  • Daisy Pulls It Off (1983).
  • A Late Late Christmas Carol.[1]
  • The Midsummer Gathering
  • No Birds Sing
  • The Harvester's Feast
  • The Hiring Fair
  • Turn the Old Year Go
  • Tom Jones (adaptation)
  • Swallows & Amazons (co-adaptation)
  • Transports of Delight
  • Every Night Something Awful
  • Ideal Words

References

Citations

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/biographies/denisedeegan.htm|title=Denise Deegan|last=|first=|date=|website=Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch|publisher=|access-date=10 May 2016}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/Susan_Barnum/clipnumber/40706/|title=The Upper Crust Returns to the Stage|last=|first=|date=5 June 1983|work=Burlington Hawk Eye|access-date=11 May 2016|via=Newspaper Archive}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85248700.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911053008/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85248700.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=Last Night's First Night|last=Coveney|first=Michael|date=30 April 2002|work=Daily Mail (London)|subscription=yes|access-date=11 May 2016|via=HighBeam Research}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3727551.stm|title=Life as a Writer Behind Bars|last=|first=|date=21 May 2004|work=BBC News|access-date=10 May 2016|via=}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/daisy-pulls-it-off-1200549761/|title=Review: 'Daisy Pulls It Off'|last=Wolf|first=Matt|date=10 May 2012|work=Variety|access-date=11 May 2016|via=}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jan/24/daisy-pulls-it-off-review|title=Daisy Pulls It Off|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=24 January 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 May 2016|via=}}
7. ^{{Cite book|title=Welsh Traditions and Traits|last=Stephens|first=Chris S.|publisher=Gomer Press|year=2007|isbn=9781843237679|location=|pages=15}}
8. ^{{Cite journal|last=Lamont|first=Rosette C.|title=Carry On, Understudies: Theatre and Sexual Politics by Michelene Wandor (review)|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/modern_drama/v031/31.1.lamont.html|journal=Modern Drama|volume=31|issue=1|pages=135–137|doi=10.1353/mdr.1988.0047|issn=1712-5286|subscription=yes|via=Project MUSE}}

Sources

  • {{Cite news | author=Robert Gore-Langton | title=Hurrah! Daisy Blooms Again | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/04/25/btrgl25.xml | work=The Telegraph | date=25 April 2002 | accessdate=2009-02-03}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxEqy9tylIg Preview of a performance of Daisy Pulls It Off] (video)
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