Background
Peter Sheridan was born on 1952 in Dublin, Ireland. He is the son of Peter and Anna Sheridan. He had six siblings, including Jim and Frankie Sheridan.
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Emigrants
https://www.amazon.com/Emigrants-Irish-plays-Peter-Sheridan/dp/0905441184/?tag=2022091-20
1979
Forty Four
(Snow is falling all over Dublin. It is half an hour to th...)
Snow is falling all over Dublin. It is half an hour to the start of the New Year. On the rooftop of 44 Seville Place, a 10-year-old boy clings to a television aerial. His father urges him to turn the aerial towards England. The boy reaches up and in that moment, pictures from a foreign place beam into their home and change their lives forever. Thus begins this astonishing portrait of a Dublin family as they chart their way through the turbulent waters of the 1960s. We exult in their triumphs and cry at their disasters, but at no time is laughter far from the surface. As Peter Sheridan follows his journey from boy to man, he reveals the confused adolescent in us all and shows us an individual and a society on the cusp of profound change.
https://www.amazon.com/Forty-Four-Dublin-Peter-Sheridan/dp/0330375113/?tag=2022091-20
1999
Old Money, New Money
(The city is Dublin, the year is 1972. Redser and Pancho a...)
The city is Dublin, the year is 1972. Redser and Pancho are two teenagers from the North Wall. Redser is top of the class, especially good at math. Pancho's knack is finding money, not adding or subtracting it. Redser's parents run the local credit union. Pancho's dad runs riot in the city pubs on pay day. The boys' worlds could not be further apart. Yet they are the best of friends. One day, on his regular paper round, Redser stumbles upon the aftermath of a crime. Two elderly sisters, 'the East Wall witches', have been burgled. But the robbers haven't taken all the money. Redser and Pancho are about to face the biggest challenge of their lives.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193484814X/?tag=2022091-20
2000
Forty-Seven Roses
(With his trademark wit and honesty, Peter Sheridan has wr...)
With his trademark wit and honesty, Peter Sheridan has written an enthralling account of his parents' relationship, from their first encounter over a poker game in a Dundalk canteen to their final, happy days together in retirement. But all was not as straightforward as it appeared for when Peter's father died suddenly, it became painfully evident that an awkward situation needed to be resolved. Since the 1940s, Peter's father had maintained a relationship with another woman, Doris. Their correspondence spanned five decades and Doris had long harboured the secret hope that Peter's father would one day be hers. Someone would have to tell her about the death of her old friend... At turns humorous and heartbreaking, Forty-Seven Roses is the unforgettable tale of a love that can transcend even overpowering odds. It's the account of a marriage dogged by a shadowy third partner, of fierce family pride and of how sometimes the pain of grief can re-ignite the vital spark of love.
https://www.amazon.com/Forty-seven-Roses-Peter-Sheridan-ebook/dp/B01B867MQE/?tag=2022091-20
2002
Big Fat Love
(Philo is the last person you'd expect to see in a convent...)
Philo is the last person you'd expect to see in a convent. Her mouth always gets her into trouble - whether it's profanities coming out or food going in. But when she appears on the nuns' doorstep fleeing from an abusive husband, they let her into their lives, and she ultimately becomes their saving grace.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405020954/?tag=2022091-20
2003
Every Inch of Her
(The sisters at the Good Shepherd Convent in Dublin’s Nort...)
The sisters at the Good Shepherd Convent in Dublin’s North Wall don’t quite know what to make of their newest refugee. Philo announces herself at their door one Sunday evening with the words, "God pointed me here." A large presence, weighing 240 pounds and bearing tattoos on her arm, Philo smokes, swears and loves to eat. She is also a mother of five and in flight from her abusive husband, Tommo. In no time at all, Philo has made herself indispensable. At the Senior Daycare Center, she gets the old folks talking to one another, singing old favorites, and playing bingo again. And with all the love she’s got to give, it’s only natural that Cap and Dina - two people at the Center long separated by a bitter feud - come together again. By turns comical and tender, Peter Sheridan’s novel is a beautifully written portrait of an unforgettable woman who touches every life she meets through the sheer force of being herself.
https://www.amazon.com/Every-Inch-Her-Peter-Sheridan-ebook/dp/B001RIO31G/?tag=2022091-20
2004
Break A Leg: A Memoir
(Break a Leg is not just about Sheridan's life, but also a...)
Break a Leg is not just about Sheridan's life, but also about the wider culture and politics of Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s. The theater, seen through Sheridan's eyes, can do much more than entertain - it can itself be a vehicle of social change. Honestly confronting his emerging problems with panic attacks and alcohol, and blending social history with memoir, Peter Sheridan's story is written in gutsy fresh prose that captures the reader's attention from the first page.
https://www.amazon.com/Break-Leg-Memoir-Peter-Sheridan/dp/1848401949/?tag=2022091-20
2012
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Education
There is no information, where Peter Sheridan received his education.
Career
In 1980 Peter Sheridan was writer-in-residence in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. He has worked with Charabanc Theatre Company and the Royal Court Theatre, where he directed his own plays, The Liberty Suit and Emigrants.
Peter directed The Balcony Belles, an award-winning documentary for Temple Films and wrote and directed The Breakfast, a short film which won the Prix Arte Europe Award at the Brest International Film Festival. He wrote and directed the acclaimed Feature Film Borstal Boy, based on Brendan Behan’s memoir.
He is author of 44, and Forty-Seven Roses. His third volume of memoirs, Break a Leg, was published and adapted for the stage.
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Forty-Seven Roses
(With his trademark wit and honesty, Peter Sheridan has wr...)
2002 -
Break A Leg: A Memoir
(Break a Leg is not just about Sheridan's life, but also a...)
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Every Inch of Her
(The sisters at the Good Shepherd Convent in Dublin’s Nort...)
2004 -
Big Fat Love
(Philo is the last person you'd expect to see in a convent...)
2003 -
Old Money, New Money
(The city is Dublin, the year is 1972. Redser and Pancho a...)
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Forty Four
(Snow is falling all over Dublin. It is half an hour to th...)
1999 - Emigrants 1979
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Forty-Seven Roses
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