Career
Leaving Ireland to pursue a writing career in London, his first two plays "Retreat" and "The Director" were produced by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1970. His next play, "Straight Up", received its premiere at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and subsequently transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in London in December 1971. lieutenant premiered in the United States at the Kansas City playhouse in 1973 with subsequent productions in Seattle, Newhaven, Washington District of Columbia and New York City.
Also translated into German by Jurgen and Astrid Fischer under the title "Im Schoss der Familie", "Straight Up" premiered in Germany at the Landestheater Darmstadt in 1972, and enjoyed considerable success over a 14-year period with major productions including Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Vienna.
Syd Cheatle is married with three children, and currently lives on Sherkin Island, in West Cork.
