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Leonard was born John Keyes Byrne in Dublin, to an unmarried woman named Annie Byrne. He was adopted as a baby by a gardener and his wife, Nicholas and Margaret Keyes and raised in Dalkey. He won a scholarship to grammar school and then worked in a film rental office and the Irish Land Commission. He was involved in amateur dramatics, including writing plays.  
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Leonard was born John Keyes Byrne in Dublin, to an unmarried woman named Annie Byrne. He was [[adopted]] as a baby by a gardener and his wife, Nicholas and Margaret Keyes and raised in Dalkey. He won a scholarship to grammar school and then worked in a film rental office and the Irish Land Commission. He was involved in amateur dramatics, including writing plays.  
  
 
He sent one play to the Abbey Theatre in Dublin which was rejected, but his second attempt, under the pen name Hugh Leonard, in 1956, was successful. In the 1960s he moved to London, but returned to live in [[Ireland]] in 1970 after a change in the tax laws. He is the most commercially successful playwright in modern [[Ireland]]. His many plays include Stephen D, Patrick Pearse Motel, Da, and Widow's Peak. He writes mostly for the stage, but has also written and adapted books for television.
 
He sent one play to the Abbey Theatre in Dublin which was rejected, but his second attempt, under the pen name Hugh Leonard, in 1956, was successful. In the 1960s he moved to London, but returned to live in [[Ireland]] in 1970 after a change in the tax laws. He is the most commercially successful playwright in modern [[Ireland]]. His many plays include Stephen D, Patrick Pearse Motel, Da, and Widow's Peak. He writes mostly for the stage, but has also written and adapted books for television.
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==References==
 
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Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)
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Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and [[Adopted]] People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)
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Chase, Jefferson. "Hugh Leonard: Everything but the Kitsch," Whisky Magazine, issue 24. Available at: [http://www.whisky-world.com/magazine/index.php?story=143]
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Chase, Jefferson. "Hugh Leonard: Everything but the Kitsch," Whisky Magazine, issue 24. Available at: www.whisky-world.com/magazine/index.php?story=143
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco). "Hugh Leonard." Available at: [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/index.htm]
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco). "Hugh Leonard." Available at: www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/index.htm
 
Leonard, Hugh. Home before Night. (London: André Deutsch, 1979)
 
Leonard, Hugh. Home before Night. (London: André Deutsch, 1979)
 
Leonard, Hugh. Out after Dark. (London: André Deutsch, 1989)
 
Leonard, Hugh. Out after Dark. (London: André Deutsch, 1989)

Latest revision as of 17:51, 28 February 2018

circa 2004
Source: Wikipedia.org.

Biography

1926-2009

Writer

Leonard was born John Keyes Byrne in Dublin, to an unmarried woman named Annie Byrne. He was adopted as a baby by a gardener and his wife, Nicholas and Margaret Keyes and raised in Dalkey. He won a scholarship to grammar school and then worked in a film rental office and the Irish Land Commission. He was involved in amateur dramatics, including writing plays.

He sent one play to the Abbey Theatre in Dublin which was rejected, but his second attempt, under the pen name Hugh Leonard, in 1956, was successful. In the 1960s he moved to London, but returned to live in Ireland in 1970 after a change in the tax laws. He is the most commercially successful playwright in modern Ireland. His many plays include Stephen D, Patrick Pearse Motel, Da, and Widow's Peak. He writes mostly for the stage, but has also written and adapted books for television.

References

Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) Chase, Jefferson. "Hugh Leonard: Everything but the Kitsch," Whisky Magazine, issue 24. Available at: www.whisky-world.com/magazine/index.php?story=143 Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco). "Hugh Leonard." Available at: www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/index.htm Leonard, Hugh. Home before Night. (London: André Deutsch, 1979) Leonard, Hugh. Out after Dark. (London: André Deutsch, 1989)