Anthony Murphy was born in Dublin in 1944. He has
had, in effect, two writing careers. He spent the greater part
of his working life writing about people.
From 1968 to 2001 he was a youth worker, a community worker, a social
worker
in Child Protection, a mental health social worker. Looking back,
having retired
in 2001, he sometimes tries to calculate how many social
histories he has
written. How many justifications as to why he should
sign an application sectioning someone into psychiatric hospital for
up to six months and longer. Court
reports, Tribunal Reports. An already
established canon of work
which must remain forever unseen.
Creative Writing courses at Morley College (where one of
his pieces was
accepted for the annual Writers Magazine), Kensington and
Chelsea, Goldsmiths (studying Autobiography into Fiction), and CityLit
followed.
At CityLit he created, devised and co-wrote a Theatre-in-Education piece:
‘Jerry Springer Goes to Verona’ which toured a number of secondary schools
in London and Lincolnshire as part of the GCSE English Lit. Programme. The
play explores the warring Montagues and Capulets through the use of
scenes from the play viewed as if in a TV studio by an audience of Montagues
and Capulets (the pupils). Then, as per Jerry Springer, inviting the audience
members to share/debate just who is responsible for all these deaths (“More
dead bodies than a Tarentino movie”!).
In 2004, Anthony joined, as he puts it "this wonderful group of actors, writers, directors and enthusiasts". He was AWL Secretary from 2006-2008, then Chairman & Competition Co-ordinator from 2008-09.
Credits
AWL
Writing Credits
Writing
Jerry Springer goes to Verona
Original idea and co-writer
CityLit November/December 2004
A TIE project exploring the relationships
and responsibilities arising
from
the events in Romeo and Juliet.
Presented and performed
with students preparing for GCSE in English Literature.
Further details on request.
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