Paul Mercier Author & Editor

Ken Bourke is an Irish playwright whose plays include Wild Harvest (1989) produced by Druid, The Tide Can Wait (1990) produced by Tinderbox, The Well (1993), Fixing Bill Haley (1995), The Narrow Ground (1993), The Beloved (1995), The House in Gortnashee (1999), The Mourning Ring, The Comer Story (1997), Strangers (1997), Breathing Space (1998), The Ballad of Rory Roe (2000) and The Hunt for Red Willie, first performed at the Peacock Theatre, in 2000. Paul Mercier is Artistic Director of Passionatee Machine Theatre Company for which he has written and directed ten plays - Drowning, Wasters, Studs, Spacers, Home, Pilgrims, Buddleia, Kitchensink, Native City and We Ourselves. He wrote and directed two short films Before I Sleep and Lipservice. Down the Line was commissioned by the Irish National Theatre (Abbey and Peacock Theatres) and published by Methuen Drama in 2000.