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Wilson John Haire Biography (1932-)

Born April 6, 1932, in Belfast, Northern Ireland; son of Wilson (a carpenter)and Annie (Boyce) Haire; married Rita Lenson, 1955 (divorced); married Sheila Baron, 1974 (divorced); married Karen Elizabeth Mendelsohn (divorced); married Gloria Condino DeLuna (a cook), January 6, 1988; children: Lilah, Sean, Morris, Liam, Patrick. Addresses: HOME--61 Lulot Gardens, Highgate, London N19 5TS, England.

Wilson John Haire told CTFT that he is currently working on three one-act plays and a "hefty novel." After completing these, he will begin work on "a longepic poem--something I have been thinking about for ten years."

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Male

Birth Details

April 6, 1932

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Famous Works

• Writings;STAGE
• STAGE DEBUT--Bloomsday, Unity Theatre, London, 1962.
• The Clockin Hen, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1968.
• The Diamond Bone and Hammer and Along the Shoughs of Ulster, both Hampstead Theatre Club, 1969.
• Within Two Shadows, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1972, then Cork Opera House, Cork, Ireland, 1973, published by Scripts, 1972, then Davis-Poynter, 1973.
• Bloom of the Diamond Stone, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1973, published by Pluto Plays, 1979.
• Echoes from a Concrete Canyon, Royal Court Theatre, 1975.
• "Newsflash," "Wedding Breakfast," and "Roost," all as Lost Worlds, National Theatre, London, 1978, published by Heinemann, 1979.
• Also The Latchicoes of Fort Camden.
• Writings;TELEVISION PLAYS
• Letter from a Soldier, BBC, 1975.
• The Dandelion Clock, BBC, 1975.
• Also The Pact, 1976.
• Writings;SHORT STORIES
• The Tick-Man, The Screening, and The Beg, all published by the Irish Democrat, London, 1962-63.