Aodhán Madden


Aodhán Madden was an Irish playwright, screenwriter, poet and short story writer.

Life

Aodhán Madden was born in Dublin in 1947. He initially worked as a journalist and critic with the Irish Press. He then began writing full-time for stage, radio and screen. His plays were staged at the Abbey Theatre and the Peacock Theatre and broadcast on RTÉ and the BBC. Madden also wrote the acclaimed film Night Train, which starred John Hurt and Brenda Blethyn. He taught in the Media Department in Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education in Coolock in his later life for several years.
He died in 2015.

Works

Stage plays

The Midnight Door The Dosshouse Waltz Sensations Private Death of a Queen Sea Urchins Remember Mauritania Josephine in the Night Candlemas Night.

Radio plays

Remember Mauritania
  • ''Obituaries''

Screenplay

  • ''Night Train''

Short stories

  • ''Mad Angels of Paxenau Street''

Poetry

  • ''Demons''

Memoir

Fear and Loathing in Dublin. Dublin: Liberties Press.

Awards