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Ivy Bannister
Life
1951- ; b. 11 July, New York; B.A. Smith College; PhD.TCD; lives in Dublin;
RTÉ Radio plays; rehearsed readings at Peacock and Project theatres;
winner of O.Z. Whitehead, Listowel and the P. J. OConnor awards;
The Wilde Circus Show (1990) play on the early life of Oscar Wilde's
family using metaphor of circus acts; The Rebel Countess uses two
actresses in the title-role of Countess Markievicz; winner of short fiction
awards from Hennessy, IT/Mills & Boon, Image/Maxwell
House; also the Francis MacManus Prize; Magician and Other Stories
(1996), a first collection, contains childrens stories. DIL
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Works
Plays, The Wilde Circus Show, Journal of Irish Literature,
19 (Sept. 1990); The Rebel Countess [unpublished]. Children’s
Fiction, Magician and Other Stories (Dublin: Poolbeg 1996),
157pp.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)
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