Peter Sheridan

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Born in Dublin, Peter Sheridan is a writer, Theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and Film director. He was one of the founder members of Project Arts Centre. He has worked with Charabanc Theatre Company and the Royal Court Theatre where he directed his own plays,The Liberty Suit and Emigrants.
Peter directed The Balcony Belles, an award-winning documentary for Temple Films and  wrote and directed The Breakfast, a short film which won the Prix Arte Europe Award at the Brest International Film Festival. He wrote and directed the acclaimed Feature Film  Borstal Boy, based on Brendan Behan’s memoir.

He is author of 44 – A Dublin Memoir (PanMacmillan)  and Forty-Seven Roses (PanMacmillan). His third volume of memoirs, Break a Leg, was published and adapted for the stage.