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Anne-Marie Casey

Anne-Marie Casey is a screenwriter, novelist and playwright.

Current projects include her original TV series idea Wild Irish Girl, set in 1951 in Cong, Mayo, during the filming of ‘The Quiet Man’, for Fields Entertainment, LA, and her original feature film, The Two Shockers, for Screen Ireland and Blue Ink Productions about the extraordinary female writing partnership of Somerville & Ross.

Her first novel, An Englishwoman in New York, was bought and edited by Amy Einhorn for Putnam/Penguin in the US, and, along with her second novel, The Real Liddy James, was also published by Hodder in the UK. An Englishwoman in New York was a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year in the US, and a YOU magazine book club pick in the UK.

Her stage adaptations of LITTLE WOMEN and WUTHERING HEIGHTS enjoyed sell out runs at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. Her new version of LITTLE WOMEN, co-produced by the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the Watford Palace Theatre (Director Brigid Larmour) opened in August to October 2022. It then moved to HOME Theatre Manchester in December 2023.  A new production by the Lyric Theatre, Belfast (Director Emily Foran) opened on February 4th for a stunning, completely sold out one month run.

 

‘A sure-fire crowd pleaser’ **** Irish Times

‘A boldly traditional adaptation’ **** The Stage

‘Anne-Marie Casey’s script bounces along briskly, oscillating between quick fire quips and moments of poignancy’ **** The Arts Dispatch

‘Stylish, humourous and compassionate, this is a lovingly crafted adaptation of an American classic.’ **** The Telegraph.

‘Casey…bottles the story’s magic’ **** The Daily Mail

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2024 – LITTLE WOMEN – a new production by the Lyric Theatre, Belfast (Director Emily Foran) opened on February 4th for a stunning, completely sold out one month run.

2022/23 – LITTLE WOMEN, a new production by the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the Watford Palace Theatre (Director Brigid Larmour) opened August to October 2022 and then moved to HOME Theatre, Manchester in December 2023.

2023 – SOMERVILLE & ROSS, an original screenplay about an extraordinary female writing partnership in the 1900s. Developed with Screen Ireland, producer Ruth Carter of Blue Ink Films.

2023 – WILD IRISH GIRL, an original TV series about the filming of The Quiet Man. Producer Simon Fields, Fields Entertainment, LA.

2023 – THE MASTER, a film adaptation of the novel by Jolien Janzing for Screen Ireland.

2021 – THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT, adapted from the novel by William Trevor for Fields Entertainment, LA/Screen Ireland/Parallel Films.