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Billy Roche (born 11 January 1949) is an Irish playwright and actor. He was born and still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, he turned to writing in the 1980s. He has written a number of plays, including The Wexford Trilogy. He has also written the screenplay of Trojan Eddie and ...
Billy Roche was born on 11 January 1949 in Wexford, Ireland. He is a writer and actor, known for The Eclipse (2009), Trojan Eddie (1996) and Clean Break (2015). Menu
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Dec 17, 2001 · Irishman Billy Roche is best known as a playwright, having risen to prominence in Britain with The Wexford Trilogy – comprising A Handful of Stars (1988), Poor Beast in the Rain (1989) and Belfry (1990). Collectively, the trilogy won ten major awards including various Best Play honours from the John Whiting, George Devine, London Fringe and Time Out Awards.
About Billy Roche. Born in Wexford, Billy worked as an actor and a singer before turning to writing in the 1980s. His acclaimed Wexford trilogy comprising “A Handful of Stars” (1988), “Poor Beast in the Rain” (1989) and “Belfry” (1990) won him numerous awards in both Ireland and Britain. His prose works include the novel “Tumbling ...
But for Billy Roche and the cast, the new cast, of A Handful of Stars, the focus is entirely on the present, or at least the near future. ... Chief among them is Gary Lydon, the Wexford actor who ...
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Billy Roche. 1949 -. Born in Wexford, Roche worked as an actor and a singer before turning to writing in the 1980s. His acclaimed Wexford trilogy comprising A Handful of Stars (1988), Poor Beast in the Rain (1989) and Belfry (1990) won him numerous awards in both Ireland and Britian. His prose works include the novel Tumbling Down (1986) and ...
Jan 11, 2023 · Billy Roche, Irish playwright and actor, is born in Wexford, County Wexford, on January 11, 1949. He still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, Roche turns to writing in the 1980s. He has written a number of plays, including The Wexford Trilogy. He….
