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Revision as of 15:25, 23 December 2023
Mial Pagan (born 28 May 1956, Belfast) is a British author and playwright.[1]
Early life
Michael Gerard Pagan attended St. MacNissi's College, Garron Tower, graduating in 1974. He came to England and studied for a degree in drama, English Literature and French at Manchester University, graduating in 1980, appearing in a number of productions. After university, he moved to London where he appeared in a number of productions. He appeared in Eugène Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros' at the Croydon Warehouse Theatre. He was a member of the Company of Ten theatrical group and appeared with them in 'Translations' by Brian Friel, 'A Streetcar Named Desire', and 'God Only Knows' by Hugh Whitemore.[1] He worked as a Drama Therapist in hospitals and day centres around London.
Early career
He changed career in 1988 to start working in I.T. for KPOS Computer Systems in Brentford. From 1990 he worked in I.T. management for various companies; over three years at Zenith Media and over five years at Carat UK. He worked for advertising agencies writing articles for business magazines. In 1997 he studied for an MBA in Management and Technology at the Open University. In 2002 he set up The Pagan Consultancy. He wrote business books in the 'Teach Yourself' series for Hodder Education.
Author
His plays have been produced at the Abbey Theatre, St Albans:[1] 'Other People's Lives' (2010),[2] 'Dancehall Sweethearts’ (2017),[3] and 'National Trust' (2021).[4]
He wrote the screenplay for the film 'Paradise Place' (2013), a comedy about a soldier returning from duty in Afghanistan who finds that the street where he lived no longer exists.
His play 'The Old Fighting Cocks' was recorded by The Company of Ten in association with Radio Verulam in 2018. It tells the story of local soldiers joining up to fight in the First World War.[5]
His novel 'The Agency', formerly called 'Eat More Bloody Meat Y'Bastards!', is a satire based on his experience of office life in the advertising industry.
He also writes under the pen name 'Michael McDonnell', a series of the Dermot O'Hara Mysteries, detective stories set in Kenmare, County Kerry.
Since 2008 he has worked as a freelance writer at the publisher Hodder and Stoughton.
Personal life
In 1987 he married the author and human rights campaigner Siobhan Dowd (1960-2007) in Lambeth; they separated in the early 1990s.[6] In 1996 he married Alison McNaught (b 1961, Wirral) at Aylesbury Vale. He has lived in St Albans, Hertfordshire since 1997.
Publications
As Mial Pagan
- Manage Your IT for Profit (Teach Yourself) (2010)
- Other People's Lives (2012)
- Eat More Bloody Meat Y'Bastards! (2014) later renamed The Agency
- Short Cuts: Three short stories (2015)
- The Old Fighting Cocks (2016)
- Dancehall Sweethearts (2018)
- National Trust (2022)
As Michael McDonnell
The Dermot O'Hara Mysteries
- Thicker Than Water (2012)
- Banshee (2013)
- The Loneliest Man In The World (2016)
External links
References
- ^ a b c "Mial Pagan". Doollee.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Festival of New Playwriting". Abbey Theatre. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011.
- ^ Lacey-Davidson, Mattie (20 July 2017). "New play Dancehall Sweethearts by Mial Pagan inspired by memories of The Troubles in Northern Ireland at The Abbey Theatre in Holywell Hill in St Albans". St Albans & Harpenden Review.
- ^ "National Trust". Abbey Theatre. 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Pagan, Mial (14 April 2018). "The Old Fighting Cocks". Abbey Theatre. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Fryer, Jonathan (24 August 2007). "Obituary Siobhan Dowd". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2023.