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{{short description|Irish playwright from Navan|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Stuart Carolan''' ([[Irish Language|Irish:]] ''Stuart Ó Cearbhalláin'') is an Irish [[playwright]] from [[Navan]] who is based in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=7039 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127043317/http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=7039 |archive-date=2007-11-27 |df= }}</ref> Born in Royal Leamington Spa, England He served as a Writer-in-Association in Dublin's [[Abbey Theatre]] in 2007.<ref>http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/tft/news/194/</ref>
'''Stuart Carolan''' ([[Irish Language|Irish:]] ''Stuart Ó Cearbhalláin'') is an Irish [[screenwriter]], [[Television producer|producer]], and [[playwright]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=7039 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127043317/http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=7039 |archive-date=2007-11-27 |df= }}</ref>


He is best known for creating, executive producing, and writing the crime drama [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]].
Carolan first came to public attention with his radio show on [[Today FM]], where his character "Navan Man" became famous. In 2007, his work ''Defender of the Faith'' played [[Off Broadway]], at the [[Irish Repertory Theatre]].<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-03-13/theater/secret-sharer/</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/theater/reviews/10defe.html | work=The New York Times | first=Neil | last=Genzlinger | title=Terrorists Down on the Farm | date=10 March 2007}}</ref> The play moved to [[Glasgow]], Scotland in 2009.In October 2014 Decadent Theatre Company (based in Galway, Ireland) did a national tour of the Republic of Ireland which lasted until the end of November of the same year. The director was Andrew Flynn,and the cast included Michael Ford Fitzgerald (leap year), [[Lalor Roddy]] (Hunger), Peter Gowan (love/hate), Anthony Brophy (The Tudors), Diarmuid de Faoite (corp agus anam) and David Martin (eamon).


==Television==
Carolan studied History in Trinity College Dublin.<ref>http://www.pagesonline.ie/issue/2012/Trinity_Today_2012indd/index.html#/34/</ref>
Carolan created, [[Television producer|executive produced]], and [[Screenwriting|wrote]] the crime drama [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]]. The series ran from 2010<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0712/rte.html|title=New Irish TV dramas coming to RTÉ|date=12 July 2010|accessdate=13 July 2010|work=RTÉ Ten|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> to 2015 on [[RTÉ One]] and depicted the world of Dublin’s gangs and their families. Carolan wrote all 28 episodes of Love/Hate during its entire run, and won the [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] for Best Television Screenplay for five consecutive years.<ref>https://ifta.ie/awards/nominees_2015/scriptdrama.html</ref> The series went on to set Irish television records and became the most-watched Irish drama in history.<ref>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/love-hate-is-returning-to-rté-on-friday-nights-why-did-we-love-it-so-much-1.4270778</ref>


In 2018 Carolan [[Television producer|executive produced]] and co-wrote Taken Down<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8649378/</ref> for [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]], [[Fremantle (company)|Freemantle]], and [[Arte]], a crime series that explored the modern refugee crisis.
He is also well known as the creator of the cult TV series ''[[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]]'', a crime drama series broadcast on [[RTÉ Television]] that premiered in 2010 on [[RTÉ One]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0712/rte.html|title=New Irish TV dramas coming to RTÉ|date=12 July 2010|accessdate=13 July 2010|work=RTÉ Ten|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> depicting fictional characters in Dublin's [[criminal underworld]]. He also wrote many of the series' episodes. In 2012, Carolan won the IFTA Award for "Best Writer: Television Drama" for the series he created. In 2013, he went on to win the IFTA Award for "Best Script Drama" for the same series.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1472115/awards IMDb.com Stuart Carolan awards]</ref>


In 2020 Carolan was [[Showrunner|showrunner]] and executive producer of the television series The Alienist: Angel of Darkness<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8856008/</ref> for [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], [[Paramount Television Studios|Paramount Television]], and [[Anonymous Content]]. The series follows up the 2018 [[Limited series (television)|limited series]] [[The Alienist (TV series)|The Alienist]].
Carolan has three children: Tom, Kitty and Daniel.


==Works==
==Theater==
His 2004 play Defender of the Faith<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-03-13/theater/secret-sharer/</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/theater/reviews/10defe.html | work=The New York Times | first=Neil | last=Genzlinger | title=Terrorists Down on the Farm | date=10 March 2007}}</ref> was produced at the [[Abbey Theatre]] and won the [[George Devine Award|George Devine award]] for Best New Play in the UK & Ireland.<ref>https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/news-carolan-wins-george-devine-award-2005</ref>
*2004: ''Defender of the Faith''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VJbcQOHgab0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Stuart+Carolan&source=bl&ots=r3MK9YcO9l&sig=qkcTPxPmQFOBIDDIENMcR_xYk10&hl=en&ei=-UyeS-KQI4P58Aa_1cy7Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCQQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false], [[Abbey Theatre]], Dublin, (Nick Hern Books, 2004, {{ISBN|978-1-85459-816-5}})


His subsequent play The Empress of India was a commission from the [[Druid Theatre Company]] and directed by [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play|Tony award]] winner Gary Hines.
''CurtainUp'' reviewer Elyse Sommer said about ''Defender of the Faith'':
<blockquote>Stuart Carolan's ''Defender of the Faith'' has all the earmarks of a first play by a playwright with a promising future. Carolan's characters breathe fire. His story, like his characters and their relationships, transcends the play's period (the 1980s when the "Troubles" were at their zenith in Northern Ireland). But the plot sputters to a somewhat clunky ending. Still, there's enough emotional steam and dramatic tension to support its being tagged as a thriller and to send the viewer out of the theater imbued with the satisfying sense of having discovered a worthy new voice.<ref>http://www.curtainup.com/defenderofthefaith.html</ref></blockquote>


In 2007 Carolan served as Writer-in-Association at [[Dublin]]'s [[Abbey Theatre]]<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/188900930/Anglo-Annual-Report-2007</ref>
*2006: ''Empress of India'', Galway: Town Hall Theatre, Ireland,<ref>http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsC/carolan-stuart.html</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==


===Writer===
===Writer===
*2008: ''Little White Lie'' (TV film)
*2008: ''Little White Lie''
*2008: ''Raw (TV series - 1 episode)
*2008: ''Raw'' (1 Episode)
*2010-2013: ''[[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]]'' -- Creator of the series
*2010-2015: ''[[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]]''
*2018: ''Taken Down'' (co-written by)
**Season 1 (2010) -- 4 episodes
*2020: ''The Alienist: Angel of Darkness''
**Season 2 (2011) -- 3 episodes
**Season 4 (2013) -- 2 episodes


===Producer===
===Producer===
*2003: ''The Dunphy Show'' (TV series)
*2003: ''The Dunphy Show''
*2010-2015: ''[[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]]''
*2018: ''Taken Down''
*2020: ''The Alienist: Angel of Darkness''


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2005 [[George Devine Award]]
* 2005 [[George Devine Award]]
* 2009: IFTA Award nomination, "Best Script for Television" for ''Little White Lie''
* 2009: [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] nomination, "Best Script for Television" for ''Little White Lie''
* 2012: IFTA Award Won, "Best Writer: Television Drama" for Love/Hate
* 2011: [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] Won, "Best Writer: Television Drama" for [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]] series 1
* 2013: IFTA Award Won, "Best Script Drama" for Love/Hate
* 2012: [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] Won, "Best Writer: Television Drama" for [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]] series 2
* 2013: [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] Won, "Best Script Drama" for [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]] series 3
* 2014: [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] Won, "Best Script Drama" for [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]] series 4
* 2015: [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA award]] Won, "Best Script Drama" for [[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]] series 5


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:24, 16 July 2020

Stuart Carolan (Irish: Stuart Ó Cearbhalláin) is an Irish screenwriter, producer, and playwright.[1]

He is best known for creating, executive producing, and writing the crime drama Love/Hate.

Television

Carolan created, executive produced, and wrote the crime drama Love/Hate. The series ran from 2010[2] to 2015 on RTÉ One and depicted the world of Dublin’s gangs and their families. Carolan wrote all 28 episodes of Love/Hate during its entire run, and won the IFTA award for Best Television Screenplay for five consecutive years.[3] The series went on to set Irish television records and became the most-watched Irish drama in history.[4]

In 2018 Carolan executive produced and co-wrote Taken Down[5] for RTÉ, Freemantle, and Arte, a crime series that explored the modern refugee crisis.

In 2020 Carolan was showrunner and executive producer of the television series The Alienist: Angel of Darkness[6] for TNT, Paramount Television, and Anonymous Content. The series follows up the 2018 limited series The Alienist.

Theater

His 2004 play Defender of the Faith[7][8] was produced at the Abbey Theatre and won the George Devine award for Best New Play in the UK & Ireland.[9]

His subsequent play The Empress of India was a commission from the Druid Theatre Company and directed by Tony award winner Gary Hines.

In 2007 Carolan served as Writer-in-Association at Dublin's Abbey Theatre[10]

Filmography

Writer

  • 2008: Little White Lie
  • 2008: Raw (1 Episode)
  • 2010-2015: Love/Hate
  • 2018: Taken Down (co-written by)
  • 2020: The Alienist: Angel of Darkness

Producer

  • 2003: The Dunphy Show
  • 2010-2015: Love/Hate
  • 2018: Taken Down
  • 2020: The Alienist: Angel of Darkness

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2010-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "New Irish TV dramas coming to RTÉ". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  3. ^ https://ifta.ie/awards/nominees_2015/scriptdrama.html
  4. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/love-hate-is-returning-to-rté-on-friday-nights-why-did-we-love-it-so-much-1.4270778
  5. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8649378/
  6. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8856008/
  7. ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-03-13/theater/secret-sharer/
  8. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (10 March 2007). "Terrorists Down on the Farm". The New York Times.
  9. ^ https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/news-carolan-wins-george-devine-award-2005
  10. ^ https://www.scribd.com/document/188900930/Anglo-Annual-Report-2007
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