Elaine Murphy (playwright)

{{short description|Irish playwright}}

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|name=Elaine Murphy

|occupation=Playwright

|nationality=Irish

|awards=Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award (2009)

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Elaine Murphy is an Irish playwright. Her play Little Gem, about three Irish women, won the Fishamble New Writing Award in 2008 and the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://fishamble.com/writing/fishamble-new-writing-award/|title=Fishamble New Writing Award}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.caroltambor.com/award/Past%20winners.htm |title=The Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114458/http://www.caroltambor.com/award/Past%20winners.htm |archive-date=25 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}Charles Isherwood, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/theater/reviews/08littlegem.html?scp=1&sq=Little%2520Gem%2520murphy&st=cse&_r=0 "3 Irish Women Bound by Blood and Behavior"], The New York Times, 8 January 2010. In 2008 Murphy won the Stewart Parker BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stewartparkertrust.com/awards.html|title=Awards|website=stewartparkertrust}} Her second play Shush premiered in June 2013 at the Abbey Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/elaine-murphy-following-up-a-gem-of-a-play-on-the-national-stage-1.1424767|title=Elaine Murphy: Following up a gem of a play on the national stage|first=Sara|last=Keating|website=The Irish Times}}