Michael Harding
Michael Harding is a playwright and novelist. Most widely known as the author of such plays as Strawboys, Una Pooka, Misogynist, Hubert Murray’s Widow, Sour Grapes, and Amazing Grace, all produced by the Abbey Theatre, and more than a dozen other plays for leading Irish Companies. He has written three novels, Priest, The Trouble With Sarah Gullion, and Bird In The Snow. His memoir Staring At Lakes was published in 2013. He is a member of Aosdana.
Grow old, know less, say nothing and hear more
- People
- June 18, 2013, 01:00
When meeting old friends, there are times when things are best left unsaid
Married golfer pays the price for straying from the fairway
- People
- June 11, 2013, 01:00
There’s a good way and a bad way to deal with the frustration of a flattened marriage
The fear of illness haunts me after dark
- People
- June 4, 2013, 06:00
My fears keep me awake at night, but I’ve learned that patience is the key to keeping them in check
I wrote a sweet little affirmative note, as people do on Facebook
- People
- May 28, 2013, 01:00
I wanted to say, ‘Maybe you should just leave him.’ But I didn’t dare commit that idea to the cyberarchive of the universe
The only thing I have to say about sexual morality is this . . .
- People
- May 21, 2013, 02:00
. . . I wish that love could take away our hearts of stone and give us hearts of flesh
I made a mental note to give up alcohol. Again
- People
- May 14, 2013, 02:00
An actor from the US told me to go wild, so I found myself at an Athlone drama festival
Penetrated by the wounds of a woman’s heart at Cúirt
- People
- May 7, 2013, 07:00
Behind the scenes and in the audience at Cúirt
Searching for my soul among my abandoned saplings
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- April 30, 2013, 07:00
Getting back to nature in search of my better nature
Sometimes I use the word ‘erotic’ randomly
- People
- April 23, 2013, 07:00
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