
Christopher Fitz-Simon
Christopher Fitz-Simon was born in Belfast and studied Modern Languages & Literature at Trinity College Dublin, where he chaired the Players and edited Icarus. After working in theatre and broadcasting in North America, he became a drama director with RTÉ Television and later Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre Belfast, the Irish Theatre Company, and the Abbey and Peacock theatres. A prolific playwright and dramatist, his radio work includes the long-running BBC series Ballylenon and other popular titles like Spangles’n’Tights and Faithful Departed. His plays and dramatizations have adapted works by Joyce, Wilde, Boucicault and others. His memoir Eleven Houses (2007). He holds a Doctorate in Literature from the University of Ulster.