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At Swim-Two-Birds was accepted for publication by Longman's on the recommendation of Graham Greene, who was a reader for them at the time. [18] It was published under the pseudonym of Flann O'Brien, a name O'Nolan had already used to write hoax letters to the Irish Times . [ 19 ]
Flann O'Brien is a very great man." Burgess included At Swim-Two-Birds on his list of Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939. At Swim-Two-Birds has had a troubled publication history in the USA. Southern Illinois University Press has set up a Flann O'Brien Center and begun publishing all of O'Brien's works. Consequently, academic ...
In 1939, Sheridan married Monica Treanor, a chef.Like Monica, Sheridan became a broadcaster, working on the show Information Please for Radio Éireann. [13] As his employer, now Raidió Teilifís Éireann, expanded into television, Sheridan contributed such works as a teleplay titled "A Dog's Life" and several productions about O'Nolan/O'Brien.
At Swim, Two Boys (2001) is a novel by Irish writer Jamie O'Neill. The title is a punning allusion to Flann O'Brien 's At Swim-Two-Birds . The book is written in a stream-of-consciousness style , which has led to favourable comparisons to James Joyce .
He released multiple recordings, including two LPs — 1969 Till God Knows When, and Quigley's Point. The latter recorded as 'At Swim Two Birds', the name taken from the book of the same name by the Irish novelist, Flann O'Brien. Quigley died suddenly on 18 August 2020. An obituary was published two weeks later in the Guardian. [2] [3]
Two Birds, a 2008 Icelandic film; Two Birds with the Wings of One, 2006 ballet by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux; At Swim-Two-Birds, a 1939 novel by Brian O'Nolan; One Stone and Two Birds, a 2005 Taiwanese film; Two Birds, a 2017 album by Trixie Mattel "Two Birds", a song from the 2009 album Far by Regina Spektor.
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He took up performance in the early 1990s, training with the Gaiety School of Acting. [4] In 1998, he debuted with the Abbey Theatre. [5]Among his stage theatre credits were Henry IV, Part 1, Beauty in a Broken Place, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Barbaric Comedies (those four for the Abbey), The Spanish Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, The Shadow of a Gunman, Conor McPherson's This Lime Tree Bower ...