Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, and now lives in Dublin and lectures in English at University College Dublin. His plays include: The Factory Girls (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1982), Baglady (Abbey, 1985), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Abbey, 1985; Hampstead Theatre, London, 1986), Innocence (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1986), Carthaginians (Abbey, 1988; Hampstead, 1989), Mary and Lizzie (RSC, 1989), The Bread Man (Gate, 1991), Someone Who\\\\\\\'ll Watch Over Me (Hampstead, West End and Broadway, 1992), The Bird Sanctuary (Abbey, 1994), Mutabilitie (NT, 1997), Dolly West\\\\\\\'s Kitchen (Abbey, 1999; Old Vic, 2000), Gates of Gold (Gate, 2002), Speaking Like Magpies (Swan, Stratford, 2005), There Came a Gypsy Riding (Almeida, London, 2007) and Greta Garbo Came to Donegal (Tricycle Theatre, London, 2010). His widely performed versions include Ibsen\\\\\\\'s Rosmersholm (1987), Peer Gynt (1988), Hedda Gabler (1994), A Doll\\\\\\\'s House (1997) and The Lady from the Sea (2008); Chekhov\\\\\\\'s Three Sisters (1990) and Uncle Vanya (1995); Lorca\\\\\\\'s Yerma (1987); Brecht\\\\\\\'s The Threepenny Opera (1991) and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1997); Sophocles\\\\\\\' Electra (1998) and Oedipus (2008); Ostrovsky\\\\\\\'s The Storm (1998); Strindberg\\\\\\\'s Miss Julie (2000); Euripides\\\\\\\' Hecuba (2004) and Helen (2009); and Racine\\\\\\\'s Phaedra (2006).