Sam Thompson
Playwright, Author
1916 – 1965
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Who was Sam Thompson?
Sam Thompson was a Northern Irish playwright best known for his controversial plays Over the Bridge, which exposes sectarianism, and Cemented with Love, which focuses on political corruption. His works fall into the social realist genre but are distinct in their dramatisation of Northern Irish issues; they were ground-breaking in documenting sectarian violence before the eruption of the Troubles.
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- Born
- May 21, 1916
United Kingdom - Profession
- Lived in
- Belfast
- Died
- Feb 15, 1965
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on July 23, 2013
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