Irene Coates Explained

Irene Coates (née Gregory; 23 March 192518 June 2019) was an English playwright, poet, painter, feminist and environmentalist. She is the author of 14 plays and four books, including Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf?: A Case for the Sanity of Virginia Woolf.^[1]

Biography

Irene Coates grew up in a Bohemian family in London.^[2] In the 1940s she ran the Cambridge Drama Centre. She wrote 14 plays between 1961 and 1981, which were produced among others by the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed at the Edinburgh Festival. She migrated to Australia in 1982 and was Writer in Residence (drama) at Nepean in 1998. She was the sister-in-law and aunt respectively of the painters Ivon Hitchens and John Hitchens.

Works

Books

• Book: Coates . Irene . Who's Afraid of Leonard Woolf? A case for the sanity of Virginia Woolf . 1998 . Brandl & Shlesinger . Rose Bay, New South Wales . 1876040122 .

Plays

• The Wideawakes (1965)^[3]
• The Space is Mine ^[4]
• Self Service^[5]

Films

• Irene Coates on Seeing

External Links

• Irene Coates on Seeing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irene Coates. AustralianPlays.org. 14 July 2019.
2. Web site: Irene Coates. 14 July 2019.
3. Web site: Theatre 1960 | Ariel Music. arielmusic.co.uk.
4. Web site: This Space is Mine. AustralianPlays.org. Jul 14, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150405232528/https://australianplays.org/script/ASC-479 . 5 April 2015 . dead.
5. Web site: SELF SERVICE. AustralianPlays.org. Jul 14, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714185317/https://australianplays.org/script/ASC-481 . 14 July 2019 . dead.