Two plays by Declan Hughes, writer in residence with the Dublin theatre company Rough Magic. "Digging for Fire" was staged by Rough Magic in Dublin in 1992, and "New Morning" at the Bush Theatre, London, in 1993. Hughes's other plays include "I Can't Get Started" and "Love and a Bottle".
Declan Hughes has worked for more than twenty years in the theater in Dublin as director and playwright. In 1984, he cofounded Rough Magic, Ireland's leading independent theater company. He has been writer in association with the Abbey Theatre and remains an artistic associate of Rough Magic. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.