First Person: Stella Feehily

Stella Feehily, 46, playwright, London

Stella Feehily Pic: Miriam Nabarro

Born in London in 1969 to Irish parents, Stella Feehily grew up in Bundoran in Donegal. When her husband, the acclaimed theatre director Max Stafford Clark, had a stroke in 2006, she became his full-time carer, penning an acclaimed play, This May Hurt A Bit, about their time navigating the British NHS. Her newest work is a libretto for the upcoming Ballet Ireland production of Coppelia, which she says is “enjoyable comedic chaos”. ...