First Person: Stella Feehily
Stella Feehily, 46, playwright, London
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”. ...