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Lisa Dwan

Lisa Dwan is an Irish actress, from Coosan, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. Originally wanting to be a ballet dancer, when Dwan was 12 she was chosen to dance with Rudolf Nureyev in the Ballet San Jose’s production of ‘CoppĂ©lia’. After winning a scholarship to attend the Dorothy Stevens School of Ballet in Leeds, Dwan left school at 14.
Her acting career began with the role of Agnes in an adaptation of ‘Oliver Twist’, co-starring Elijah Wood and Richard Dreyfuss. Since then, she has played the role of Princess Deirdre in Saban’s ‘The Mystic Knight of the Wind’, with other television credits including, ‘The Big Bow Wow’, ‘Fair City’ and ‘Rock Rivals’. In 2005, Dwan performed Samuel Beckett’s ‘Not I’ in the Battersea Arts Centre, London. She then performed the piece again in 2009 for London’s Southbank Centre. On Broadway, Dwan has recited a previously unpublished piece by Seamus Heaney.

Readings

Paris, November 11, 1918 read by Lisa Dwan
The Veteran read by Lisa Dwan
Easter Monday read by Lisa Dwan
Vera Brittain: 'Perhaps (to R.A.L.)' read by Lisa Dwan
High Wood read by Lisa Dwan
Train read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'No Second Troy' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'The Fisherman' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'What Then?' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Leda and The Swan' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Long-Legged Fly' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Sailing to Byzantium' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'When You are Old' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'September 1913' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Adam's Curse' read by Lisa Dwan
A Servant read by Lisa Dwan and Charles Dance
Unknown Female Corpse read by Lisa Dwan
Journalists read by Lisa Dwan
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Paris, November 11, 1918 read by Lisa Dwan
The Veteran read by Lisa Dwan
Easter Monday read by Lisa Dwan
Vera Brittain: 'Perhaps (to R.A.L.)' read by Lisa Dwan
High Wood read by Lisa Dwan
Train read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'No Second Troy' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'The Fisherman' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'What Then?' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Leda and The Swan' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Long-Legged Fly' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Sailing to Byzantium' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'When You are Old' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'September 1913' read by Lisa Dwan
W.B. Yeats: 'Adam's Curse' read by Lisa Dwan
A Servant read by Lisa Dwan and Charles Dance
Unknown Female Corpse read by Lisa Dwan
Journalists read by Lisa Dwan
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