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Margaretta Ruth D'Arcy (born 1934), an Irish actress, writer, playwright, and peace-activist. Margaretta is a member of Aosdána since its inauguration and is known for addressing Irish nationalism, civil liberties, and women's rights in her work.〔〔 In 2014, she was imprisoned after she refused to sign a bond saying that she wouldn't trespass on non-public parts of Shannon Airport. Her arrest was a consequence of trespassing on airport property during protests over United States military stopovers at Shannon Airport. Margaretta was born in London to a Russian Jewish mother and an Irish Catholic father.〔 D'Arcy worked in small theatres in Dublin from the age of fifteen and later became an actress.〔()〕 Married in 1957 to English playwright and author John Arden, they frequently collaborated. They settled in Galway and established the Galway Theatre Workshop in 1976.〔 The couple wrote a number of stage pieces and improvisational works for amateur and student players, including ''The Happy Haven'' (1960) and ''The Workhouse Donkey''. She has written and produced many plays, including ''The Non-Stop Connolly Show''.〔 D'Arcy has also written a number of books, including ''Tell Them Everything'', ''Awkward Corners'' (with John Arden), and ''Galway's Pirate Women: A Global Trawl''. ==Activism== As an activist, in 1961, D'Arcy joined the anti-nuclear Committee of 100, led by Bertrand Russell.〔 Jailed in the H-block in Northern Ireland, her book ''Tell Them Everything'' tells the story of her time during the H-block protests.〔 D'Arcy also directed a film ''Yellow Gate Women'', a film about the attempts by women of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp to outwit the British and United States Military at RAF Greenham Common with bolt cutters and legal challenges. Challenging censorship since 1987, she ran a women's kitchen pirate-radio from her home in Galway.〔 In 2011, D’Arcy refused to stand for a minute’s silence in honour of catholic PSNI officer Ronan Kerr - who was killed by dissident republicans - at a meeting of the artists body Aosdana. Her actions were deliberate, she told media afterwards, which attracted fierce criticism of her perceived support for armed republican groups in Northern Ireland. Along with Niall Farrell, she was arrested in October 2012 for scaling the perimeter fence of Shannon Airport, in protest at the use of the airport as a stopover for US military flights. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaretta D'Arcy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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