The Atheist (play)
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The Atheist is also the name of a 1684 play by Thomas Otway.
The Atheist is a play written by American playwright Ronan Noone. His previous plays include The Lepers of Baile Baiste (Critics Pick, Boston Globe) and The Blowin of Baile Gall which had its Off-Broadway debut, produced by Gabriel Byrne, at the Irish arts Center in New York in 2005. The Blowin of Baile Gall was nominated by the American Theatre Critics Association for the Steinberg New Play Award and won the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script.[citation needed] In 2003, Noone was chosen by Boston Magazine as the Best Young Playwright of the Year.[citation needed] The subject of The Atheist is not God, but the religion of tabloid journalism.[1]
This article is about the play. For the lack of belief in deities, see Atheism.