Peter Kenna was born 18th March, 1930. In 1973 when he completed A Hard God he referred to it as 'the play I had been wanting to write for fifteen years'. It was the first play of the trilogy The Cassidy Album (comprising A Hard God, Furtive Love and An Eager Hope) and the reputation and stature the play has achieved are unique; A Hard God has given every sign of having established itself as a landmark in our dramatic literature. Peter Kenna died in 1987.