Which of these playwrights was of Irish descent: Daphne du Maurier or James Hanley?
James Hanley (novelist) James (Joseph) Hanley (3 September 1897 – 11 November 1985) was a British novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Irish descent. He published his first novel "Drift" in 1930. The novels and short stories about seamen and their families that he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s included "Boy" (1931), the subject of an obscenity trial. Hanley came from a seafaring family and spent two years at sea himself. After World War II there was less emphasis on the sea in his works. While frequently praised by critics, Hanley's novels did not sell well. In the late 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s he wrote plays, mainly for the BBC, for radio and then for television, and also for the theatre. He returned to the novel in the 1970s. His last novel, "A Kingdom", was published in 1978, when he was eighty.
The Years Between (play) The Years Between is a play by the English writer Daphne du Maurier, better known as a novelist and particularly as the author of "Rebecca" (which she had adapted for the London stage in 1940). This is one of two original plays that she wrote. The other is" September Tide" (1948).