Derry's Playhouse Theatre this week has paid tribute to "friend" Dr Liam Campbell.
Dr Liam Campbell's "The White Handkerchief", set during Bloody Sunday, is to debut next month for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
His death shocked many and since then tributes have flooded in.
In a social media post, The Playhouse said: "It is with great sadness that we write that our friend Dr. Liam Campbell has passed.
"A gifted writer, scholar, musician, and academic, published both creatively and academically.
"A very funny man. A man with great wit and warmth, shown in character and storytelling.
"A listener with great knowledge.
"A man interested in, and interesting about, any topic- driven by a constant desire to contribute to and engage with artistic creativity.
"As an academic he gave many talks across Europe and America on Storytelling and the literature of the 20th Century.
"As a Tolkien scholar he presented Christchurch College, Oxford and Wofford College, South Carolina. He explored new evidence that the world-famous landscape and Celtic legends of the West of Ireland inspired Tolkien’s masterworks The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
"With 10 years’ experience working as an arts coordinator in both the community and formal education he was inspired by the power artistic creativity, peacebuilding and positive social change; and delivered creative arts workshops and trained other facilitators across Europe and USA.
"Liam’s debut full length play The Harbinger was winner of the Greer Garson Theatre award and was shortlisted for best new play by an Irish author. The Bog Couple enjoyed a sold out run and standing ovations at The Playhouse and Millennium Forum and his play The Monk, The Bird and The Priest was described as “Really really powerful” (BBC Radio Ulster) and “Harrowing, hard-hitting & heart-wrenching”.
"In his latest and final work, The White Handkerchief, which will premiere in The Guildhall and broadcast across the world on Bloody Sunday’s 50th Anniversary, he has created a beautiful elegy, a message of love and hope to and for our city.
"The pleasure felt in his company will never be forgotten by those fortunate enough to enjoy it.
"We are so proud and lucky to know him.
"The best of men."
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