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John Stephen Gerrard Jeffreys (22 April 1950 – 17 September 2018) was a British playwright and playwriting teacher. He wrote original plays, films and play adaptations and also worked as translator.
Sep 20, 2018 · Stephen Jeffreys, a British playwright who looked to the past for some of his best-known works, notably “The Libertine,” about a hedonistic 17th-century earl, which was a vehicle for both John...
Stephen Jeffreys was September 2, 1876, the third of eight sons of Thomas and Kezia Jeffreys. Thomas was a miner but had asthma and struggled with breathing problems. To help support the family Stephen became a miner at the age of twelve.
Oct 14, 2018 · Stephen Jeffreys, who has died of a brain tumour aged 68, was a playwright who enjoyed a long association with the Royal Court Theatre in London and who was probably best known for his play The...
- Telegraph Obituaries
Sep 18, 2018 · Playwright Stephen Jeffreys has died at the age of 68, it has been announced. Tributes to the playwright, who wrote The Libertine which was revived in the West End in 2016, have been pouring in from writers, actors and the theatre industry.
Stephen Jeffreys was born in London. His play, Like Dolls or Angels (1977), won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award at the National Student Drama Festival. He helped to set up Pocket Theatre Cumbria, for whom he wrote a number of plays, including an adaptation of Dickens' Hard Times in 1982.
Sep 19, 2018 · Stephen Jeffreys was a distinguished and important playwright, a remarkable teacher of dramatic writing, and a delightful man. His death from brain cancer at 68 is a huge loss to the theatre, to playwrights, and to us.
