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David Edgar (born 26 February 1948) is a British playwright and writer who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.
He was appointed Professor of Playwriting Studies in 1995. His latest works are Arthur and George (2010), based on the novel by Julian Barnes, and The Master Builder (2010), a new version of Ibsen's classic. David Edgar is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Birmingham.
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David Edgar is a leading UK playwright, author of many original plays and adaptations. He also pioneered the teaching of playwriting in the UK, founding the Playwriting Studies course at Birmingham University in 1989.
David Edgar has been writing plays professionally since 1971. He has worked with the artistic directors of both the National Theatre (Peter Hall) and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Trevor Nunn). He has had more plays premiered by the RSC than any other playwright.
Nov 5, 2021 · Renowned playwright David Edgar pioneered the teaching of playwriting in the UK, founding the Playwriting Studies course at Birmingham University in 1989. In this extract from the new, revised and updated edition of his seminal book How Plays Work, he investigates the fundamental geometry of plays, and why playwrights need to know the 'rules ...
Jan 17, 2023 · David Edgar, our most premiered playwright, has been honoured with an Outstanding Contribution Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards. David is an RSC Honorary Associate Artist. His adaptation of A Christmas Carol recently finished a sold-out run at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Jul 10, 2024 · David Edgar's writings address the most basic questions of how humans organize and govern themselves in modern societies. This study brings together the disciplines of political philosophy and theatre studies to approach the leading British playwright as a political writer and a public social critic.
