Jim Cartwright
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2011) |
| Jim Cartwright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 June 1958 Farnworth, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Playwright, actor |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Information | |
| Debut works | Road (1986) |
Jim Cartwright (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born at Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Cartwright's first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC.[1]
His Bed was performed at the Royal National Theatre and directed by Julia Bardsley.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Plays
- 1986 Road - Winner of: George Devine Award; Plays and Players Award; Drama Magazine Award; Samuel Beckett Award
- 1989 Bed
- 1989 Two, originally named To - Winner of: Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best New Play
- 1990 Baths
- 1991 Eight Miles High
- 1992 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - Winner of: Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of the Year; Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy
- 1994 Stone Free (renaming of Eight Miles High) Nominated for The Theater Management Association Best Musical Award.
- 1996 I Licked A Slag's Deodorant - Nominated for Critics Circle Award.
- 1999 Prize Night
- 2000 Hard Fruit
[edit] Films
- Road (1987) Winner of Golden Nymph Award
- Bed (1995)
- Vroom (1988) Chosen as Centre Piece at the London Film Fstival
- Strumpet (2001)
- Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
- Johnny Shakespeare(2008) BBC 1. Winner of two Royal television Society awards. His novel, Supermarket Supermodel, was published in 2008.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Jim Cartwright". contemporarywriters.com. British Council. 2011 [last update]. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth252. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ Hewison, Robert Good show business; Drama The Times 24 May 1992
- ^ Thomason, Carmel (15 October 2008). "Questions for Jim Cartwright". citylife.co.uk (Manchester: MEN media). http://www.citylife.co.uk/news_and_reviews/news/11226_questions_for_jim_cartwright. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
