Lucy Prebble
Lucy Prebble (born 1981) is a British playwright. She is the author of the plays The Sugar Syndrome and ENRON and the television series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Prebble grew up in Haslemere, Surrey, and was educated at Guildford High School.[2] While studying English at the University of Sheffield,[3] Prebble wrote a short play called Liquid, which won the PMA Most Promising Playwright Award.[4]
Prebble subsequently won the prestigious George Devine Award for her debut play The Sugar Syndrome in May 2004, followed by the TMA Award for Best New Play in October 2004.
Since The Sugar Syndrome she has worked on other plays and TV shows and was the creator of Secret Diary of a Call Girl.[5]
She has commissions from the Royal National Theatre, as well as the Royal Court Theatre, according to the Rod Hall Agency.[6]
[edit] Works
- Liquid, 2002
- The Sugar Syndrome, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London, November 2003
- ENRON, which was produced by Headlong Theatre, premiered at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2009 before transferring first to the Royal Court,[7] and then into the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End.[8]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tim Adams (5 July 2009). "'I hate to be told somewhere is out of bounds for women.' Enter Enron". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jul/05/lucy-prebble-playwright-interview-enron.
- ^ Dominic Cavendish (29 Dec 2009). "Lucy Prebble interview for Enron". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/6905597/Lucy-Prebble-interview-for-Enron.html.
- ^ ALASTAIR GEE (February 17, 2010). "Drama! Music! Financial Shenanigans!". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/theater/21prebble.html.
- ^ Andy Barker (2009-07-24). "Introducing... Playwright Lucy Prebble". The Evening Standard Magazine. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23723578-introducing-playwright-lucy-prebble.do.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2699843/
- ^ http://www.rodhallagency.com/index.php?art_id=000333
- ^ www.whatsonstage.com
- ^ http://www.curtainup.com/enronlon.html
[edit] External links
- Lucy Prebble at Doollee.com Playwrights Database
- "Enron: much ado about money", Prospect, Michael Coveney
