Cordelia Lynn

Cordelia Lynn

Cordelia Lynn is a playwright, librettist and dramaturg. She received the Berwin Lee Award, 2020, the Harold Pinter Award, 2017, and the Jerwood New Playwright, 2015.

Her plays include: Sea Creatures (Hampstead Theatre, 2023); Love and Other Acts of Violence (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2021); Hedda Tesman, after Henrik Ibsen (Headlong / Chichester Festival Theatre / The Lowry, 2019); a version of Chekhov's Three Sisters (Almeida Theatre, London, 2019); Lela & Co. (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2015); Believers Anonymous (Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2012); and After the War, which has been performed in venues around the UK and abroad.

The story of a young girl trapped in an increasingly tiny world. Based on a true story.
Following an attack on London, a family let a stranger into their house. Cordelia Lynn's play explores community and...
Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives...
A reworking of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, asking what we inherit, what we endure and how we carry our history.
A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.
A haunting play about grief, loss and the power of storytelling.