Helen Edmundson and debbie tucker green receive Windham Campbell Prizes
Tuesday, February 24, 2015The recipients of the 2015 Windham Campbell Prizes were announced in New York today (24 February), with NHB playwrights Helen Edmundson and debbie tucker green among those recognised.
Helen Edmundson’s first play, Flying, was presented at the National Theatre Studio in 1990. She has worked extensively with Shared Experience, including on adaptations of Anna Karenina, The Mill on the Floss, and War and Peace, among others, and the original play Mary Shelley.
Recent work includes Swallows and Amazons (Bristol Old Vic, 2010, then West End and national tour), The Heresy of Love (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 2012) and Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal, Bath, 2014).
debbie tucker green’s plays include born bad (Hampstead Theatre, 2003, Soho Repertory, New York, 2011 and winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer and an OBIE award for playwriting); dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre, 2003); trade (RSC, 2005); stoning mary (Royal Court Theatre, 2005); generations (Young Vic, 2007); random (Royal Court Theatre, 2008); truth and reconciliation (Royal Court Theatre, 2011) and nut (The Shed, National Theatre, 2013).
She has also written and directed a feature film, Second Coming (BFI/Film 4, 2014) and adapted her play random into a TV film for Channel 4, which won the 2012 BAFTA for Best Single Drama and the Black International Film/MVSA Award for Best UK Film.
First awarded in 2013, the Windham Campbell Prizes were established by Donald Windham and Sandy M. Campbell to call attention to literary achievement and provide writers with the opportunity to focus on their work independent of financial concerns. Nine writers are recognised across three categories - fiction, non-fiction and drama - and can be from anywhere in the world, provided they write in English. The awards, which come with a $150,000 cheque, can be given for a body of work or extraordinary promise.
Last year, Sam Holcroft was awarded a Windham Campbell Prize, the first British playwright to receive one. To date, three UK playwrights have received Prizes; all three are published by Nick Hern Books.
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