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Liz Lochhead

Liz Lochhead

Liz Lochhead is a poet, playwright, performer and broadcaster.

Her original stage plays include Thon Man Molière, Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Blood and Ice, Good Things and Perfect Days. Her many stage adaptations include Dracula, Molière’s Tartuffe, Miseryguts (based on Le Misanthrope) and Educating Agnes (based on L’École des Femmes); as well as versions of Medea by Euripides (for which she won the Scottish Book of the Year Award in 2001), and Thebans (adapted mainly from Sophocles' Oedipus and Antigone).

Her collections of poetry include Dreaming Frankenstein, The Colour of Black & White, A Choosing (Selected Poems), Fugitive Colours and True Confessions, a collection of monologues and theatre lyrics. She served a five-year term as Scotland's Makar, or National Poet, from 2011 till 2016, and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2015. She won the Sunday Herald Scottish Culture Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017, and the 2023 Saltire Society Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to Scottish literature.
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Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

By Liz Lochhead

A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.

Dracula

Dracula (stage version)

By Bram Stoker Adapted by Liz Lochhead

Acclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.

Blood and Ice

Blood and Ice

By Liz Lochhead

Renowned poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead tells the story of Frankenstein's creation.

Perfect Days

Perfect Days

By Liz Lochhead

A funny, sad and truthful romantic comedy about beating the biological clock.

Educating Agnes

Educating Agnes

By Liz Lochhead

A dark and wickedly funny farce about one man's twisted attempts to find a woman he can control completely.

Miseryguts & Tartuffe

Miseryguts & Tartuffe

Two plays by Molière

By Liz Lochhead

Two plays from Molière, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' (Scotland on Sunday).

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Thebans

Thebans

By Liz Lochhead

The Ancient myths of the Kingdom of Thebes re-told by Scotland's foremost poet/dramatist.

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Good Things

Good Things

By Liz Lochhead

A bittersweet romantic comedy about finding love later in life, from 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

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Tartuffe

Tartuffe

By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe
    Miseryguts

    Miseryguts

    By Liz Lochhead Original author Molière

    A Scots version of Molière's play Le Misanthrope, by 'Scotland's greatest living dramatist' Scotland on Sunday.

    Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe
      Liz Lochhead: Five Plays

      Liz Lochhead: Five Plays

      By Liz Lochhead

      Five plays from the the makar (national poet) of Scotland, one of the country's best-known - and best-loved - living playwrights.

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      Cuba

      Cuba

      By Liz Lochhead

      A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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