Elyse Dodgson

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Biography

Elyse Dodgson has been working in the theatre for over thirty years and is Head of the International Department and International Director at the Royal Court Theatre in London, where she was formerly Director of the Young People's Theatre. She began her career in the Brighton Combination in 1968, producing works including The Rise and Fall of Tony Banana, which was performed in the middle of the night at the LSE sit-in.

She has edited four collections of plays: First Lines: Young Writers at the Royal Court (1990), German Plays 2 (with David Tushingham) (1999) Spanish Plays: New Spanish and Catalan Drama (with Mary Peate) (1999) and Mexican Plays (2007). She is also the author of Motherland: West Indian Women to Britian in the 1950s (1984).

Elyse Dodgson is currently producing a series of new Brazilian plays in specially commissioned translations.

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Bibliography

New Directions in Drama Teaching: Studies in Secondary School Practice   (contributor)   Heinemann, 1982

Motherland: West Indian Women to Britain in the 1950s   Heinemann Educational, 1984

First Lines: Young Writers at the Royal Court   (editor)   Hodder & Stoughton, 1990

German Plays 1   (editor)   Nick Hern Books, 1997

German Plays 2   (editor with David Tushingham)   Nick Hern Books, 1999

Spanish Plays: New Spanish and Catalan Drama   (editor with Mary Peate)   Nick Hern Books, 1999

Mexican Plays   (editor)   Nick Hern Books, 2007

Read about books by Elyse Dodgson at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Nick Hern Books Ltd The Glasshouse 49a Goldhawk Road London  W12 8QP England Tel: +44 (0)20 8749 4953 Fax: +44 (0)20 8735 0250 E-mail: info@nickhernbooks.demon.co.uk http://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

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