David Harrower

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Biography

Playwright David Harrower was born in Edinburgh in 1966. His first play, Knives in Hens (1997), was first produced at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1995. He is also the author of the plays Kill the Old Torture Their Young (1998), and The Chrysalids (1999), adapted from John Wyndham's novel, for the National Theatre's Connections project.  Presence (2001), his third original play, was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in April 2001.

David Harrower has also adapted versions of Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author (Six Characters Looking for an Author (2000)), first staged at the Young Vic in 2000; Chekhov's Ivanov (2002), performed at the National Theatre in autumn 2002; and Buchner's Woyzeck, performed at the Edinburgh Lyceum in 2002.  He has also translated The Girl on the Sofa (2002), a new play by Jon Fosse, presented in a joint production by the Edinburgh International Festival and the Schaubuhne, Berlin.

His play, Dark Earth (2003), premiered at the Traverse in August 2003. He has also recently written a new version of Odon von Horvath's Tales from the Vienna Woods (2003) for the National Theatre, London, which opened in October 2003. His latest plays are an adaptation of Schiller's Mary Stuart (2006) and a new translation of Brecht's The Good Soul of Szechuan (2008).

David Harrower lives in Glasgow.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Drama, Translation

Bibliography

Knives in Hens   Methuen, 1997

Kill the Old Torture their Young   Methuen, 1998

Presence   Faber and Faber, 2001

Six Characters Looking for an Author/Luigi Pirandello   (a new version)   Methuen, 2001

The Chrysalids   (adaptation)   Faber and Faber, 2001

Ivanov   (a new version)   Oberon, 2002

Purple   (Jon Fosse)   Faber and Faber/NT Connections, 2002

The Girl on the Sofa   (Jon Fosse)   Oberon, 2002

Dark Earth   Faber and Faber, 2003

Tales from the Vienna Woods   (a new version)   Faber and Faber, 2003

Blackbird   Faber and Faber, 2005

Mary Stuart/Schiller   (adaptation)   Faber and Faber, 2006

The Good Soul of Szechuan/Brecht   (translator)   Methuen, 2008

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Prizes and awards

1998   Theater Heute Best Foreign Play   (Critics Award)   Knives and Hens

1999   Meyer-Whitworth Award   Kill the Old Torture Their Young

1999   Pearson Award   Kill the Old Torture Their Young

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Faber and Faber Ltd 3 Queen Square London  WC1N 3AU Tel: +44 (0) 20 7465 0045 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7465 0034 E-mail: gapublicity@faber.co.uk http://www.faber.co.uk

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