Michael Frayn & David Edgar
Michael Frayn is a playwright, novelist and journalist, recipient of many major literary prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Novel Award. His plays include Noises Off, Copenhagen and most recently Democracy and his 2008 production of Afterlife. His 2002 novel Spies is currently being adapted for film. Stage Directions is his account of a career writing for the stage.
David Edgar is a Birmingham born playwright and president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. His plays include Pentecost, Destiny and Albert Speer. He is the founder of the University of Birmingham’s MPhil Playwriting course.
Michael and David will be in conversation about Stage Directions and playwriting.
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