- Peter Oswald
Peter Oswald is a well-known English
playwright . He is married to the poetAlice Oswald , with whom he has three children. They live inDevon , South WestEngland .He was
writer-in-residence atShakespeare's Globe theatre,London , for whom he wrote three new plays. He is currentlyPlaywright-in-Residence at theFinborough Theatre ,London .Plays - an overview
*"The Storm" (after the comedy Rudens (The Rope) by
Plautus ) - First Produced 2005 Shakespeares Globe, London, UK*"Maria Stuart" (Synopsis: The events leading up to the trial and execution of
Mary Queen of Scots in 1587, after a play byFriedrich von Schiller ) - First Produced 2005 Union SE1, London, UK
*"The Golden Ass " (after the comedy "Metamorphoses" byLucius Apuleius ) - First Produced 2002 Shakespeares Globe, London, UK*"The
Ramayana " (after an Indian legend of Prince Rama) - First Produced 2000 Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, UK
*"Augustine's Oak" (ref. toSt. Augustine of Canterbury and the Christianization of Roman Britain) - First Produced 1999 Shakespeare's Globe, London, UK*"
The Odyssey " (verse adaptation afterHomer )- First Produced 1999 Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London, UK*"The Haunted House" (after a play by
Plautus )*"
Oedipus Tyrranos" (after the tragedy bySophocles ) - First Produced 1998Battersea Arts Centre (BAC), London, UK*"Phaedra" (after the play by Racine) - First Produced 1998 BAC 2, London, UK
*"
The Turn of the Screw " (afterHenry James ) - First Produced 1998 House of Detention, London, UK*"
Shakuntala " (after a play byKalidasa ) - First Produced 1997 Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London, UK*"House of Desires" (after a version of Juana Inés De La Cruz) - First Produced 1997 BAC 2, London, UK
*"Dona Rosita: The Spinster" (after a play by
Federico García Lorca ) - First Produced 1997 Almeida, UK*"Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards" A drama in verses after an eighteenth century Japanese puppet play by the
Kabuki playwrightChikamatsu Monzaemon - First Produced 1996 Cottesloe auditorium of theRoyal National Theatre , London, UK*"
Cinderella and the Coat of Skins" - First Produced 1995 BAC Main, London, UK*"The Last Days of
Don Juan " - First Produced 1995 BAC 1, London, UK*"
Don Carlos " (written with Hilary Collier after a play byFriedrich von Schiller ) - First Produced 1992 Lyric Studio Theatre, Hammersmith, London, UK*"Valdorama" - First Produced 1992 Latchmere, London, UK
*"Allbright" First Produced 1991 Turtle Key Fulham , London, UK
*"The Swansong of Ivanhoe Westeway" First Produced at the
Edinburgh Festival and the Brain Club, London, UKBooks
* Peter Oswald; The Golden Ass or the Curious Man. Comedy in three parts after the novel "Metamorphoses" by Lucius Apuleius. Oberon Books: London, GB. 2002. ISBN 1-84002-285-X.
* Peter Oswald; Earth Has Not Any Thing to Shew More Fair: A Bicentennial Celebration of Wordsworth's Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge (co-editor with
Alice Oswald and Robert Woof)Shakespeare's Globe & The Wordsworth Trust, 2002 ISBN 1-870787-84-6* Peter Oswald; Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards. A drama in verses after an eighteenth century Japanese puppet play by the
Kabuki playwrightChikamatsu Monzaemon . Methuen Drama, London, GB. 1996 (USA: Heinemann, Portsmouth, New Hampshire). ISBN 0-413-71510-8.External links
* [http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/ Shakespeare's Globe online]
* [http://peteroswaldpoetry.blogspot.com/ Peter Oswald's Poetry]ee also
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List of playwrights
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