D. C. Moore

DC Moore
Born	David Moore 1980 Northampton
Occupation	Playwright
Nationality	British
Period	2007–present
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David Moore (born 1980) is a British playwright known professionally as DC Moore. He was raised in Duston, Northampton.^[1] Now based in London, he started out as an assistant director and worked with Rupert Goold on productions of The Weir and Waiting for Godot. He was then part of the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers' Programme. His first play Alaska was produced upstairs at the Royal Court in 2007, and he won the inaugural Tom Erhardt Award for promising new playwright in 2008.

His second play at the Royal Court, The Empire, about young men in the War in Afghanistan, opened in 2010 and received positive reviews.^[2][3] On the strength of that play he was nominated for the 2010 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. The play was nominated for the 2010 Olivier Awards in the Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre category.

Honest, a 45-minute monologue, was produced by Royal & Derngate in Northampton in 2010 at the Mailcoach pub and also received good reviews.^[4] It was then revived at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Milne's Bar as part of the Assembly programme.^[5]

Commissioned by Royal & Derngate, Moore's play Town is a contemporary story inspired by local 19th-century poet John Clare's struggle with madness and his walk from London to Northampton.^[6]

His play The Swan premiered as part of a double feature in a production staged in the National Theatre's Paintframe, where the sets are usually painted, in 2011.

Works

• Alaska (2007): Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre^[7]
• The Empire (2010): Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre^[8]
• Honest (2010): Mailcoach Pub (Northampton)^[4]
• Town (2010): Royal Theatre (Northampton)^[9]
• The Swan (2011): The Paintframe, National Theatre^[10]

References

1. ^ "Moore the merrier as play comes to Town", Evening Telegraph, 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
2. ^ Taylor, Paul, "The Empire, Theatre Upstairs, London", The Independent, 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
3. ^ Marlowe, Sam, "The Empire", Time Out, 14 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
4. ^ ^{a b} Morris, Caroline, "Honest", The Stage, 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
5. ^ "Honest", Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 30 August 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
6. ^ Gardner, Lyn, "This Week's New Theatre: Town", The Guardian, 19 June 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
7. ^ "Alaska", Royal Court Archive, http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/alaska 
8. ^ "The Empire at the Royal Court Theatre". Retrieved 2011-03-06.
9. ^ Billington, Michael, "Town", The Guardian, 22 June 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
10. ^ The Swan http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/65881/productions/double-feature-1.html

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Name	Moore, D. C.
Alternative names	Moore, DC
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Date of birth	1980
Place of birth	Northampton
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