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POLLY STENHAM |
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Literary Agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd |
Polly wrote the 2007 theatrical hit THAT FACE at just 19 years old. It was produced at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court and was directed by Jeremy Herrin. It later transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in 2008 by Sonia Friedman Productions and like the original production starred Lindsay Duncan and Matt Smith. THAT FACE received it's US premiere production at the Manhattan Theater Club in New York in April this year with Sarah Benson directing. Awards for THAT FACE include: Winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play 2007, Winner of the Most Promising Playwright Award, Critics' Circle Awards 2008, Nominated for Best New Play, Olivier Awards 2009. Her second play TUSK TUSK also received fantastic reviews and sold out the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court in May 2009. TUSK TUSK was also directed by Jeremy Herrin. Polly is currently working on a new commission for the Royal Court's Downstairs theatre called NO QUARTER. She is also working on two film projects - one is an adaptation of TUSK TUSK for Film4/Origin Pictures, and the other is a project called DOPE GIRLS which Adam Smith will direct and is also with Film4.
Plays by Polly Stenham
Children's Monologues, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 14 Nov 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122559 | |||
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Genre: | short monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Dramatic Need (DN) is a UK-registered charity that sends international arts professionals to do workshops in underprivileged and rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Gifted, heavyweight actors will perform monologues written by Lynn Nottage, Bola Agbaje, Polly Stenham, Dennis Kelly, Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Oladipo Agboluaje, Zawe Ashton, Joel Horwood, Anya Reiss and Jamie Minoprio, based on autobiographical stories written by the some of the children DN works with. | |||||
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Laws Of War, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 May 2010 | |||||
Company: | Cries from the Heart 2015 | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114590 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 9 | ||
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Notes: | Written by (in alphabetical order) Richard Bean, Aschlin Ditta, David Grossman, Kate Hardie, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Polly Stenham, Tom Stoppard, Jack Thorne and debbie tucker green | |||||
Synopsis: | London's burning! A civil war is raging in modern England threatening to turn the land of cricket, and warm beer into a hell of displaced people, rape, child soldiers and warlord militias where violence is trumps, and the laws of war are screwed up and used to light the campfires. Human Rights Watch applies the skills it has learned in Sri Lanka, Georgia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to this blessed plot, this realm, this England. | |||||
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That Face | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Apr 2007 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62869 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Mia is at boarding school. She has access to drugs. They are Martha's. Henry is preparing for art college. He has access to alcohol. From Martha. Martha controls their lives. Martha is their mother. That Face is a hard-hitting, intense and visceral dissection of parent-child relationships. | |||||
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Tusk, Tusk | ||
| 1st Produced: | 28 mar 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91940 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | "Come on troops. Let's take check: Finnbar, slightly ruffled but still in fighting form. Maggie, could do with a full night's sleep but otherwise all in order. . . Stay here. Don't answer the door." Once upon a time in what feels like another country, three children play hide and seek. Fifteen year old Elliott wears a crown, thirteen year old Maggie wraps herself in silk and little Finn draws on the walls. Together they watch a mobile phone intensely, willing it to come to life. Whose call are they waiting for and why are they home alone? As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Tusk Tusk, Polly Stenham's second play, is a tale of family ties as an uncertain future circles. | |||||
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