Global response to play writing competition.BUDDING playwrights from all over the world have been sending their scripts to Warwickshire to be judged by multiaward winning television writer Andrew Davies There are several well-known people named Andrew Davies, including:
New drama from America, Europe, the UK and even Russia have been flying through the letterbox The effect of displaying a wide screen movie on a standard TV set the way it was originally shot in full panoramic format. On the TV, the image frame spans the full width of the screen, but because of the difference in aspect ratios of the two formats (wide screen movie vs. of the Loft Theatre The Loft Theatre is a legitimate theater in downtown Dayton, Ohio.[1] It hosts productions of plays, musical theatre, and other live performances, primarily put on by its house company, the Human Race Theatre Company.[2] References 1. in Leamington as part of their new writing competition. Gus MacDonald, the theatre's artistic director, says: "It's very TheatreNews LOFT Leamington exciting. We've already had about 70 entries so far and everyone is reading scripts like billyo. "It's an amazing response and we have had some great scripts. Details of the competition have certainly spread and we have entries from all over the world." Kenilworth-based writer Andrew Davies is judging the competition and the winning script will be staged in the studio theatre next year. He has worked with the Loft in the past and his many TV successes include Pride And Prejudice, Bleak House, Fanny Hill and Doctor Zhivago. The Loft is one of the UK's leading community-based theatre companies and Gus says the venue might even stage a mini-festival of the best scripts next year if there are enough good scripts. He says: "We are delighted that Andrew Davies is helping us with the competition and his involvement has certainly encouraged people to enter." Anyone who wants to submit a script for the competition has until the end of the month to send in entries. Full details and rules of the playwriting play·writ·ing also play·wright·ing n. The writing of plays. competition can be found at www.loft-theatre.co.uk/news/writers.php Marion McMullen CAPTION(S): BIG NAME... Andrew Davies (pictured below), who wrote the screenplays for TV hits like Fanny Hill (main picture), Dr Zhivago (inset, top) and Bleak House (inset, bottom), will judge the competition. |
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