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Lisa Evans (playwright)

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British playwright (20th-21st century) Not to be confused with Lissa Evans.

Lisa Evans is a British playwright and has been a Royal Literary Fund fellow at several universities.

She trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and performed in the United Kingdom and the Unitied States before becoming a playwright.

Her work includes the stage adaptation of Melvyn Bragg's The Maid of Buttermere, and The Day the Waters Came, about the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

She has written for television including EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty, Peak Practice and The Bill. Her work for radio includes Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home (BBC Radio 4 Monday Play, 1987), Ring o'Roses (Afternoon Theatre, 1981) and Hanging Fire, about the Red Barn Murder (Monday Play, 1990).

She won the British Theatre Association award in 1986 for Under Exposure and in 1988 for The Red Chair, and the Writers' Guild award for best play for young audiences in 2011 for The Day the Waters Came and in 2017 for Rise Up.

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Evans". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. Hickling, Alfred (26 March 2009). "The Maid of Buttermere". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. "The Day The Waters Came". Official London Theatre. 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. "BBC Radio Plays, Radio 4, 1987". www.suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. "BBC Radio 4 1981". www.suttonelms.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  6. "The Monday Play: 25th Jun 1990". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 25 June 1990. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  7. "Lisa Evans". MBA Literary Agents. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  8. "Writers' Guild Awards 2011". Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  9. "Writers' Guild Awards 2017". Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

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