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Scottish writer (born 1959)
Rona Munro
Born (1959-09-07 ) 7 September 1959 (age 64 ) Nationality Scottish Occupation(s ) Writer, playwright
Rona Munro (born 7 September 1959) is a Scottish writer. She has written plays for theatre, radio, and television. Her film work includes Ken Loach 's Ladybird, Ladybird Oranges and Sunshine Jim Loach and Aimée & Jaguar Max Färberböck . Munro is the second cousin (once removed) of Scottish author Angus MacVicar .[1]
Munro wrote the last serial of the original Doctor Who episode for the tenth series of the revived version. This made her the only writer thus far who has worked in both the classic and revival eras of Doctor Who .[2]
Early life [ edit ]
Munro went to school in Stonehaven and studied at the University of Edinburgh , where she wrote plays for the Television Society. After graduating in 1980, she was involved in the staging of the series of Women Live festivals at the Netherbow Theatre in Edinburgh.[3]
Her first commissioned play was Fugue in 1983. This was followed in 1990 by Bold Girls , set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland , and Iron , first produced at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 2002 and staged many times worldwide.[3]
Munro's work on Doctor Who Survival The Eaters of Light " (2017).[4] Target Books , respectively.[5]
Her history cycle The James Plays, James I , James II , and James III , were first performed by the National Theatre of Scotland in summer 2014 in a co-production with Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre UK. The plays were staged again in early 2016. She followed this up with James IV - The Queen of the Fight in 2022, which concentrated on the presence of two black women at his court. Other theatre work includes plays for the Traverse Theatre (Your Turn To Clean The Stair , Strawberries in January translation), Manchester Royal Exchange (Mary Barton , Scuttlers ), Plymouth Drum Theatre and Paines Plough (Long Time Dead ), and the Royal Shakespeare Company (The Indian Boy , The Astronaut's Chair ). The James Plays were performed in the United States for the first time at Hillcrest High School in Midvale, Utah in early 2024.[6] [7]
Munro has also contributed eleven dramas to Radio 4 's Stanley Baxter Playhouse : First Impressions Wheeling Them In The King's Kilt Pasta Alfreddo at Cafe Alessandro The Man in the Garden The Porter's Story The German Pilot The Spider The Showman Meg's Tale The Flying Scotsman
In 2006 the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith presented Munro's adaptation of Richard Adams ' classic book Watership Down Casualty BBC ) and, more recently, a BBC film, Rehab , directed by Antonia Bird.
Rona Munro currently lives and works in Scotland. Her play The Last Witch was performed at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival , directed by Dominic Hill , and in 2011 by Dumbarton People's Theatre . Pitlochry Festival Theatre 's production, directed by Richard Baron, toured Scotland in 2018. Also in 2018, a production of her adaptation of My Name Is Lucy Barton Laura Linney opened in London.
A play about Katherine Hamilton, sister of Patrick Hamilton , is being performed on tour in 2024.
The Bang and the Whimper , 1982
The Salesman , 1982
Fugue , 1983
Bus , 1984
Touchwood , 1984
Ghost Story , 1985
Piper's Cave , 1985
Watching Waiters , 1985
Biggest Party in the World , 1986
Dust And Dreams , 1986
The Way To Go Home , 1987
Winners , 1987
Off The Road , 1988
Long Story Short , 1989
Saturday at the Commodore , 1989
Bold Girls , 1990[8]
Scotland Matters , 1992
Your Turn To Clean The Stair , 1992
Haunted , 1999
Federico García Lorca (1999). The House of Bernarda Alba Rona Munro ]. Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-85459-459-4
Snake , 1999
Iron ISBN 978-1-85459-703-8
Stick Granny on the Roofrack , 2002
Gilt , 2003
Catch A Falling Star! , 2004
Women on the Verge of a T Junction , 2004
Indian Boy , 2006
Long Time Dead , 2006
The Maiden Stone , 2006
Mary Barton , 2006
Strawberries in January , (translation) 2006
Watership Down , 2006
Dirt Under The Carpet , 2007
The Last Witch [9]
Little Eagles , 2011
The Astronaut's Chair , 2012
Donny's Brain , 2012
The James Plays , 2014
James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock
James II: Day of the Innocents
James III: The True Mirror
Scuttlers
Rebus: Long Shadows [10]
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , 2019
James IV: Queen of the Fight , based on the life of the courtier Ellen More , 2022[11] [12]
Mary , based on the life of Mary Stuart, 2022
James V: Katherine , 2024[13]
References [ edit ]
^ a b McMillan, Joyce, "Quietly, yet fiercely significant...", in The Last Witch theatre programme, Pitlochry Festival Theatre , 2018, p. 5
^ "Series 10: Classic Writer Returns With "The Eaters of Light" . DoctorWhoTV. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016 .
^ Doctor Who: The Eaters of Light (Target Collection)
^ "Hillcrest Theatre to Raise the Curtain on American Debut of "The James Plays" . Canyons School District . Retrieved 3 March 2024 .
^ Hardman, Jenny (28 February 2024). "100 years of Scottish history on stage at Hillcrest High School" . Fox 13 . Midvale, Utah. Retrieved 3 March 2024 .
^ Douglas Gifford (1991). "Making Them Bold And Breaking The Mould: Rona Munro's Bold Girls" . The Association for Scottish Literary Studies . Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009 .
^ Higgins, Charlotte (9 August 2009). "Rona Munro burns bright at Edinburgh" . The Guardian . Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ "Rebus: Rankin's gritty Scottish detective to make stage debut" . The Guardian . Retrieved 22 August 2018 .
^ "James IV - Queen of the Fight | Glasgow | reviews, cast and info | WhatsOnStage" . www.whatsonstage.com . 12 June 2023.
^ Hannan, Martin (25 June 2021). "Sequel to successful historic plays set to show across Scotland" . The National .
^ Brennan, Clare (14 April 2024). "James V: Katherine review – queer love in the time of the Scottish kings" . The Observer . Retrieved 16 April 2024 .
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