Alexandra Wood (dramatist)

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Alexandra Wood
Born1982 (age 3940)
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityBritish

Alexandra Wood is a British dramatist. She is a winner of the George Devine Award in 2007.

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References

  1. The Guardian Merit - review
  2. Theatre Record -2007 Page 224 "The Eleventh Capital is part of the Court's Young Writers' Festival, and its author, Alexandra Wood, is in her early 20s. Yet it feels as if it's been written by an even younger writer. It's stuck in some Orwellian totalitarian regime."