April De Angelis

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April De Angelis (born April 1960) is an English dramatist [1] of part Sicilian descent. She is a graduate of Sussex University [2] who trained at East 15 Acting School.

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De Angelis began her career in the 1980s as an actress with the Monstrous Regiment theatre company.

In 1987, her play Breathless was a prize winner at the 1987 Second Wave Young Women's Writing Festival.

Her plays often feature historical figures. Playhouse Creatures and A Laughing Matter are set in the London theatrical milieu of the 17th and 18th centuries respectively. Wanderlust examines Victorian colonialism and Ironmistress is a verse play exploring Lady Charlotte Guest's factory ownership.

As a librettist, De Angelis contributed to the opera The Silent Twins (2007), composed by Errollyn Wallen, which is based on the case of June and Jennifer Gibbons. [3]

De Angelis tends to write to commission and several of her plays have been produced by Max Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint theatre company.

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References

  1. Jones, Eamonn; Marlow, Jean (2004). More duologues for all accents and ages. Psychology Press. p. 9. ISBN   978-0-87830-179-9 . Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  2. Chris Arnot "No bed of roses", The Guardian, 25 August 1999
  3. April de Angelis "'Have I the strength to kill her?'", The Guardian, 28 June 2007