Joseph Wilde | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Playwright |
Joseph Wilde is a British playwright, screenwriter and dramatist.
Joseph Wilde | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Playwright |
Joseph Wilde is a British playwright, screenwriter and dramatist.
In 2011, his debut play Cuddles won the Capital Theatre Award for Best New Play. [1] Cuddles was then staged at Ovalhouse in May 2013, directed by Rebecca Atkinson-Lord (theatre director). The production was nominated for multiple Off-Westend Awards [2] and subsequently toured the UK before transferring to 59E59 Theatres in Manhattan in 2015 [3] where it was awarded a New York Times Critic's Pick [4] and named as one of the best theater shows of 2015 by the New York Times. [5] In 2016, the production was nominated for two Manchester Theatre Awards [6] for Best Production and Best Performance. Actress Carla Langley won Best Performance for her role as Eve in the production. [7]
His first radio play The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman won the 2014 Imison Award for UK radio drama writing. [8]
Since 2013, Wilde has written for long-running BBC Drama series Doctors. [9] He later wrote on Casualty and the seventh episode of the second series of Sky's A Discovery of Witches .
In May 2016 Nicole Kidman and her production company Blossom Films announced that she had optioned the rights to "Cuddles" and that Wilde would be adapting the play for screen. [10]
One of Wilde's early plays, Last of the Pigs, was inspired by his home town's fight against a planned Tesco store. [11] Supported by Hightide Festival, it documented the contrasting motivations of different generations - 20 somethings struggling in austerity Britain, who wanted jobs, and their parents' interest in maintaining a traditional town. The play became associated with the local council's decision to block the Tesco development in 2013. [12] Local journalists even speculated Wilde's writings may have affected Tesco's sales. [13]
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