Leo Butler

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Leo Butler
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Born1974 (age 4950)
Sheffield, England
Occupation Playwright, Screenwriter
Alma mater Rose Bruford College
Notable works Redundant (2001)
Lucky Dog (2004)
Boy (play) (2016)

Leo Butler (born 1974 in Sheffield) is a British playwright. His plays have been staged, among others, by the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre. [1] His plays have been published by Bloomsbury A & C Black. [2] His 2001 play Redundant won the George Devine Award. Between 2005 and 2014 he was Playwriting Tutor for the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. [3]

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  1. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html Profile at doolee.com
  2. "Leo Butler Bloomsbury Author". Leo Butler: Bloomsbury Publishing UK. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. "Teach First Acts – Duncan Macmillan & Leo Butler – Matt Trueman".
  4. "Redundant", Royal Court Theatre, 2001
  5. "Devotion – Shows – Theatre Centre".
  6. "Lucky Dog", Royal Court Theatre, 2004
  7. "PlayographyIreland – The Early Bird".
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Leo Butler".
  10. "I'll Be The Devil", Tricycle Theatre, 2008
  11. "Faces In The Crowd", Royal Court Theatre, 2008
  12. "Juicy Fruits", Oran Mor, 2011, archived from the original on 15 October 2011
  13. "Alison! A Rock Opera", King's Head Theatre, 2012
  14. "F.I.N.D Festival 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2018.,
  15. "Sixty-Nine", Pleasence, Courtyard, 2012
  16. "Leo Butler".
  17. "Boy". Almeida Theatre. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. Vannozzi, Debbie. "Decades by Leo Butler – Ovalhouse".
  19. "Woyzeck" . Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  20. "All You Need Is LSD".
  21. "Meet Mo".
  22. "Cinderella".
  23. "Innocent Creatures".
  24. "Self Made", UK Film Council, 2011
  25. "DIR 2".
  26. "Alison!: A Rock Opera | in London".
  27. "The Collective Psychosis of the 21st Century by Leo Butler & Dan Persad".

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