Nick Stafford

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Nick Stafford (born Nicholas Thomas, 1959 in Staffordshire) is a British playwright and writer. [1] He is best known for writing the stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel War Horse , which garnered him a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play in 2008, [2] [3] and the Tony Award for Best Play in 2011. [4]

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Career

Stafford trained at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, [5] and his first professionally produced play was commissioned in 1987 by the Half Moon Young People's Theatre, where Stafford was writer-in-residence. He also got commissions from other small companies, before going to the Young Vic, also as writer-in-residence. [6] His first play there, The Snow Queen, ran for two years. [6] He has had several plays produced at the National Theatre and at Birmingham Rep. [7] Stafford's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel War Horse was first produced in London in 2007, where it is still running; other productions have been staged on Broadway, and in Toronto, Canada. Five of his plays have been published by Faber and Faber. [1]

Stafford also has had several plays produced on BBC Radio 4, [1] and has been commissioned to write movies and television drama; none of these bar a BBC short has been filmed. [6]

Stafford was a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Roehampton University from 2003–06 and at the University of Southampton from 2007–09. [1] [6]

Stafford's first novel, Armistice, was published in 2009.

Works

Plays

Radio plays

All were produced for BBC Radio 4.

Novels

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References

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  2. ↑ Smith, Alistair (7 February 2008). "Hairspray leads the nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards". The Stage . Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Thwaite, Mark. "Interview: Nick Stafford". Quercus Books. Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Winners List – All Categories". Tony Awards. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "News: Rose Bruford College would like to congratulate all those involved in War Horse". Rose Bruford College. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Nick Stafford Interview". WriteWords. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Nick Stafford". The Agency. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Playback: The Bulletin of the National Sound Archive" (PDF). The National Sound Archive. Summer 1993. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "War Horse: Nick Stafford". Faber and Faber. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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