The Dennis Potter Homepage at the University College of Ripon and York, St John
An academic site, but not unapproachably so. It s constantly being updated - which is just as well, for a lot of the promised material isn't there at the moment (June '98).
A Literate Man
An evaluation of Dennis Potter's work by Alan Harding from Living Magazine
PicPal presents "The Wildman of the BBC"
A page about Dennis Potter's final interview.
Dennis Potter 1935 - 1994
My own look at the life and work of one of our greatest TV dramatists.
Nina
Rapi
Playwright and non-fiction writer. Essentially her CV: list of writings and quotes from reviews. One page.
Nina
Rapi (South Bank University)
Includes a more complete biography than on her own home page.
Terrence Rattigan
From the Staff Lesbian and Gay Association of the South Bank University. Biography, work and bibliography.
Mark Ravenhill (Twenty Questions)
A "twenty questions" interview with Whatsonstage
The Tim Rice Homepage
An unofficial site, with a page devoted to each of the lyricist's
works. Each page has interesting and useful information. Worth a visit
from anyone interested in musical theatre.
Alan Richardson
Mainly Scottish-based plays by this Edinburgh writer: one act and
full length. There's a biography and how to contact him.
The Royal Court: Crossing the Borders
An experiment in online writing, featuring 12 young writers from the UK, US and China. It documents the entire process, including chat room transcripts, writers' diaries and work in progress. There are also details of the production, which will be on 7th November
Willy Russell
A couple of biographies.
Samuel French Ltd.
At long last Britain's major source of theatre books is on line. The site is still not complete, but it does have an alphabetical list of all acting editions available, a form to put you on their (snail) mailing list, and it's growing all the time.
Anthony Shaffer
A biography which provides comprehensive coverage of his work, plus lists of his books, stage work and screenplays. The author tells us that the site is under continuous development.
George Bernard Shaw
A brief biographical intro and a full bibliography.
George Bernard Shaw
A brief introduction, plus pages of his comments on education, love and children, marriage and divorce, and a page of "gems" - quotations. Not a lot of help for thsoe interested in his plays.
George
Bernard Shaw (BBC)
From the BBC Artzone: a three page profile and audio clips.
Sherriffs' Performance
Writers Group
Based at the Rivehouse Barn in Walton-on-Thames. Behind the idea is
local professional screenwriter Gary Wicks and playwright Peter Shaw.
A writing course which begins on 2nd October, 2002. Details of location,
the structure of the course and how to apply. Costs £30 per
term and only 15 people can join. Would-be members have to submit
a 5-10 page example of their work.
John Owen Smith
- Playwright
"Historical and Hysterical Plays" (including pantomimes)
for production by amateurs. Details of plays and an online order form.
Ryan J-W Smith
Author of Sweet Love Adieu. Details of his plays, a short biography
and something about the Dream Theatre Company, set up to perform his
work.
W Somerset Maugham: Theatre
A very brief survey of Maugham's theatre output, accompanied by photos of some of his plays. Part of a much bigger site which deals with his work as a whole.
Tom Stoppard
An intro, a brief biography, and details of his work for stage, TV, film and radio. There are some interesting pages on some of his plays, including Rosencranz and Guildernstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound and Travesties. The link to The Invention of Love takes you to an external page.
Gary
Sullivan
A writer of musicals - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Destiny (based
on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), and Eternity.
TGR - A Writer's Space
A resource for writers in all genres, which has a specific area devoted
to playwriting. There are opportunities for collaborative online work
as well as showcasing the work of individuals. Writers should definitely
check it out!
Paul Thain
Paul Thain is the creator of Playwrights on the Web but is also a successful playwright in his own right. Full details of all his work are here.
Theatre of the Oppressed
This is a primary source of information on Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, a major part of modern political theatre thinking. The site is heavy on the text (and heavy on the thought, sometimes!), but it's well worth a visit to learn about some of the thinking behind a lot of experimental theatre and drama in education.
Dylan Thomas
Devoted to his poetry, but there is a smallish biography.
Dylan
Thomas (BBC)
From the BBC Artzone: a three page profile and audio clips.
TLC Creative
A site for a trio of writers of pantos and short plays. The site tells
a little bit about them, gives details of their work (and associated
merchandise) and sample of the scripts are available in PDF format.
Catherine Trotter (1679-1749)
A brief introduction.
The UK Scriptwriters'
Website
This is a free service to scriptwriters in all media (theatre, radio,
film and TV, and multimedia - this link goes directly to the theatre
page), which aims to put writers and producers in touch with each
other. It provides a list of places which are interested/not interested
in receiving and reading unsolicited scripts. All give at least a
phone number, but some have notes for guidance. This could be a very
useful resource when it grows. Body text, however, is tiny and very
difficult to read.
