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Dateline: 22nd June, 2011
Pinter Playwright's Award The inaugural Harold Pinter Playwright’s Award was presented today at the Royal Court Theatre to Anders Lustgarten, whose first play A Day at the Racists about the workings of the British National Party premiered at the Finborough Theatre in March 2010.
The Harold Pinter Playwright’s Award will be given annually by his widow, Lady Antonia Fraser, to support a new commission at the Royal Court. It can be given to any playwright, from a first-time, unpublished writer to one already established Since Lustgarten started writing in 2007, he has completed attachments at Soho Theatre and the National Theatre with commissions from both and from the Bolton Octagon. He read Chinese Studies at Oxford and, alongside his writing, he works as a political activist across the world, focusing on the actions of multinational corporations in developing countries. He most recently won the Catherine Johnson Award given to the Best Play written as part of the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme, which awards five bursaries a year to writers of outstanding promise. Dominic Cooke, Artistic Director of the Royal Court, said, "This very generous award granted to the Royal Court by Harold’s widow Antonia Fraser will allow us to commission a playwright each year, helping us continue our commitment here to new writing and pay tribute to Harold’s important contribution to the Royal Court.
"Although there are no specific criteria for the award, it seemed appropriate that the first one should go to a talented young writer with a fierce political engagement who plans to write a play about the radical changes in the world around us."
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