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Penelope Skinner

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In 2015, Skinner's play "Linda", staged at London's Royal Court theatre, "raises important questions with bracing rhetorical force" Timeout. Also in 2015, her off-broadway play "The Ruins of Civilisations" was described as offering "a powerful portrait of an anguished woman fixating on the prospect
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of a baby as a source of affection, hope and escape" by The Guardian, In 2018, her play "Meek", staged at the Traverse in Edinburgh, "probes into power, resistance and men's rights"
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newspaper described Skinner as "Our leading young feminist writer." In 2013, Skinner co-wrote the screenplay for the film
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in 2010, was a critical and box office hit and Skinner was nominated for the
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for Most Promising Playwright in 2011. In 2011, she wrote episodes for the
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In 2023, Skinner's play "Lyonesse" opened at The Harold Pinter Theatre.
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to critical acclaim and has had other plays staged in
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where it had a sell out, twice-extended run starring
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United Kingdom
Playwright
screenwriter
Literature portal
playwright
Old Red Lion Theatre
Edinburgh Festival
London
Bush Theatre
National Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
Bush Theatre
Evening Standard Award
Royal Court Theatre
Romola Garai
Joe Hill-Gibbins
George Devine Award
Evening Standard Award
Channel 4
Fresh Meat
Paines Plough
Sheffield Theatres
Chichester Festival Theatre
The Independent
How I Live Now
Ian Rickson
Traverse Theatre
Lynne Meadow
Manhattan Theatre Club
Leah C. Gardiner

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