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Discusses four stage and film adaptations which demonstrate how contemporary dramatists have transformed well-known novels. The novels are Jane Austen's "Persuasion", Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations", Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter".

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The past: the 'big house', the servant class, the close-knit family ties of a bygone generation. For better or for worse

April de Angelis's funny and compassionate new play powerfully illustrates a rapidly changing way of life by focusing on the loves, traumas and disputes of one Midlands family throughout the twentieth century.

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A moving black comedy that reimagines the meaning of family.

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April de Angelis's second collection covers six plays written between 2011 and 2021, including the previously unpublished short play Rune and her first musical, Gin Craze!

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There have been spontaneous outbreaks of fires round the country the closest to us in Epping forest, a monster conflagration which raged for 3 weeks. A woman stands alone on stage. She'll give everything she has. Addressing the climate emergency head on, Extinct includes testimony from environmental activists.

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The extraordinary life of Emma Hamilton bursts out of the history books in April De Angelis's terrifically witty and vivid play.

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Hilary once protested at Greenham. Now her protests tend to focus on persuading her teenage daughter to go out fully clothed.

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April De Angelis's hilarious backstage comedy - shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize - recalls the origins of celebrity culture, before fame granted wealth and power.

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It's 1773 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Caught between financial pressures and artistic ambition, Garrick must decide if he can risk staging a play that could make or break his career.

A Laughing Matter was produced by Out of Joint and the National Theatre, London.

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Frank's got the interview; it's his big break. He just has to convince two formidable women from the corporation and he'll have his chance to get back to Russia. But somehow, history is working against them all.

Wild East premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in February 2005.