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Jessica Townsend

JESSICA TOWNSEND

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Blake Friedmann  represented by Julian Friedmann

Jessica began her career as a theatre writer where she was seen as an original and distinctive new voice. Her first two places won her a BBC film commission, the Peggy Ramsay prize and a commission to write a series for Channel 4. She was writer in residence for both Hampstead Theatre and the National Studio. Her early success led to many commissions with both TV and film. Five years ago, alongside her writing career, she began making films as a writer-director. So far she has made four short films that have been shown in festivals across the world and garnered a number of prizes. She now teaches directing at the Met Film School and continues to work as a commissioned feature film writer. She is also developing two feature scripts for herself as a writer-director.

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below is a list of Jessica Townsend's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Angels And Saints         Terms Of Abuse

Angels And Saints

Synopsis:
Noreen is a wearied spinster burdened with looking after her whining and sarcastic Irish grandmother. A chance encounter with a coarse yet darkly sexy stranger in a graveyard provokes a deeply sensual response and opens up a new world of possibilities. Very poignant, funny and sad, this play is a beautifully observed piece of writing

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1st Produced:
Pleasance, London    24 Nov 1998

Organisations:
Soho Theatre

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London,    -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Terms Of Abuse

Synopsis:
An imaginative and shocking response to the terrible events that took place at Fred West's family home in Gloucester. Mandy was abused by the 'demon killer' when she was a girl but escaped murder - now she and her dodgy brother Whitey cook up a plan to sell her story. Except she's never really managed to put the pieces of her life back together and now the police are on her back and she's terrified of being forced to testify against her tormentor. then there's her children - she wants to help them find a way out of the dead end in which she finds herself. Her solution is tragic..

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London,    -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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