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Linda Wilkinson

LINDA WILKINSON  

 Nationality:    English
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Born in London's East End, Linda is a polymath. Playwright, novelist, scientist. She began writing for the stage in the late 1990's. Her fist play DUST AT MIDNIGHT, won the Writers Guild of Great Britain Theatre Showcase Award. Subsequent plays DISPARATE BODIES, DIAMOND (a musical) and BLOODLINE have been performed in the West End and on the Fringe. DIAMOND was adapted for BBC Radio 4. Her theatre company WIT (Women In Theatre) showcases roles for the older woman. Linda has recently written a children's novel, THE OONFORD DETECTIVE AGENCY, the first part of a planned trilogy.She has also written history books, one on the famous Columbia Road Flower Market and one on Shoreditch (The Shoreditch Tales). Along the way Linda has been Chair of Amnesty International UK and sits on the Board of several organizations involved with a diverse range of artistic and community based works.

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

 Bloodline         Diamond         Diamond Lil         Disparate Bodies         Dust At Midnight         It Happened Here         Shilpa and Jade - The skin story         Too Close for Comfort

Bloodline

Synopsis:
Set in the turbulent years of the Wars of Religion this is the tale of Bess of Hardwick and her last husband George, who were the "protectors" of Mary Queen of Scots, thus saving Britain from the "Catholic menace. Duty, Dynasty, Death.

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Organisations:
Evcol/WIT

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Diamond

Synopsis:
Musical based on the lives of Diamond Lil and Maisie, two cross dressing East Enders who entertained Bethnal Green during the war years and into the 1960's. Centred on the Royal Oak Pub in Columbia Road with larger than life characters and risque songs aplenty.

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WIT

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Genre:
Musical

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Diamond Lil

Synopsis:
Taken from tales told the author, this play recounts the lives of Daimond Lil and Maisie, two cross dressing East Enders who entertained Bethnal Green during the war years and into the 1960's.

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1st Produced:
BBC Radio    Dec 2005

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Disparate Bodies

Synopsis:
Byline - Four Short Plays About Living in a Dangerous World this play dramatizes the real lives of four individuals who inhabit the edges of society. A Turkish Transsexual, a Bisexual rent boy, a Lesbian who has grown up under Communism and the most surprising an Italian Contessa with perhaps the bitterest tale of all.

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1st Produced:
The Albery, St Martin's Lane, London    May 1998

Organisations:
Amnesty International

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dust At Midnight

Synopsis:
You're having a nervous breakdown, and the ghost of Tennessee Williams contacts you through the internet. It's a prank right? But when he turns up in your living room to help you find a way through your nightmares what do you do? Embrace him, or hate him?

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Second production At the White Bear Theatre, Kennington in 2002.

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Organisations:
Writers Guild

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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It Happened Here

Synopsis:
Four plays written from interviews with pupils at the Bridge Academy, Hackney about the history of the area in which they live.

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1st Produced:
Open air theatre Shoreditch Park    Aug 2010

Organisations:
The Theatre Centre/Hoxton Hall

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Shilpa and Jade - The skin story

Synopsis:
A devised play from issues raised by Bangladeshi and Somali young women about the prevalence and dangers of skin lightening and acid burning in their communities.

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1st Produced:
Oxford House    Aug 2007

Organisations:
Wellcome Trust

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Music:
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Too Close for Comfort

Synopsis:
Drama about the difficulties young Somali's find in integrating into the UK and of dealing with their parents aspirations. From research performed by London Metropolitan University

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1st Produced:
Oxford House    Nov 2007

Organisations:
London Metropolitan University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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