David Eldridge (dramatist)

David Eldridge
London, 2006
Born	20 September 1973 (1973-09-20) (age 38) Romford, Greater London, England
Education	Brentwood School (Essex) University of Exeter
Occupation	Playwright
Years active	1995–present

David Eldridge is an English dramatist, born in Romford, Greater London, United Kingdom (UK) in 1973.

His plays have been performed at major new writing institutions in the UK, including The Royal Court Theatre, the Bush Theatre, the Finborough Theatre and the National Theatre. His stage adaptation of the film Festen transferred from the Almeida Theatre to the West End and Broadway.

His play Market Boy, informed by his childhood working on a stall at Romford Market, played at the National Theatre's largest space, the Olivier in June 2006.

In July 2008 his play Under the Blue Sky was revived at the Duke of York's Theatre starring Chris O'Dowd, Catherine Tate and Francesca Annis.

In March 2011 his play The Knot of the Heart played at the Almeida Theatre and starred Lisa Dillon, for whom the role of Lucy was written.

In October 2011 he will be partaking in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six where he has written a piece based upon the 1st Letter of John from the King James Bible

In February 2012 the Royal Court Theatre will open his play In Basildon, directed by Dominic Cooke. In April 2012 the Royal Exchange Theatre will open his new version of Miss Julie by August Strindberg, starring Maxine Peake.

Plays

• Cabbage for Tea, Tea, Tea! (Exeter University, 1995)
• Sideways Moving (Edinburgh Fringe, 1995)
• Fighting for Breath (Finborough Theatre, 1995)
• Serving It Up (Bush Theatre, 1996)
• Dirty (Theatre Royal Stratford East, 1996)
• A Week with Tony (Finborough Theatre, 1996)
• Summer Begins (Donmar Warehouse, 1997)
• Thanks Mum (Red Room/Battersea Arts Centre, 1998)
• Falling (Hampstead Theatre, 1999)
• Under the Blue Sky (Royal Court Theatre, 2000)
• Killers (BBC Television, 2000)
• Michael & Me (BBC Radio 4, 2001)
• The Nugget Run (Short Film, 2002)
• Stratford, Ilford, Romford and All Stations to Shenfield (BBC Radio 4, 2003)
• M.A.D. (Bush Theatre, 2004)
• Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness (Royal Court Theatre, 2005)
• Market Boy (National Theatre, 2006)
• The Picture Man (BBC Radio 3, 2008)
• The List (Arcola Theatre, 2009)
• A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (written with Simon Stephens and Robert Holman), (Lyric Hammersmith, 2010)
• Like Minded People (BBC Radio 4, 2011)
• The Knot of the Heart (Almeida Theatre, 2011)
• The Secret Grief (BBC Radio 3, 2011)
• The Stock Da'wa (Hampstead Theatre, 2011)
• Something, Someone, Somewhere (Sixty Six Project/Bush Theatre/Westminster Abbey, 2011)
• In Basildon (Royal Court Theatre, 2012)

Adaptations/Versions

• Festen - adaptation of the Dogme film (Almeida Theatre/Lyric Theatre, 2004 / Music Box Theatre, New York, 2006)
• Our Hidden Lives - television adaptation of a book by Simon Garfield (BBC Television, 2005)
• The Wild Duck - new version of a play by Henrik Ibsen (Donmar Warehouse, 2006)
• John Gabriel Borkman - new version of a play by Henrik Ibsen (Donmar Warehouse, 2007)
• Babylone adaptation of the play Rue de Babylone by Jean-Marie Besset (Belgrade Coventry, 2009)
• The Lady from the Sea - new version of a play by Henrik Ibsen (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2010)
• Miss Julie - new version of a play by August Strindberg (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2012)

Bibliography

• Plays: One (Serving It Up/Summer Begins/Under the Blue Sky/M.A.D) (Methuen, 2005) ISBN 0413775097

External Links

• Independent on Sunday interview
• Oh, throw away your stopwatch
• Massive Attack David Eldridge on the Monsterists
• Telegraph interview
• David Eldridge & Rufus Norris Guardian interview
• Time Out interview
• Independent interview
• Under the Blue Sky in the West End
• David Eldridge, Simon Stephens & Robert Holman FT interview
• David Eldridge, Simon Stephens & Robert Holman Guardian interview
• Metro interview
• theatrevoice 19 March 2004 part 1
• theatrevoice 19 March 2004 part 2
• theatrevoice 9 June 2006
• theatrevoice 30 July 2008 part 1
• theatrevoice 30 July 2008 part 2
• theatrevoice 31 March 2011

Representation

David Eldridge is represented by Michael McCoy at Independent Talent, London.

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Name	Eldridge, David
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Date of birth	20 September 1973
Place of birth	Romford, Greater London, England
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