Iain Landles

Iain Joseph Robert Landles (born 5 January 1963) is an English playwright.

Biography

Iain was born in Portsmouth, England the eldest son of John and Pauline Landles. His early childhood was spent between England and Malta and his first language Maltese. Iain obtained a First at Portsmouth University, where he also gained an MA in Literature, and received his Doctorate at Sussex University. He has been writing plays since 1988 and his first show ("Urak-Hai") took place in 1992. Since then his work has appeared on the London Fringe, the Edinburgh and Brighton Festivals, and on numerous tours across Britain.

Iain's "War Trilogy" [Published by Oberon Books in 2005: ISBN 1-84002-543-3] was performed between 2003 and 2005 at the White Bear Theatre, London. "Time Out" said of "The Siege": 'Landles' fierce poetic style, together with his themes of political and sexual depravity, might make you think of Howard Barker, and you'd not be far wrong. ... Landles has served up an intriguingly nasty piece of work.' ["Time Out: September 24th, 2005, No.1727"]

Landles is a controversial playwright, experimenting with theatrical form (see "Seventh Day Respite", 2007, and "Accelerating Expansion", 2008), language, character, and narrative. His 'in-yer-face' style of writing has made him few friends in the theatrical world, and his unique voice is known for its lack of compromise.

Iain is also a Contributing and Consulting editor for "SPRING, The Journal of the E. E. Cummings Society" [^ Landles, Iain (2001). "An Analysis of Two Poems by E.E. Cummings". SPRING, The Journal of the E. E. Cummings Society 10: 31–43; and Landles, Iain (1999). "Post-Structuralist Cummings". SPRING, The Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society 8: 161-170. ] .​

Personal life

Iain is married to Joanna and lives in Chichester, England.

Selected Plays

*"Folk Singer" (1989)
*"Pictures at an Exhibition" (1990)
*"The Scottish Play" (1991)
*"A Message of Love" (1991)
*"Urak-Hai" (1992)
*"Soach" (1993)
*"Kaliayev" (1994)
*"Lequesa" (1995)
*"Our Lady" (1997)
*"A Chamber Play" (1998)
*"The Park" (1999)
*"Sorry Seemed" (2000)
*"The Philosophy of Roses" (2001)
*"Roisin Dubh" (2002)
*"The Siege" (2003)
*"Angel of Mons" (2004)
*"Berezina" (2005)
*"Fortuna: Scenes of the Martyrdom of St. Osyth" (2006)
*"Aftermath" (2006)
*"Seventh Day Respite" (2007)
*"Accelerating Expansion" (2008)

References

External links

*http://www.oberonbooks.com/frameset.htm
*http://www.manscript.co.uk/