James Graham (playwright), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

James Graham (playwright)

British playwright and television writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1982

Place of Birth: United Kingdom

Profession: screenwriter, playwright

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About James Graham (playwright)

  • James Graham (born 8 July 1982) is a British playwright and screenwriter.
  • His work has been staged throughout the UK and internationally, at theatres including the Bush, Soho Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru and the National Theatre. Graham grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Ashfield Comprehensive School and the University of Hull, where he studied drama. Graham's first professional play Albert's Boy was produced by the Finborough Theatre in London, where Graham became playwright-in-residence.
  • His first major play This House was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre, where it was critically and commercially acclaimed, transferred to the larger Olivier Theatre, and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Play.
  • This House was revived in 2016 and ran for two years, first in the West End and then on a national tour.
  • In 2018 Graham won his first Olivier Award, for Labour of Love as best new comedy (his other play Ink was nominated for an Olivier in the same year).
  • He wrote the book for the Broadway musical Finding Neverland, and two of his own plays, Privacy and Ink (for which he received his first Tony Award nomination), transferred to Broadway. Graham's debut feature film X+Y premiered in 2015, and he has written numerous TV dramas, including the TV films Coalition (which won the Royal Television Society award for Best Single Film) and Brexit: The Uncivil War (nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie).
  • In 2019 Graham wrote and executive produced a three-part TV adaptation of his stage play Quiz which will air in 2020.In June 2018 Graham was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.In January 2019, Graham's life and work was the subject of an in-depth BBC One documentary as part of the Imagine series.In May 2019 his play This House was voted Play of the Decade in Bloomsbury Publishing's '60 Years of Modern Plays' public vote.His plays are published by Methuen.

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