Amy Rosenthal
Encyclopedia
Amy Rosenthal is a British
playwright
from Muswell Hill
, London
. She is the daughter of Jack Rosenthal
and Maureen Lipman
.
. Her plays include:
United Kingdom
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playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
from Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated about north of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. Muswell Hill is in the N10 postal district and mostly in the Hornsey and Wood Green parliamentary constituency.- History :The...
, London
London
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. She is the daughter of Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal
Jack Morris Rosenthal CBE was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.-Biography:...
and Maureen Lipman
Maureen Lipman
Maureen Diane Lipman CBE is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist and comedienne.-Early life:Lipman was born in Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Maurice Julius Lipman and Zelma Pearlman. Her father was a tailor; he used to have a shop between the...
.
Plays
Rosenthal studied playwriting at the University of BirminghamUniversity of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
. Her plays include:
- Sitting Pretty (1998)
- Henna Night (1999) (winner of the Sunday Times Drama Award 1999)
- Jerusalem Syndrome (2000)
- Little Words (radio play)
- Jack Rosenthal's Last Act (4-part series adapted from book for radio 4)
- Thank God It's Friday (co-written with Cosh Omar 2007)
- On The Rocks (2008) (shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2009)
- The Jitterbug Blitz (2009)
- The Workroom (adapted from L'Atelier by Jean-Claud Grumberg)