Duncan Ley is an Australian playwright

Playwright

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, actor

Actor

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, theatrical producer

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 and director who has also written for Sydney

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's Motion Picture Company. His play In Cold Light is currently in the production phase as it is turned into a feature film by Peter Slee Productions.

Playwright Credits

Ley's plays including The Burning, When in Rome, In Cold Light, For All Our Sins, Final Passages, Play Me Softly, Pillock for the Defence, The Suspect, and Last Drinks. The Ides of March made its world premiere at The White Bear Theatre

The White Bear Theatre

The White Bear Theatre Club is a fringe theatre venue, established in 1988 in the White Bear pub in Kennington, London Borough of Lambeth. It is run by Artistic Director Michael Kingsbury...

 in Kennington

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 on 28 November 2008 and is directed by prolific gay

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 theatre director Adam Spreadbury-Maher

Adam Spreadbury-Maher

Adam Spreadbury-Maher is a multi-award winning Australian/Irish theatre artistic director, producer and translator. He is the founding Artistic Director of London's Cock Tavern Theatre from January 2009 until the venues closure in April 2011. He became Artistic Director of the Kings Head Theatre...

 and starring British actress Robyn Moore

Robyn Moore (British actor)

Robyn Moore is a British actress, probably best known for playing Shirley Benson in EastEnders from 2003 to 2004....

 best known for her portrayal as Shirley Benson on BBC

BBC

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's EastEnders

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In 2009, Ley's play Last Drinks was presented as a double bill with Stephen Fry's Latin.

Awards

Ley has won a number of awards, including for his direction of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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's Hamlet

Hamlet

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for New Century Productions. He won "Best Original Work of the Year" and "Best Play of the Year" from the Canberra Area Theatre Awards in both 2001 and 2003, for The Burning and In Cold Light respectively. His play "The Ides of March" was short-listed for the 2007 STC Patrick White Playwright's Award.