Louise Page
Encyclopedia
Life
She graduated from Birmingham University, and University of WalesUniversity of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
in 1977.
She was commissioned by the Birmingham Arts Lab
Birmingham Arts Lab
The Birmingham Arts Laboratory or Arts Lab was an experimental arts centre and artist collective based in Birmingham, England from 1968 to 1982 – an "arts and performance space dedicated to radical research into art and creativity"...
, and was Yorkshire Television Fellow, at University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
. From 2004 to 2006, she was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Edge Hill University
Edge Hill University
Edge Hill University is situated in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. It has three faculties: Education, Health and Social Care, and Arts and Sciences.- History :...
.
She and her husband, Christopher Hawes, run Words4work.
Awards
- 1977 International Student Playscript Award for Lucy.
- 1982 George Devine Award, for Salonika.
- 1985 J.T. Grein Award
Works
- Glasshouse, Edinburgh, 1977
- Want-Ad, Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, 1977
- Tissue, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 1978
- Hearing, Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, 1979
- Lucy, Old Vic, Bristol, 1979
- Flaws, Sheffield University Drama Studio, Sheffield, 1980
- House Wives, Derby, 1981
- Falkland Sound/Voces De Malvinas, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1983
- Golden Girls Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1984
- Real Estate, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1984
- Beauty and the Beards, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1985
- Beauty And The Beast, Playhouse, Liverpool, 1985
- Goat, Croydon, 1986
- Diplomatic Wives, Watford Place Theatre, Hertford, 1989
- Adam Was A Gardener, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 1991
- Salonika, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1992
- Hawks And Doves, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, 1992
- Spare Parts, Studio Theatre, Sacramento, 1992
- Like To Live, New York, 1992
- Another Nine Months, ew End Theatre, London, 1995
- The Statue Of Liberty, Playhouse, Derby, 1997