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David Greig

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Book Writer b. 1969

David Greig (born 1969) is a Scottish playwright and theatre director. His work has been performed at many of the major theatres in Britain, including the Traverse Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and been produced around the world.

Also credited on1 work

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in. 1 of these have no page here — the work is here as a title and a year and nothing else.

In the literature1 passages

  • Edward Bennett, Stephen Dillane, and Juliet Rylance in The Tempest, part of The Bridge Project (photo by Joan Marcus) Creditors by August Strindberg, in a new version by David Greig; Presented by The Donmar Warehouse (Michael Grandage, Artistic Director; James Bierman, Executive Producer; Jo Danvers, General Manager); Director, Alan Rickm…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — book writer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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