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Book SynopsisLeo Butler is an award-winning playwright from Sheffield, UK. His plays have been produced by many of the UK's most important theatres, including the National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Birmingham Rep, and Royal Shakespeare Company. He has taught and run workshops at major international theatres and cultural centres, including Teatro De La Palabra in Chile; Dot Theatre in Turkey; Studio Emad Eddin in Egypt; National Theatre in Nigeria; Reps Theatre in Zimbabwe; Market Theatre in South Africa; Teatro Britanico in Peru; and Merlin International Theater in Hungary. He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including
Made of Stone (Royal Court),
Redundant (Royal Court - winner of the George Divine Award),
Boy (Almeida) and
Decades (Brit School/Bridge Theatre Co.) He has written historical plays such as
I'll Be The Devil (RSC) and contemporary dramas such as
Lucky Dog (Royal Court),
Faces in the Crowd (Royal Court),
The Early Bird (Queen's Theatre, Belfast) and
All You Need is LSD (Birmingham Rep). He has also adapted classics like
Woyzeck (Birmingham Rep), pantomimes and comedies such as
Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East), and written musicals such as
Alison! The Rock Opera (Royal Court/King's Head). For 10 years, Leo Butler was Writers Tutor at the Royal Court Theatre and helped nurture a new generation of playwriting talent.
