Roy Williams
Dates:
1968-
Gender:
Male
Biography
London born Roy Williams is an award winning playwright. His third play for the Royal Court, Fallout, won the 2003 South Bank Show Arts Council Decibel Award. His second, Clubland, won the 2001 Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright and Lift Off, also for the Royal Court, was joint winner of the George Devine Award 2000. His other work includes The Gift (Birmingham Rep), Local Boy (Hampstead Theatre) and The No-boys Cricket Club (Theatre Royal Stratford East). Williams was the first recipient of the Alfred Fagan Award and winner of both the John Whiting Award 1997 and the EMMA Award 1999 for Starstruck (Tricycle Theatre).
Productions
| Production | Date | Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| Angel House | 2008 | New Wolsey Theatre |
| Absolute Beginners | Lyric Hammersmith | |
| Baby Girl | 2008 | Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre |
| Clubland | 2001 | Royal Court Theatre |
| Category B | 2009 | The Tricycle Theatre |
| Days Of Significance | 2007 | Swan Theatre |
| The Gift | 2000 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| Fallout | 2003 | Royal Court Theatre |
| Local Boy | 2000 | Hampstead Theatre |
| Joe Guy | 2007 | New Wosley Theatre |
| Josie's Boys | 1996 | |
| Little Sweet Thing | 2005 | New Wolsey Theatre |
| Lift Off | 1999 | Royal Court Theatre |
| No Boys Cricket Club | 1996 | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
| Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads | 2002 | Loft, National Theatre |
| Starstruck | 1998 | The Tricycle Theatre |
| Slow Time | 2006 | |
| Souls | 2001 | Oval House Theatre |
| Sucker Punch | 2010 | Royal Court Theatre |
| There's Only One Wayne Matthews | 2007 | Polka Theatre |
Publications
| Title | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Sucker Punch | 2010 | Methuen Drama |
| Williams Plays 3: Fallout; Slow Time; Days of Significance; Absolute Beginners | 2008 | Methuen Drama |
| Little Sweet Thing | 2005 | Methuen Drama |
| Roy Williams Plays: v. 2: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift | 2004 | Methuen Drama |
| Roy Williams Plays 1: The No Boys Cricket Club; Starstruck; Lift Off | 2002 | Methuen Drama |
| 2013 |
Critical sources
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