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Adapting Chekhov in the 21st Century,
Birdland,
Blindsided,
Carmen Disruption,
Christmas,
Cornelia Street,
Country Music,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time GCSE Student Edition,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Abridged for Schools,
Fatherland,
The Funfair,
Harper Regan,
Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle,
Herons,
Light Falls,
The Methuen Drama Book of 21st Century British Plays,
The Methuen Drama Book of Royal Court Plays 2000-2010,
Morning,
Morning Sun,
Motortown,
Nuclear War & The Songs for Wende,
On The Shore Of The Wide World,
One Minute,
Out West,
Pornography,
Pornography,
Port,
Producers' Choice: Six Plays for Young Performers,
Punk Rock,
Punk Rock,
Rage,
Sea Wall,
The Seagull,
Simon Stephens Plays 5,
Simon Stephens: A Working Diary,
Song from Far Away,
Song from Far Away,
Stephens Plays: 1,
Stephens Plays: 2,
Stephens Plays: 3,
Stephens Plays: 4,
Theatre in Times of Crisis,
A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky,
Three Kingdoms,
The Trial of Ubu,
Wastwater' and 'T5'
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Biography
Simon Stephens began his theatrical career in the literary department of the Royal Court Theatre, where he ran its Young Writers' Programme. His plays for theatre include Bluebird (Royal Court Theatre) Herons (Royal Court Theatre, 2001); Port (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2002); One Minute (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2003 and Bush Theatre, London, 2004); Christmas (Bush Theatre, 2004); Country Music (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2004); On the Shore of the Wide World (Royal Exchange Theatre and National Theatre, London, 2005); Motortown (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2006); Pornography (Tricycle Theatre, London, 2009); Harper Regan (National Theatre, 2008); Sea Wall (Bush Theatre, 2009); Heaven (Traverse Theatre, 2009); Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2009); The Trial of Ubu (Essen Schauspielhaus/Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2010); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (co-written with David Eldridge and Robert Holman; Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2010); Wastwater (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2011); Morning (Lyric Hammersmith, 2012); an adaptation of A Doll's House (Young Vic, 2012); an adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre, 2012); Blindsided (Royal Exchange, 2014); and Birdland (Royal Court, 2014). His radio plays include Five Letters Home to Elizabeth (BBC Radio 4, 2001) and Digging (BBC Radio 4, 2003). Awards include the Pearson Award for Best New Play, 2001, for Port; Olivier Award for Best New Play for On the Shore of the Wide World, 2005; and for Motortown German critics in Theater Heute's annual poll voted him Best Foreign Playwright, 2007. His adaptation of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play.