Lisa Evans is a British playwright and has been a

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fellow at several universities. She trained as an actor at

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and performed in the United Kingdom and the United States before becoming a playwright. Her work includes the stage adaptation of

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'' The Maid of Buttermere'', and ''The Day the Waters Came'', about the effects of

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. She has written for television including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton ...

'' and ''

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''. Her work for radio includes ''Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home'' (BBC Radio 4 ''Monday Play'', 1987), ''Ring o'Roses'' (''Afternoon Theatre'', 1981) and ''Hanging Fire'', about the

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(''Monday Play'', 1990). She won the

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award in 1986 for ''Under Exposure'' and in 1988 for ''The Red Chair'', and the Writers' Guild award for best play for young audiences in 2011 for ''The Day the Waters Came'' and in 2017 for ''Rise Up''.

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Lisa Evans
plays listed on doollee.com * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British dramatists and playwrights British women dramatists and playwrights Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama {{UK-playwright-stub