Lucinda Coxon (born 1962) is an English playwright and screenwriter. She was born in

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Education

In 1981, Coxon enrolled at

Somerville College, Oxford Somerville College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. It began admitting men in 1994. The colle ...

Works

Plays

Coxon's plays include ''Improbabilities'' at Soho Poly; ''Waiting at the Water's Edge'' and ''Wishbones'' at the

Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. Artistic Directors * Brian McDermott ...

, London; ''Three Graces'' at Lakeside Theatre,

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and the

Haymarket Theatre The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre in Haymarket, London, Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in ...

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; ''Nostalgia'' at

South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California. South Coast Repertory was founded in 1964. It has three stages and presents plays from all eras. SCR producers new plays, Theatre for Young Audiences ...

, California; '' The Ice Palace'' from the novel by

Tarjei Vesaas Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Vesaas' work is c ...

– for the National Theatre Connections scheme. ''Vesuvius'' at

, California; '' The Shoemaker's Incredible Wife'' from

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...

– also for the National Theatre Connections scheme. Her play – '' Happy Now?'' – premiered at the Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London in 2008. It has since been produced for

Yale Repertory Theater Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of Yale School of Drama, in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented stud ...

's 2008–2009 Season, and

Primary Stages Theater Primary Stages was founded in 1984 by Casey Childs as an Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company. In 2004, Primary Stages moved from its 99-seat home of 17 years at Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45th Street to the 199-seat theater at 59E59 Theate ...

's 25th Anniversary Season in 2009–2010. "The Eternal Not" was winner of the Best Script and Best Comedy Awards at the Screentest Festival 2013. A new play, ''Herding Cats'' was first seen at the

Ustinov Studio The Ustinov Studio is a studio theatre in Bath, England. It is the Theatre Royal's second space, built in 1997 at the rear of the building on Monmouth Street. It is named after the actor Peter Ustinov who led the fundraising programme for the ...

, Bath in December 2010 and revived at the Hampstead Theatre, London in December 2011. Olivia Hallinan starred as Justine in both productions.

Screenplays

Screenplays include '' The Heart of Me'', ''Lily and the Secret Planting'', ''Spaghetti Slow'',''

The Danish Girl ''The Danish Girl'' is a novel by American writer David Ebershoff, published in 2000 by the Viking Press in the United States and Allen & Unwin in Australia. The novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe, one of the first tra ...

'' (adapted from

David Ebershoff David Ebershoff (born January 17, 1969) is an American writer, editor, and teacher. His debut novel, '' The Danish Girl'', was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 2015, while his third novel, '' The 19th Wife'', was ...

's novel), One Life, ''Mrs Gonzalez'' and ''

Wild Target ''Wild Target'' is a 2010 black comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, written by Lucinda Coxon, and starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Eileen Atkins, Martin Freeman, and Rupert Everett. It is a remake of the 1993 French film of ...

''. Coxon adapted

Michel Faber Michel Faber (born 13 April 1960) is a Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction, including his 2002 novel ''The Crimson Petal and the White'', and '' Under the Skin'' (2000) which was adapted for film by Jonathan Glazer, starring Scarlett ...

's novel ''

The Crimson Petal and the White ''The Crimson Petal and the White'' is a 2002 novel by Michel Faber set in Victorian era, Victorian England. The title is from an 1847 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson entitled "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal", the opening line of which is "Now slee ...

'' as a

miniseries In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is ...

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

, which aired in April 2011.

Personal life

Coxon lives in north-west London with her husband and daughter.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coxon, Lucinda 1962 births English women dramatists and playwrights Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford 21st-century English dramatists and playwrights 21st-century English women writers English women screenwriters 21st-century English screenwriters