Douglas Maxwell Explained

Douglas Maxwell (born 1974 in Girvan) is a Scottish playwright, whose work has been performed throughout Scotland, the UK and abroad.

Life & work

He was born to two teachers in Girvan on the Ayrshire south-west coast of Scotland. He has one sister. He came to fame when Decky Does a Bronco was performed in 2000 by the Grid Iron Theatre Company. The play won numerous awards including a Fringe First, the Stage Award for Ensemble Acting and was nominated for The Barclaycard Stage Award for Best Touring Production. Variety, a comic drama about the impact of cinema on Scotland's variety entertainers, was staged as at The Edinburgh International Festival in 2002 and was subsequently broadcast on BBC Four.^[1] Maxwell was also the subject of a BBC Two Scotland Artworks documentary in 2002. In 2009 Maxwell was awarded Theatre Centre's Brian Way Award for Best New Play for The Mothership.^[2]

Plays

• Decky Does a Bronco (2000) Pub. Oberon (2001)
• Our Bad Magnet (2000) Pub. Oberon (2001)
• Variety (2002) Pub. Oberon (2002)
• Helmet (2002) Pub. Oberon (2002)
• Mancub (2005) Pub. Oberon (2005)
• If Destroyed True (2005)^[3] Pub. Oberon (2005)
• The Backpacker Blues (2005)
• Melody (2006) Pub. Oberon (2006)
• The Mother Ship (2008) Pub. Oberon (2008)
• The Miracle Man (2010) ^[4]
• Too Fast (2011)
• A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity (2013)
• Fever Dream: Southside (2015)
• Yer Granny (2015)
• Charlie Sonata (2015)
• Build Your Own Utopia (2020)

External links

• News: The writers; Douglas Maxwell. 6 July 2002. The Guardian. 13 March 2011.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Film and Drama: Variety. Farquhar. Simon. December 2009. BBC. 13 March 2011.
2. http://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/events/awards/ Theatre Centre
3. News: Public Inquiry: Douglas Maxwell. Ellis. Samantha. 6 April 2005. The Guardian. 13 March 2011.
4. Web site: The Miracle Man. National Theatre of Scotland. 29 June 2013.