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Amy Rosenthal

b. 1974

British playwright

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About Amy Rosenthal

Born 1974. Amy Rosenthal is a British playwright, writer and librettist.

Amelia Rosenthal (born 1974) is a British playwright from Muswell Hill, London. She is a recipient of The Sunday Times Drama Award.

Biography Rosenthal was born in 1974, the daughter of dramatist Jack Rosenthal and actress Maureen Lipman. She is Jewish.

Rosenthal studied to be a playwright at the University of Birmingham,

She won The Sunday Times Drama Award with her debut play Henna Night in 1999. In 2015, she wrote the libretto to the opera Entanglement by the composer Charlotte Bray. Rosenthal was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for female dramatists. Rosenthal teaches playwriting on the Arvon courses, and at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Plays Her plays include: Sitting Pretty (1998) Henna Night (1999) (winner of the Sunday Times Drama Award 1999) Jerusalem Syndrome (2000) Little Words (radio play) Jack Rosenthal's Last Act (4-part series adapted from book for BBC Radio 4) Thank God It's Friday (co-written with Cosh Omar 2007) On The Rocks (2008) (about D. H. Lawrence and his circle, shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2009) The Jitterbug Blitz (2009) The Workroom (adapted from L'Atelier by Jean-Claude Grumberg) Fear of Cherry Blossom (premiere at Cheltenham Everyman Studio Theatre, 2016)

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1974, Muswell Hill
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University of Birmingham

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Who is Amy Rosenthal?

British playwright

When was Amy Rosenthal born?

Amy Rosenthal was born in 1974 in Muswell Hill.

What is Amy Rosenthal's occupation?

Amy Rosenthal is a playwright, writer and librettist.

What nationality is Amy Rosenthal?

Amy Rosenthal is British.

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· Wikipedia: Amy Rosenthal

· Wikidata: Q4749365

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