Sue Glover

Sue Glover (born 1943, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright who has authored fictional works and adaptations for theater, radio and television. In the 1970s she worked with Zorina Ishmail Bibby in St. Andrews.

Life and work Glover was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland and graduated from Edinburgh University. While she lived the majority of her life in East Fife, she now lives close to the beach in East Neuk.

Glover's first play was The Seal Wife, which is set on a Scottish beach.

Bondagers explored the social and working conditions of women laboring in the fields of the Scottish Borders.

Glover is a fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies.

Selected productions Bondagers (Traverse Theatre) The Seal Wife (The Little Lyceum)) The Bubble Boy (Traverse Theatre), (The Tron) The Straw Chair (Traverse Theatre) An Island in Largo (The Byre) Bear On a Chain (Òran Mór) Marilyn (Citizens & Lyceum) Shetland Saga (Traverse Theatre) Artist Unknown (Citizens Theatre) BlowOuts, Wrecks & Almanacs (Pittenweem Festival) Fairplay (BBC Radio 4) Hunger (BBC Radio Scotland) Shiftwork The Benjamin The Wish House Sacred Hearts

Selected publications Glover, S. (1997). Bondagers & The Straw Chair. Methuen Drama. Glover, S. (2000). Shetland Saga. MIT Press. Glover, S., & Couleau, G. P. (2003). La chaise de paille. L'Avant-scène théâtre. Glover, S. (2014). The Straw Chair. Bloomsbury. Glover, S. (2014). Bondagers. Bloomsbury.

Selected awards The Bubble Boy won prizes at television festivals in New York and Chicago in 1980. Bondagers won a Thames Television Award in 1991.