David Harrower

David Harrower (* 1966 in Edinburgh , Scotland ) is a British theater writer.

Since his first success with Knives in Hens in 1995, he has been successful with his own plays and with adaptations of plays by foreign authors. These works have been played on British and international stages, partly as collaborations.

Works

Own works

• 1995: Knives in Hens , WP: Traverse Theater , Edinburgh
• 1998: Kill the Old Torture Their Young , UA: Traverse Theater, Edinburgh
• 2001: Presence , WP: Royal Court Theater, Upstairs
• 2003: Dark Earth , UA: Traverse Theater, Edinburgh
• 2005: Blackbird , WP: Edinburgh International Festival
• 2008: 365 , WP: Edinburgh International Festival

Adaptations

• 1999: The Chrysalids , based on the novel of the same name by John Wyndham
• 2000: Six Characters Looking for an Author after Luigi Pirandellos Six people are looking for an author
• 2002: Ivanov after Anton Chekhov
• 2002: Woyzeck after Büchner's Woyzeck
• 2002: The Girl on the Sofa based on Jon Fosse . Cooperation between Edinburgh International Festival and Schaubühne , Berlin
• 2003: Tales from the Vienna Woods by Odon von Horváth's Tales from the Vienna Woods

Translations

• Bertolt Brecht : The Good Soul of Szechuan ( The Good Soul of Szechuan)
• Arthur Schnitzler : Sweet Nothings (Liebelei)

Web links

• Literature by and about David Harrower in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography on britishcouncil.org