Widely lauded as one of England’s most daring and innovative playwrights, Peter has written over twenty-five plays produced at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal National Theatre, the Apollo Theatre, the Lyric Studio Theatre, the Gate Theatre, the Finborough Theatre and numerous other venues. He was writer-in-residence at the Globe from 1998-2005; and his version of Schiller’s Mary Stuart, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, went from the Donmar Warehouse to the West End and Broadway. Peter specialises in plays written in verse form, welding his deep knowledge of classical literature and dramaturgy to a sharply modern sensibility. His plays and books of poetry have been published by Oxford University Press, Oberon Books, and New Generation Publishing.
Peter Oswald was a founding member of Columbina Theatre Company, based in Devon; he has been Writer in Residence at Dartington Hall, Devon, and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London. He was a Writer in Residence at the Finborough Theatre, London.
Plays published:
By Oberon Books: Augustine’s Oak, The Golden Ass, Odysseus, Ramayana, Mary Stuart, The Storm.
By Methuen: Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards.
By Oxford University Press: Don Carlos and Mary Stuart.
Poetry
Peter has done poetry performances in venues including: The Rose Theatre, Southwark, 2004, South West Storytelling Festival, 2004, Crown Hill Fort, Plymouth, 2004, Globe Theatre 2005, The Barrel House, Totnes, 2006, Truckles Wine Bar, Bloomsbury, Blue Stage, Devon, 2007, York Minster (Jorvik Festival) 2010, Folger Theatre Washington with Simon Armitage, 2015, Hay Festival, 2016, Royal Drawing School (ongoing)
Poems Published:
Dyad (with Sean Borodale) – Isinglass Press 2003
Weyland, with Oberon Books, 2008
Village, joint pamphlet with Alice Oswald, 2009
Performance, joint pamphlet with Alice Oswald 2011
A Reply to the Light, published by Bright Pen Books, 2012
Sonnets of Various Sizes, with Shearsman, 2016
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