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Gary Owen


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Gary Owen is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter. His recent plays include Violence and Son which had its premiere at the Royal Court in June 2015, and Iphigenia in Splott for which he won the James Tait Black Prize for Drama.

His other works include Love Steals Us From Loneliness, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, The Shadow of a Boy, (winner of Meyer Whitworth and George Devine awards), The Drowned World  (winner of Fringe First and Pearson Best Play awards), Ghost City, Cancer Time, SK8, Big Hopes, In the Pipeline, Blackthorn, Mary Twice, Amgen:Broken, Bulletproof, and Free Folk. His adaptations include Spring Awakening and Ring Ring, a new version of La Ronde, for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama; and Dickens' A Christmas Carol for Sh
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Average rating: 4.09 · 685 ratings · 74 reviews · 63 distinct worksSimilar authors
Iphigenia in Splott

4.26 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions
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Violence and Son

4.11 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Killology

3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions
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Romeo and Julie

4.44 avg rating — 34 ratings2 editions
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Love Steals Us From Loneliness

3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Plays 1: Crazy Gary's Mobil...

4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005
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The Drowned World

3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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Gary Owen: Collected Plays:...

4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings2 editions
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Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco

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3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian

4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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“I like that more, there’s something weird about boys who are That obsessive they’re not carrying an ounce of fat.”
Gary Owen, Iphigenia in Splott

“Even if I’ve got an escape from real life tonight That leaves me with a day to get through”
Gary Owen, Iphigenia in Splott

“I put my arms round his neck. I say, Hello, you. And I snog his fucking face off.”
Gary Owen, Iphigenia in Splott



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