Speechless

by Linda Brogan, Polly Teale

Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010. The true-life drama of two girls' struggle to find a voice, inspired by Marjorie Wallace's best-selling book The Silent Twins. This is an astonishing and moving portrayal of the secret world of a very special but ultimately destructive alliance between two identical twin sisters.

Genres: Plays

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2010

About the author

Linda Brogan
Represented by Nick Quinn@The Agency

2011: Scented White Jasmine
Not yet produced
Long-listed for Bruntwood Prize
Long-listed for Alfred Fagon Award

2010: Speechless
Co-written with Polly Teale
Produced by Shared Experience at The Traverse
Published by Nick Hern
Nominated for Amnesty International Freedom of Speech Award
Awarded an Edinburgh Fringe First.

2007: Black Crows
Produced by Cleanbreak at the Arcola
Published by Oberon
Finalist in the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Short-listed for Alfred Fagon Award

2005: What's in the Cat
Produced by Contact Theatre
Transferred to Royal Court
Published by Methuen
Nominated for MEN Best New Play Award  

2005: God Can See Down Entries
The Wire, Radio 3

2004: Basil and Beattie
Produced at The Royal Exchange
Transferred to The Liverpool Everyman
Won North West Playwrights Twenty First Anniversary Commission

2001: writer in residence at Contact Theatre

2001: on attachment at National Theatre Studio

2001: The Well
Won the Lefeurve/Promis Prize at National Theatre Studio
Won The Alfred Fagon Award hosted by The Royal Court