D C Jackson

Daniel Craig Jackson is a Scottish playwright, born in 1980.[1] His first full length play The Wall premiered at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow in 2008.[2] It was produced by Borderline Theatre Company and was nominated for several awards including the Best New Play at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland and the Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the year.[3][4] The sequel The Ducky was also produced by Borderline Theatre Company and toured in 2009.[5][6] In 2010 he finished his Stewarton Trilogy with The Chooky Brae. His play My Romantic History' (which starred Iain Robertson) won a Scotsman Fringe First at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival and sold out its run at the Bush Theatre London.[7] He will also be partaking in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six Books where he has written a piece based upon a book of the King James Bible.[8] In 2012 Jackson's play The Marriage of Figaro, an adaptation of the stage comedy by Beaumarchais and later opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.[9] In 2013 Jackson's play Threeway premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh.[10] In 2014, another of Jackson's work Kill Johnny Glendenning received its premiere at the Lyceum before transferring to Glasgow's Citizens Theatre.[11]

Works

References

  1. ↑ http://www.list.co.uk/article/6432-daniel-jackson/ Article about Jackson's play The Wall in the magazine The List, 14 Feb. 2008
  2. ↑ Theatre review: The Wall / Tron, Glasgow | Stage | The Guardian
  3. ↑ Saltire Society Shortlist 2008 - Books From Scotland
  4. ↑ CATS: 2007-08 shortlist
  5. ↑ Theatre review: The Ducky / Eastwood Park, Glasgow | Stage | The Guardian
  6. ↑ Film news, music reviews, gigs, restaurants, comedy, books | Metro.co.uk
  7. ↑ Interview: Daniel Jackson, playwright - News - Scotsman.com
  8. ↑ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/
  9. ↑ Description of the play The Marriage of Figaro on the website of Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
  10. ↑ Review of the play Threeway on the website of The Scotsman newspaper
  11. ↑ "Theatre review: Kill Johnny Glendenning, Edinburgh". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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