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Stephen Wyatt, born 4 February 1948 in Beckenham, Kent (now Greater London), is a British writer for theatre, radio and television.

Early life and education

Wyatt was raised in Ealing, West London.^[1] He was educated at Latymer Upper School and then Clare College, Cambridge. After a brief spell as lecturer in Drama at Glasgow University, he began his career as a freelance playwright in 1975 as writer/researcher with the Belgrade Theatre Coventry in Education team.

Full listings of his work can be found on his website www.stephenwyatt.co.uk.

Theatre work

His subsequent young people's theatre work includes The Magic Cabbage (Unicorn Theatre, 1978), Monster (York Theatre Royal, 1979) and The Witch of Wapping (Half Moon, 1980).^{[citation needed]}

In 1982 and 1983, he was Resident Writer with the Bubble Theatre for whom he wrote Glitterballs and The Rogue's Progress.^{[citation needed]}

His other theatre work includes After Shave (Apollo Theatre, 1978), R.I.P Maria Callas (Edinburgh Festival Fringe / Hen and Chickens, 1992), A Working Woman - from Émile Zola’s L'Assommoir (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1992), Pick Yourself Up (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, 2011), A Victorian Mikado (Krazy Kat Theatre, 2011), The Standard Bearer (Waterloo East Theatre, London / Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, 2014), The Devil in the Belfry - libretto after a scenario by Claude Debussy (Gottingen 2013), and Told Look Younger (Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2015).^{[citation needed]}

He also collaborated with Jeff Clarke on The Burglar's Opera for Opera della Luna (2004) "stolen from an idea by W. S. Gilbert with music nicked from Sir Arthur Sullivan" and with the Weaver Dance Company on The Loves of Mars and Venus and The Loves of Pygmalion.^{[citation needed]}

His new comedy Two Cigarettes in the Dark starring Penelope Keith and directed by Alan Strachan opens at the Chichester Festival Theatre in February 2022.^[2]

Television work

Wyatt's first work for television was Claws, filmed by the BBC in 1987, starring Simon Jones and Brenda Blethyn. He was then commissioned by Andrew Cartmel to write two scripts for the science-fiction series Doctor Who, which were Paradise Towers and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, both starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. His other television credits include scripts for The House of Eliott and Casualty.

In 2020 Big Finish brought out The Psychic Circus, Stephen's audio drama prequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

Radio work

He has worked for BBC Radio since 1985 as both an adapter and an original playwright.

Radio adaptations

Sketches by Boz (1998–1999)
The Old Wives' Tale (2003)
Gilbert without Sullivan (2003–2004)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Oblomov (2005)
Tom Jones (2007)
The Talented Mr Ripley (2009)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2012)
The Divine Comedy (2014)

Original plays

Fairest Isle (1995, Sony Award Winner)
Gray's Elegy (2000)
Party Animal (2003)
Dr Brighton and Mr Harding (2006)
Memorials to the Missing (2007)
Gerontius (2011)
Finlandia (2015)
The Psychic Circus (Big Finish 2020)
The Seven Ages of Woman (2021)
Breaking the Rules: A House Called Insanity (2024)^[3]

Publications

Three plays by Pinero - Introduced by Stephen Wyatt (Methuen, 1985)^[4]
Paradise Towers (Target Books, 1988)^[5]
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (Target Books, 1989)^[6]
Memorials to the Missing (London, 2007)^[7]
R.I.P, Maria Callas and other monologues for stage and radio (London, 2007)^[8]
Gilbert without Sullivan (London, 2007)^[9]
L'Assommoir (London, 2007)^[10]
The Speculator (London, 2009)^[11]
So You Want To Write Radio Drama? with Claire Grove (Nick Hern Books, 2013)^[12]
The World and His Wife: A true story told by two unreliable narrators (Book Guild 2019)^[13]
Hurst on Film with Caitlin Smith (Quartertoten 2021)
'The Secret Life of Caretaker Number 112 Stroke 9 Subsection 7' in Build High for Happiness (Obverse Books 2021)
The Wallscrawler and Other Stories (Obverse Books 2022)^[14]

Awards

His play Memorials to the Missing (2007) won the Tinniswood Award for best original radio script of 2007 and Silver in the Best Drama category of the 2008 Sony Radio Academy Awards.

His radio drama Gerontius (2010) won the 2011 Tinniswood Award for Best Radio Drama Script.^[15]

References

^ Wyatt, Stephen (2010). "About Stephen". www.stephenwyatt.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ "Two Cigarettes in the Dark UK Tour starring Dame Penelope Keith". 31 August 2021.
^ "Breaking the Rules - A House Called Insanity - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ bloomsbury.com. "Pinero: Three Plays". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Doctor Who". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Doctor Who". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Memorials to the Missing". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "R.I.P. Maria Callas". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Gilbert Without Sullivan". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "L'Assommoir". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "The Speculator". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "So You Want to Write Radio Drama?". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "The World and His Wife: A true story told by two unreli…". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "The Wallscrawler and Other Stories – Stephen Wyatt". Obverse Books. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ Writers' Guild of Great Britain (2012). "Audio Drama Award winners announced". www.writersguild.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

External links

[1] Wyatt, Stephen (2010). "About Stephen". www.stephenwyatt.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[2] "Two Cigarettes in the Dark UK Tour starring Dame Penelope Keith". 31 August 2021.

[3] "Breaking the Rules - A House Called Insanity - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[4] sbury.com. "Pinero: Three Plays". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[5] "Doctor Who". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[6] "Doctor Who". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[7] "Memorials to the Missing". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[8] "R.I.P. Maria Callas". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[9] "Gilbert Without Sullivan". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[10] "L'Assommoir". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[11] "The Speculator". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[12] "So You Want to Write Radio Drama?". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[13] "The World and His Wife: A true story told by two unreli…". Goodreads. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[14] "The Wallscrawler and Other Stories – Stephen Wyatt". Obverse Books. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[15] Writers' Guild of Great Britain (2012). "Audio Drama Award winners announced". www.writersguild.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

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-'''Stephen Wyatt''', born 4 February 1948 in [[Beckenham]], [[Kent]] (now [[Greater London]]), is a [[United Kingdom|British]] writer for theatre, radio and television.
+'''Stephen Wyatt''', born 4 February 1948 in [[Beckenham]], [[Kent]] (now [[Greater London]]), is a British writer for theatre, radio and television.
 == Early life and education ==
 Wyatt was raised in [[Ealing]], West [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Stephen |title=About Stephen |url=http://www.stephenwyatt.co.uk/about-stephen/ |work=www.stephenwyatt.co.uk |year=2010 |accessdate=1 September 2011}}</ref> He was educated at [[Latymer Upper School]] and then [[Clare College, Cambridge]]. After a brief spell as lecturer in Drama at [[Glasgow University]], he began his career as a freelance [[playwright]] in 1975 as writer/researcher with the [[Belgrade Theatre]] Coventry in Education team.
-Full listings of his work can be found on his website www.stephenwyatt.co.uk
+Full listings of his work can be found on his website www.stephenwyatt.co.uk.
 == Theatre work ==
-His subsequent young people's theatre work includes ''The Magic Cabbage'' ([[Unicorn Theatre]], 1978), ''Monster'' ([[York Theatre Royal]], 1979) and ''The Witch of Wapping'' (Half Moon, 1980).
+His subsequent young people's theatre work includes ''The Magic Cabbage'' ([[Unicorn Theatre]], 1978), ''Monster'' ([[York Theatre Royal]], 1979) and ''The Witch of Wapping'' (Half Moon, 1980).{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
-In 1982 and 1983, he was Resident Writer with the Bubble Theatre for whom he wrote ''Glitterballs'' and ''The Rogue's Progress''.
+In 1982 and 1983, he was Resident Writer with the Bubble Theatre for whom he wrote ''Glitterballs'' and ''The Rogue's Progress''.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
-His other theatre work includes ''After Shave'' ([[Apollo Theatre]], 1978), ''R.I.P Maria Callas'' ([[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] / Hen and Chickens, 1992), ''A Working Woman'' - from [[Émile Zola]]’s L'Assommoir ([[West Yorkshire Playhouse]], 1992), ''Pick Yourself Up'' (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, 2011), ''A Victorian Mikado'' (Krazy Kat Theatre, 2011), ''The Standard Bearer'' (Waterloo East Theatre, London / Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, 2014), ''The Devil in the Belfry'' - libretto after a scenario by [[Claude Debussy]] (Gottingen 2013), and ''Told Look Younger'' ([[Jermyn Street Theatre|Jermyn Street Theatre, London]], 2015).
+His other theatre work includes ''After Shave'' ([[Apollo Theatre]], 1978), ''R.I.P Maria Callas'' ([[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] / Hen and Chickens, 1992), ''A Working Woman'' - from [[Émile Zola]]’s L'Assommoir ([[West Yorkshire Playhouse]], 1992), ''Pick Yourself Up'' (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, 2011), ''A Victorian Mikado'' (Krazy Kat Theatre, 2011), ''The Standard Bearer'' (Waterloo East Theatre, London / Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, 2014), ''The Devil in the Belfry'' - libretto after a scenario by [[Claude Debussy]] (Gottingen 2013), and ''Told Look Younger'' ([[Jermyn Street Theatre|Jermyn Street Theatre, London]], 2015).{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
-He also collaborated with Jeff Clarke on ''The Burglar's Opera'' for [[Opera della Luna]] (2004) "stolen from an idea by [[W. S. Gilbert]] with music nicked from [[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]]" and with the [https://www.weaverensemble.com/ Weaver Dance Company] on ''The Loves of Mars and Venus'' and ''The Loves of Pygmalion''.
+He also collaborated with Jeff Clarke on ''The Burglar's Opera'' for [[Opera della Luna]] (2004) "stolen from an idea by [[W. S. Gilbert]] with music nicked from [[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]]" and with the Weaver Dance Company on ''The Loves of Mars and Venus'' and ''The Loves of Pygmalion''.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
-His new comedy ''Two Cigarettes in the Dark''Italic text'''' '''starring Penelope Keith and directed by Alan Strachan opens at the Chichester Festival Theatre in February 2022.'''
+His new comedy ''Two Cigarettes in the Dark'' starring Penelope Keith and directed by Alan Strachan opens at the Chichester Festival Theatre in February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/two-cigarettes-in-the-dark-uk-tour-starring-dame-penelope-keith/|title=Two Cigarettes in the Dark UK Tour starring Dame Penelope Keith|date=31 August 2021}}</ref>
-https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/two-cigarettes-in-the-dark-uk-tour-starring-dame-penelope-keith/
 == Television work ==
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2022}}
+Wyatt's first work for television was ''Claws'', filmed by the BBC in 1987, starring [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]] and [[Brenda Blethyn]]. He was then commissioned by [[Andrew Cartmel]] to write two scripts for the science-fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which were ''[[Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', both starring [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. His other television credits include scripts for ''[[The House of Eliott]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.
+In 2020 Big Finish brought out ''The Psychic Circus'', Stephen's audio drama prequel to ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy''.
-Wyatt's first work for television was ''Claws'', filmed by the BBC in 1987, starring [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]] and [[Brenda Blethyn]]. He was then commissioned by [[Andrew Cartmel]] to write two scripts for the science-fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which were called ''[[Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', both starring [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]]. His other television credits include scripts for ''[[The House of Eliott]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.
-In 2020 Big Finish brought out ''The Psychic Circus '', Stephen's audio drama prequel to ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy''.
 == Radio work ==
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2022}}
 He has worked for [[BBC Radio]] since 1985 as both an adapter and an original playwright.
 === Radio adaptations ===
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2022}}
 * ''Sketches by Boz'' (1998–1999)
-* ''The old wives' tale'' (2003)
+* ''The Old Wives' Tale'' (2003)
 * ''Gilbert without Sullivan'' (2003–2004)
 * ''Vanity Fair'' (2004)
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 * ''The Divine Comedy'' (2014)
-=== Original plays include ===
+=== Original plays ===
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2022}}
-* ''Fairest Isle'' (1995,Sony Award Winner)
+* ''Fairest Isle'' (1995, Sony Award Winner)
 * ''Gray's Elegy'' (2000)
 * ''Party Animal'' (2003)
 * ''Dr Brighton and Mr Harding'' (2006)
 * ''Memorials to the Missing'' (2007)
-* ''Gerontius (2011)
+* ''Gerontius'' (2011)
-* ''Finlandia (2015)
+* ''Finlandia'' (2015)
 * ''The Psychic Circus (Big Finish 2020)''
 * ''The Seven Ages of Woman'' (2021)
+* ''Breaking the Rules: A House Called Insanity'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaking the Rules - A House Called Insanity - BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0021h4c |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 == Publications ==
+* ''Three plays by Pinero'' - Introduced by Stephen Wyatt (Methuen, 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |last=bloomsbury.com |title=Pinero: Three Plays |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pinero-three-plays-9780413572905/ |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Bloomsbury |language=en}}</ref>
+* ''Paradise Towers'' (Target Books, 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1481254-doctor-who-paradise-towers-target-doctor-who-library-no-134 |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
-* ''Three plays by Pinero'' - Introduced by Stephen Wyatt (Methuen, 1985)
+* ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' (Target Books, 1989)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1374833-doctor-who-the-greatest-show-in-the-galaxy-target-doctor-who-library |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
-* ''Paradise Towers'' (Target Books, 1988)
+* ''Memorials to the Missing''  (London, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memorials to the Missing |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/19452640-memorials-to-the-missing |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
-* ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' (Target Books, 1989)
+* ''R.I.P, Maria Callas and other monologues for stage and radio'' (London, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=R.I.P. Maria Callas |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/19452639-r-i-p-maria-callas |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
-* ''Memorials to the Missing''  (London, 2007)
+* ''Gilbert without Sullivan'' (London, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilbert Without Sullivan |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/5016268-gilbert-without-sullivan |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
-* ''R.I.P, Maria Callas and other monologues for stage and radio'' (London, 2007)
+* ''L'Assommoir'' (London, 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'Assommoir |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/3807552-l-assommoir |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
-* ''Gilbert without Sullivan'' (London, 2007)
+* ''The Speculator'' (London, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Speculator |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/14835947-the-speculator |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
-* ''L'Assommoir'' (London, 2007)
+* ''So You Want To Write Radio Drama?'' with Claire Grove (Nick Hern Books, 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=So You Want to Write Radio Drama? |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/26177310-so-you-want-to-write-radio-drama |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
-* ''The Speculator'' (London, 2009)
+* ''The World and His Wife: A true story told by two unreliable narrators'' (Book Guild 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The World and His Wife: A true story told by two unreli… |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/71694077-the-world-and-his-wife |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>
-* ''So You Want To Write Radio Drama?'' (Nick Hern Books, 2013)
+* ''Hurst on Film'' with Caitlin Smith (Quartertoten 2021)
-* ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1912881365?pf_rd_p=330fbd82-d4fe-42e5-9c16-d4b886747c64&pf_rd_r=5QSG2DFQQ0Q6A2RM41QX The World and His Wife: A true story told by two unreliable narrators]'' (Book Guild 2019)
+* 'The Secret Life of Caretaker Number 112 Stroke 9 Subsection 7' in ''Build High for Happiness'' (Obverse Books 2021)
+* ''The Wallscrawler and Other Stories'' (Obverse Books 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Wallscrawler and Other Stories – Stephen Wyatt |url=https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/the-wallscrawler-and-other-stories-stephen-wyatt/ |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Obverse Books |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 == Awards ==
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 * https://writersguild.org.uk/find-a-writer/
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160709172721/http://www.bestbritishtv.com/?p=335 Stephen Wyatt Interview at Best British TV]
-* [https://archive.is/20121223013604/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/authors/wyat/wyatt.htm Biography of Stephen Wyatt at On Target]
+* [https://archive.today/20121223013604/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/authors/wyat/wyatt.htm Biography of Stephen Wyatt at On Target]
 * {{IMDb name|0943584}}
-* {{Isfdb name|id=3705|name=Stephen Wyatt}}
+* {{ISFDB name|id=3705|name=Stephen Wyatt}}
 * [http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/swyatt.html 'Diversity' radio play listing: Stephen Wyatt]
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 [[Category:British soap opera writers]]
-[[Category:British television writers]]
-[[Category:British male screenwriters]]
 [[Category:British male dramatists and playwrights]]
 [[Category:British instructional writers]]

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