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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_StraughanPeter Straughan - Wikipedia

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   Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.

2. scriptmag.com › interviews-features › on-theOn the Musicality of Writing: Peter Straughan Discusses ...

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   Oct 23, 2024 · Screenwriter Peter Straughan talks about adapting brilliant books, the power of the written word, and crafting a reluctant hero.

3. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-16952979Oscars 2012: Peter Straughan talks Tinker Tailor - BBC News

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   Feb 14, 2012 · Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor turned John Le Carre's classic Cold War novel Tailor Soldier Spy into a Bafta-winning screenplay. Its next mission? The Oscars.

4. www.nme.com › features › film-features'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': how a tragic loss affected the ...

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   Dec 8, 2021 · The classic Cold War drama 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' changed Peter Straughan's life – but his co-writer and wife Bridget O'Connor sadly died

5. www.bbc.co.uk › writers › blogWolf Hall - A Q&A with Screenwriter Peter Straughan - BBC

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   Jan 21, 2015 · Discover the Wolf Hall locations. Read an interview on the BBC Media Centre with the author, Hilary Mantel. (This interview was first published on the BBC's Media Centre) Peter Straughan...

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7. www.bafta.org › media-centre › transcriptsScreenwriters' Lecture: Peter Straughan - BAFTA

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   Oct 24, 2012 · Screenwriters' Lecture: Peter Straughan transcript. The writer behind Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Men Who Stare at Goats discusses the complexities of adaptation, and how he strives to weave together "a net of words and silence, images and music" in every script.

8. literature.britishcouncil.org › writer › peter-straughanPeter Straughan - Literature - British Council

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   Playwright and screenwriter Peter Straughan was born in 1968 and grew up in Gateshead in the north-east of England. He worked as a professional musician and actor and studied English at Newcastle University.

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   Who is Peter Straughan?

   • Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle 's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.

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   Did Peter Straughan get an Oscar for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

   • In early 2012, screenwriter Peter Straughan was speaking to a grief counsellor when his phone erupted. He’d been nominated for an Oscar for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and a stream of texts was congratulating him. For Straughan, however, the news was difficult to digest. Both he and his late wife and co-writer, Bridget O’Connor, were nominated.

   'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': how a tragic loss affected the spy ... - NME

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   Is Straughan a'real tragedy'?

   • His characters are dreamers; their plots are big, their executions feeble. In the manner of most comedians, Straughan obviously finds tragedy disingenuous, resorting to black humour to highlight what, as Rhoda Koening put it, is the 'real tragedy': 'angry, confused, fatherless boys who can affirm their manhood only by dealing death.'

   Peter Straughan - Literature - British Council

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   What is Straughan's premise in Bones (2002)?

   • In the manner of most comedians, Straughan obviously finds tragedy disingenuous, resorting to black humour to highlight what, as Rhoda Koening put it, is the 'real tragedy': 'angry, confused, fatherless boys who can affirm their manhood only by dealing death.' This is the premise of Bones (2002), Straughan's full stage debut.

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