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Feb 22, 2024 · In the past few years, partly due to Covid and partly due to his age, the dial of his career has shifted slightly towards writing and away from acting, Haig says. Nowadays, he chooses his...
The stage version opens next spring in Edinburgh, and Haig has been commissioned to write the screenplay. Understandably, he’s delighted to be involved in so many theatrical activities at once.
In recent years, Haig has turned to writing as well as acting, with two plays – My Boy Jack and The Good Samaritan – already premiered at Hampstead Theatre and another two on the way. He is also working on a television adaptation of The Good Samaritan and has been commissioned to script three more films.
Jul 21, 2018 · The fact is, the weather defines us, it destroys us, it keeps us alive. Did you write Pressure so you could play Stagg, the Scottish meteorologist who was asked to forecast...
Dec 21, 2015 · The actor talks about his writing and acting careers and what it’s like taking on the role of Nathan Detroit in ”Guys and Dolls”
Of his writing, Haig says, ‘I started writing because I didn’t want only to be a component part of a much bigger thing but to have more intellectual control. It did at least feel as if I was contributing to the whole picture. I think the effect, though, has been to make me enjoy acting more.
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Sep 26, 2023 · David Haig is a successful British writer and actor for stage and screen. His latest project is adapting Minority Report for the stage, coming to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London, based on Philip K Dick’s sci-fi novella and the movie by Steven Spielbeg.
