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Aug 25, 2024 · The first instalment, it was previously revealed, was based on the real-life crossbow murders in James’ hometown of Annesley Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire in 2004, though the characters were...
James Graham (born 1982 or 1983) [1] is a British playwright and screenwriter. His work has been staged throughout the UK and internationally, at theatres including the Bush, Soho Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, and the National Theatre.
Jun 14, 2022 · The series is inspired by two real murders that took place in the area in which creator and executive producer James Graham grew up.
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Jun 28, 2022 · But the centre-point of Sherwood is based around the real-life murders that took place in 2004 around Ashfield, Nottingham, which is where the screenwriter, James Graham, was brought up.
- Don, 8 June 2017, 10.01Pm
- Annesley, Nottinghamshire, 9 April 1992
- Finborough Theatre, London, 2005
- Almeida Theatre, London, 28 June 2017
- National Theatre, London, 2010
- Esley, 8 June 2017, 10.01Pm
The minute the exit poll was announced, James Graham knew he had a problem. His latest play, Labour of Love, had been announced on 19 May when the opposition was polling a dozen points behind the Conservatives. The initial press coverage had mentioned plans to tweak the script right up until its opening night in September to chart “Labour’s changin...
It’s the day of the general election and there’s only one way this part of Nottinghamshire will go – Labour. But the nine-year-old James Graham is dimly aware that his parents, who separated when he was four but still live on the same street, are voting different ways. This is one of his first political memories – apart from seeing posters during t...
Articles about political theatre have two settings. At any time that we are not fretting about the “death of political theatre”, we are apparently living through a golden age of it. The Iraq War produced the last great flowering, and Brexit now seems to be doing the same. Both are great engines of creativity because they are outrages perpetrated by...
It’s the press night of Ink, Graham’s play about Rupert Murdoch’s capture of the Sunnewspaper, and as usual he has stationed himself at the back of the auditorium to drink in the mood of the audience. He is worried, because the play is showing just a few weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. As journalists tried to report on the aftermath, t...
As soon as it became clear that there would be a hung parliament, James Graham decided to pitch a play about politics to the National Theatre. He had little hope of success – he assumed that one of the grand eminences would have bagged the subject – but came away with the commission from Nicholas Hytner for This House. As ever, the research consume...
It’s the day of the general election and there’s only one way this part of Nottinghamshire will go – Labour. And particularly on this night, surely, when the exit poll predicts Jeremy Corbyn making unexpected gains across the country. In Graham’s home constituency of Ashfield, Gloria De Piero hangs on with a majority of just 441. In next-door Mansf...
Aug 17, 2017 · This autumn, Graham will have two new plays running in the West End, including his Rupert Murdoch play Ink. But just how did he become one of Britain's most important playwrights? He first gained notoriety as a writer in residence at Kensington venue, Finborough Theatre .
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Aug 21, 2024 · Sherwood Series Two. Creator and writer James Graham on the return of the hit Nottinghamshire-set drama. James Graham. Writer. Published: 21 August 2024. The second series of Sherwood further...
