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Find us on Facebook Playwright Simon Stephens with students from Kingsdown School
Students at Swindon’s Kingsdown it the only modern play currently
School were paid a visit by Olivier performing in the West End to be
and Tony award winning playwright part of the AQA Post-1914 drama
Simon Stephens, who talked to and prose section.
them about working in the theatre Simon said he had never met a
industry. writer growing up, and wanted to
Simon, a former teacher who give youngsters across the country
won awards for his adaptation of the opportunity to speak to them
Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious about the possibilities of working
Incident Of The Dog in the Night- as a writer, actor or director, and to
Time, spoke to groups of students, allow them to ask questions about
from year 7 to 11. the industry.
Simon’s adaptation of The Curious “I want young people to know
Incident of the Dog in the Night- that a career in the theatre or in
Time was added to the AQA GCSE the performing arts is not just
in English literature set texts for something that happens to other
English schools in 2014, making people,” he said.

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