Catherine Johnson (playwright)

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Catherine Johnson
Born (1957-10-14) 14 October 1957 (age 66)
Suffolk, England, UK
Occupationplaywright, screenwriter
NationalityBritish
Notable worksMamma Mia!
Notable awardsBristol Old Vic/HTV Playwriting award
Thames Television Best Play award
UK Film Council script award

Catherine Johnson (born 14 October 1957)[1] is a British playwright, producing works for stage and television. She is best known for her book for the ABBA-inspired musical Mamma Mia! and screenplay for the musical's film adaptation. The film became the highest-grossing British picture of all time in the UK,[2] and the biggest selling UK DVD of all time in January 2009.[3] She also co-wrote the 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

Johnson grew up in

HTV West playwriting competition. She wrote Rag Doll, using the pseudonym Maxwell Smart, a play about incest and child abuse, which won the competition and was staged by the Bristol Old Vic.[6] Further plays for the Bush Theatre in London, Bristol Old Vic and Show of Strength followed along with work on television series including Casualty, Love Hurts and Byker Grove
.

In 2007 Johnson instituted The Catherine Johnson Award for Best Play

Thornbury.[9]

Johnson (5th from right) with the cast of Mamma Mia! and ABBA members

Credits

Stage

Television series

Television films

  • Rag Doll (HTV)
  • Just Like Eddie (HTV)
  • Where’s Willy? (HTV)
  • Sin Bin (BBC)
  • Forget You Ever Had Children (Picture Palace/ITV) in production[23]
  • Dappers (pilot – in production) BBC[24][25]

Feature films

Mamma Mia! (film series)

Awards

Her career accolades to date include the

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy in December 2008.[29] In January 2009, Mamma Mia! was nominated for the Outstanding British Film award at the BAFTA 62nd British Academy Film Awards.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Catherine Johnson". IMdB. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  2. ^ Irvine, Chris (30 October 2008). "Mamma Mia becomes highest grossing British film". London: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  3. ^ Staff writer (1 January 2009). "Mamma Mia tops all-time DVD charts". Daily Mirror. MGN. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Mamma Mia! writer Catherine Johnson returns to her roots in Wotton-under-Edge at Wotton Electric Picture House event". Gazette. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ Billen, Andrew (21 February 2009). "Catherine Johnson on Mamma Mia! and new play Suspension". London: Times Online. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Catherine Johnson". The Herald. Press Reader. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "The Catherine Johnson Award for Best Play 2007" (MS Word). Finborough Theatre. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  8. ^ Myrtle Theatre Company – Who We Are Archived 22 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Residents to take centre stage". Thornbury Gazette. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  10. ^ Kennedy, Maev (8 October 1999). "Holiday camp comedy is no joke, says Butlins". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Mamma Mia!". Littlestar. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  12. ^ Billington, Michael (26 May 2003). "Little Baby Nothing". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  13. ^ "They know how we talk!". The Guardian. London. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  14. ^ Marlowe, Sam (27 June 2008). "Trade It? at Bristol City Centre". TimesOnline. London. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  15. ^ "Mamma Mia writer reveals new play". BBC Bristol. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  16. ^ Brien, Jeremy (4 March 2009). "The Stage / Reviews / Suspension". www.thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  17. ^ "Casualty Files: Series 7". Holby TV. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  18. ^ "Love Hurts". IMDb. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  19. ^ "Band of Gold". IMDb. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  20. ^ "Byker Grove". IMDb. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  21. ^ "Red Productions: Love in the 21st Century". Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  22. ^ "Red Productions: Linda Green". Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  23. ^ "Projects in Development". Picture Palace. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  24. ^ Wakefield, Kate (16 February 2010). "Bristol writer Catherine Johnson on her new TV drama". BBC Bristol. BBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  25. ^ "BBC Three winter/spring 2010". BBC Press Office. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  26. ^ "Mamma Mia!". IMDb. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  27. ^ "The Women in Film and TV 2008 Awards". The Guardian. London. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  28. ^ "Mamma Mia! scoops two film awards". BBC News. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  29. ^ "Nominations and Winners 2008". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  30. ^ "Film Nominations in 2009 – Film – Awards – The BAFTA site". www.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.

External links

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