Charlotte Jones (writer)

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Charlotte Jones
Born (1968-06-02) 2 June 1968 (age 55)
Oxford University and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Playwright, screenwriter
Known forBob's Weekend (1996), Without You (2012)
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children2

Charlotte Jones (born 2 June 1968) is a British screenwriter and playwright.

Career

Her first play

In Flame, The Dark, The Lightning Play, and Humble Boy. Charlotte Jones wrote the book to the 2004-2006 West End musical, The Woman in White, in collaboration with the David Zippel and Andrew Lloyd Webber.[1][2][3]

On television, Jones wrote episodes of

period drama The Halcyon. It is set in 1940 and focuses on a five-star hotel at the centre of London Society and a world at war. The series was first announced on 3 December 2015, before the official cast was announced on 4 April 2016, with Steven Mackintosh and Olivia Williams playing major roles. The series was cancelled after one series.[4] In 2018, Humble Boy was revived at the Orange Tree Theatre and The Meeting debuted at Chichester Festival Theatre
.

Jones will adapt Will Dean’s Tuva Moodyson novels to television for Red Planet Pictures. Rose Ayling-Ellis is attached to play the lead role.[5]

Awards

She won the 2001 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

References

  1. ^ Allen, Morgan. "Marquee Value. 'The Woman in White' at London's Palace" Playbill, 20 April 2004
  2. ^ Bird, Allen. The Woman in White Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine londontheatre.co.uk, 20 September 2004
  3. ^ The Woman in White thisistheatre.com, accessed 17 March 2016
  4. ^ "ITV drops its heavily-hyped period drama the Halcyon after just one series". Digital Spy. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.televisual.com/news/red-planet-wins-rights-to-tuva-moodyson-novels/

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