Jonathan Harvey (playwright)
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Jonathan Harvey | |
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| Born | Jonathan Paul Harvey 13 June 1968 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, actor, author |
Jonathan Paul Harvey (born 13 June 1968) is an English screenwriter, actor, playwright and author.
Life and works
Harvey was born in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1968 to Maureen and Brian Harvey.[1] He has a brother, Timothy, who is a music teacher in Chester. A former secondary school English teacher, his first serious attempt as a playwright was in 1987. He entered a competition, with a first prize of £1,000, for young writers at the Liverpool Playhouse, with his play The Cherry Blossom Tree, a blend of suicide, murder and nuns. He won National Girobank Young Writer of the Year Award for The Cherry Blossom Tree. [citation needed]
Encouraged by this success he wrote Mohair
In 1995 his play Boom Bang-a-Bang premiered at the
He wrote the book for
His first novel All She Wants was published in 2012 by Pan Books.[5]
Since 2013, Harvey has co-written the
Harvey is married to casting director Paul Hunt.
Works
Plays
- 2023: Mother Goose
- 2020: Our Lady of Blundellsands
- 2012: Panto!
- 2010: Canary (2010) (Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool/Hampstead Theatre, London)
- 2004: Taking Charlie (2004)
- 2001: Out in the Open (2001)
- 1999: Hushabye Mountain (1999)
- 1998: Guiding Star (1998)
- 1995: Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club (1995)
- 1995: Boom Bang-A-Bang (Bush Theatre, 1995); Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club (English Touring Theatre/Contact Theatre Company, Donmar Warehouse/Criterion Theatre, London, 1995).
- 1994: Babies (George Devine Award 1993 and Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award 1994.
- 1993: Beautiful Thing (Bush Theatre, London, 1993 and Donmar Warehouse, London/Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1994), winner of the John Whiting Award 1994.
- 1992: Wildfire (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1992).
- 1988: Mohair (Royal Court Young Writers Festival, London/International Festival of Young Playwrights, Sydney, 1988).
- 1987: The Cherry Blossom Tree (Liverpool Playhouse Studio, 1987) which won him the 1987 National Girobank Young Writer of the Year Award.
Musicals
- 2024: Here You Come Again
- 2019: Musik
- 2018: Dusty - The Dusty Springfield Musical
- 2001: Closer to Heaven
Television and film
- 2016: Tracey Ullman's Show (BBC) (2016 – present)
- 2009: Octavia (ITV)
- 2008: Beautiful People (BBC) (2008–2009)
- 2004: Big Brother Panto (Channel 4) (2004-2005)
- 2004: Coronation Street (ITV) (2004 – present)
- 1999: Murder Most Horrid (BBC)
- 1999: Gimme Gimme Gimme (BBC) (1999-2001)
- 1996: Channel Four/Island World Productions)
- 1993: West End Girls (Carlton)
- 1992: Love Junkie (BBC)
Fiction
- 2012: All She Wants, ISBN 978-0-3305-4427-6
- 2013: The Confusion of Karen Carpenter, Pan Books, ISBN 978-0-3305-4439-9
- 2014: The Girl Who Just Appeared, Pan Books, ISBN 978-1-4472-3846-1
- 2015: The Secrets We Keep, Pan Books, ISBN 978-1-4472-3847-8
- 2016: The History of Us, Pan Books, ISBN 978-1-4472-9820-5
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4, retrieved 17 December 2019
- ISBN 0340522585.
- ^ "Harvey, Jonathan". Drama Online. Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Gay Power: The pink list". The Independent. 2 July 2006. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Williams, Charlotte (24 January 2011). "Pan Mac acquires debut from "Corrie" writer". The Bookseller.
- ^ "What Does the K Stand For?". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- BBC Radio Four. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- BBC Radio Four. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
External links
- Jonathan Harvey at IMDb
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