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Timberlake Wertenbaker

British-based playwright, screenplay writer, and translator · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75

Timberlake Wertenbaker is a British-based playwright, screenplay writer, and translator who has written plays for the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and others. She has been described in The Washington Post as "the doyenne of political theatre of the 1980s and 1990s".

Timberlake Wertenbaker is read about 26 times a day, in 9 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 10 October 2026

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2004Guggenheim FellowshipAward2002Honorary DoctorateAward1999Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1992Susan Smith Blackburn PrizeAward1991Critics' Circle Theatre AwardAward1989Whiting AwardsAward1988Laurence Olivier Award for Best New PlayAward1951Born19 February 1951

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Guggenheim Fellowship2004
Honorary Doctorate2002
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1999
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize1992
Critics' Circle Theatre Award1991
Whiting Awards1989
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play1988

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 75

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