D. C. Moore
{{Short description|British playwright and screenwriter}}
{{for|the American historian|David Cresap Moore}}
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David "D. C." Moore (born 1980) is a British playwright and television screenwriter.
Biography
He was raised in Duston, Northamptonshire.{{Cite web|url=http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/moore-the-merrier-as-play-comes-to-town-1-749650|title=Moore the merrier as play comes to Town|date=28 May 2010|website=Northamptonshire Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309152551/http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/moore-the-merrier-as-play-comes-to-town-1-749650|archive-date=9 March 2016}} Now based in London, he started out as an assistant director and worked with Rupert Goold on productions of The Weir and Waiting for Godot. He was then part of the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers' Programme. His first play Alaska was produced upstairs at the Royal Court in 2007, and he won the inaugural Tom Erhardt Award for promising new playwright in 2008.
His second play at the Royal Court, The Empire, about young men in the War in Afghanistan, opened in 2010 and received positive reviews.Taylor, Paul, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-empire-theatre-upstairs-london-1948693.html "The Empire, Theatre Upstairs, London"], The Independent, 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-24.Marlowe, Sam, [http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/166227/the-empire "The Empire"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018082951/http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/166227/the-empire |date=18 October 2012 }}, Time Out, 14 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-06. On the strength of that play he was nominated for the 2010 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. The play was nominated for the 2010 Olivier Awards in the Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre category.
Honest, a 45-minute monologue, was produced by Royal & Derngate in Northampton in 2010 at the Mailcoach pub and also received good reviews.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/27427/honest|title=Honest|last=Morris|first=Caroline|date=4 March 2010|website=The Stage Reviews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008105549/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/27427/honest|archive-date=8 October 2012}} It was then revived at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Milne's Bar as part of the Assembly programme.{{Cite web|url=https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/honest|title=Honest|date=30 August 2010|website=Edinburgh Festival Fringe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827154307/http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/honest|archive-date=27 August 2010|url-status=live}} It is being revived once more for the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014 by Organised Crime Theatre Company at The Space @ Jury's Inn.{{Cite web|url=https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/honest|title=Honest|website=Edinburgh Festival Fringe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827154307/http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/honest|archive-date=27 August 2010|access-date=18 March 2011|url-status=live}}
Commissioned by Royal & Derngate, Moore's play Town is a contemporary story inspired by local 19th-century poet John Clare's struggle with madness and his walk from London to Northampton.Gardner, Lyn, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jun/19/theatre-lift-festival-greenwich-docklands "This Week's New Theatre: Town"], The Guardian, 19 June 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
His play The Swan premiered as part of a double feature in a production staged in the National Theatre's Paintframe, where the sets are usually painted, in 2011.
He has also written for television, creating the 2015 comedy-drama series Not Safe for Work and contributing episodes of Killing Eve and Temple. Moore created the historical drama Mary & George, based on Benjamin Woolley's non-fiction book The King's Assassin. The series focuses on George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, a key figure in the reigns of James I and Charles I, and his scheming mother Mary Villiers, played by Julianne Moore (no relation). It premiered in 2024 on Starz and the UK's History Channel.
Bibliography
- Alaska (2007): Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre{{citation | title = Alaska | work = Royal Court Archive | url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/alaska }}
- The Empire (2010): Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre[http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-empire "The Empire at the Royal Court Theatre"]. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Honest (2010): Mailcoach Pub (Northampton)
- Town (2010): Royal Theatre (Northampton)Billington, Michael, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jun/22/town-review "Town"], The Guardian, 22 June 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- The Swan (2011): The Paintframe, National TheatreThe Swan http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/65881/productions/double-feature-1.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901221522/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/65881/productions/double-feature-1.html |date=1 September 2011 }}
- Straight (2012): Sheffield Crucible and Bush Theatre
- Another Place (2014): Theatre Royal, Plymouth{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2014/another-place/|title=Another Place|work=Theatre Royal Plymouth|access-date=18 August 2015}}
- Common (2017): National Theatre, London{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/common|title = Common|date = 23 January 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4387598}}
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Category:21st-century English male writers
Category:British male screenwriters
Category:English television writers
Category:English dramatists and playwrights
Category:English male dramatists and playwrights
Category:British male television writers