Sarah Daniels

Nicole Boireau (Université de Metz)

Ed. by Aleks Sierz, Independent Scholar - Europe
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 21 Nov 1957
Activity 1983-ongoing

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Daniels' Works

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Sarah Daniels was born in 1956 in London. With more than twenty stage plays published since 1981, most of them produced in major London venues, with her extensive work for television series (

Grange Hill

East Enders

), and more than thirty scripts and adaptations for BBC Radio, Sarah Daniels is a major figure of the British scene. Her multi-faceted talent deserves attention. From

Ma’s Flesh is Grass

and

Ripen Our Darkness

(1981) to

Left in Trust

(BBC Radio 4, June 2012) she has been unanimously considered as one of the wittiest and most gifted of contemporary dramatists. In 2005 her controversial play

Masterpieces

(1983) was voted one of the 100 most important plays of the 20th century by the National Theatre. Since 2002, Daniels has been more and more involved in radio drama.

Cross my

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Citation: Boireau, Nicole. "Sarah Daniels". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 October 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12353, accessed 26 April 2024.]

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