Ann Marie Di Mambro
| Ann Marie di Mambro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 June 1950 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Period | 1985 – present |
| Genre | Television drama, theatre |
| Notable works | Machair, Tally's Blood |
| Notable awards | The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 1994-5 |
Ann Marie Di Mambro (born 18 June 1950) is a Scottish playwright and television screenwriter of Italian extraction.[1] Her theatre plays have been performed widely; they are also published individually and in collections[2] and are studied in schools for the Scottish curriculum's Higher Drama and English.[3][4]
Biographical details
Ann Marie Di Mambro studied at Glasgow University, Girton College, Cambridge, and Bolton College of Education, before becoming a teacher. She gave up teaching to write for theatre.[5] Her plays have been performed in Scotland's main theatres as well as touring to other venues across Scotland.[6] In addition to theatre plays, she writes drama for British television,[7][8] and British radio.[9]
From 1989 – 1990, she was the Thames Television Resident Playwright at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.[5] She has been commissioned to write plays by the Traverse Theatre and by Cumbernauld Theatre.[6] She won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 1994-5.[10]
Television writing
Di Mambro has written for the following British television serials and series:[7][8]
- Take the High Road
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
- Casualty
- EastEnders
- River City
- Kicking for Home
- The Store
- Taggart
- Holby City
- Flesh and Blood
- Pie in the Sky
- Dramarama
- Winners and Losers
- Doctor Finlay
- Hope and Glory (Series 2, episode 2)
- Eve
- The Coroner
Machair
Di Mambro was also screenwriter on the first ever long-running Gaelic drama television serial Machair created by Peter May and Janice Hally. Along with Hally, Di Mambro wrote scripts in English before they were translated into Gaelic. Fewer than 2% of the Scottish population are able to speak Gaelic but the show achieved a 30% audience share, making it into the Top Ten of programmes viewed in Scotland.[11] Machair was nominated for production and writing awards at The Celtic Film Festival and by Writers Guild of Great Britain[11]
Theatre plays
- Ae Fond Kiss (2007) Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh[12]
- Scotland Matters (1992) 7:84 Theatre Company (touring company), Scotland[12]
- Brothers of Thunder (1998) published in "Scotland Plays" Nick Hern Books, London, 1998[12]
- Tally's Blood (1990) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh[12]
- The Letter Box (1989) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye[12]
- Long Story Short (1989) 7:84 Theatre Company (touring company), Scotland[12]
- Visible Differences (1988) TAG, Theatre About Glasgow[12]
- Sheila (1988) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh[12]
- Dixon's Has Blasted (1987) Mayfest, Glasgow[12]
- Joe (1987) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh[12]
- Hocus Pocus (1986) Annexe Theatre Company, Glasgow[12]
References
- ↑ "Scottish-Italian News". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ↑ "Book collections". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ↑ "Scottish education study document". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ↑ "Higher Drama Curriculum, Scotland". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 Catherine Lucy Czerkawska; Philip Howard. Scotland Plays. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 Scot-Free new Scottish Plays. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 "British Film Institute Database". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 "IMDB entry for Ann Marie Di Mambro". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 3 Play – Blaze". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ↑ "Susan Smith Blackburn Prize". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 "History of Machair". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "British Playwrights' Database". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
External links
- Cambridge University Press Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights Editors, Elaine Austin and Janelle Reinelt.
- Ann Marie Di Mambro at the Internet Movie Database
- Ann Marie Di Mambro – complete guide to the Playwright and Plays
- Article in East Kilbride News
- Article in The Scotsman newspaper
- Article in The Sunday Herald
- Article in The Times of London online
- Review in The Scotsman