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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_StraughanPeter Straughan - Wikipedia

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   Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle 's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir.

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3. variety.com › 2024 › filmPeter Straughan's Next Film is Story of Shakespeare ... - Variety

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   Feb 21, 2024 · Peter Straughan, who adapted Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning historical novel “Wolf Hall” for screen has set the story of William Shakespeare’s first folio as his next project.

4. www.nme.com › features › film-features'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': how a tragic loss affected ... - NME

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   Dec 8, 2021 · The classic Cold War drama 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' changed Peter Straughan's life – but his co-writer and wife Bridget O'Connor sadly died

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5. www.imdb.com › name › nm1661186Peter Straughan - IMDb

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   Peter Straughan is known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Frank (2014) and The Snowman (2017). He was previously married to Bridget O'Connor.

   • Occupation: Writer, Director, Producer

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6. literature.britishcouncil.org › writer › peter-straughanPeter Straughan - Literature - British Council

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   Playwright and screenwriter Peter Straughan was born in 1968 and grew up in Gateshead in the north-east of England. He worked as a professional musician and actor and studied English at Newcastle University.

   • Place Of Birth: Gateshead

   • Works For: Methuen Publishing Ltd

7. www.rottentomatoes.com › celebrity › peter_straughanPeter Straughan | Rotten Tomatoes

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   A British screenwriter, Peter Straughan is best known for penning the script for the lauded 2011 espionage drama "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with his late wife, Bridget...

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   Who is Peter Straughan?

   • Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle 's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.

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   Who is John Straughan?

   • Straughan first made a name for himself as a playwright, working with the Live Theatre Company in Newcastle upon Tyne. His first major cinematic work was co-writing the screenplay for the 2006 coming-of-age film "Sixty Six" with O'Connor.

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   Did Peter Straughan get an Oscar for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

   • In early 2012, screenwriter Peter Straughan was speaking to a grief counsellor when his phone erupted. He’d been nominated for an Oscar for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and a stream of texts was congratulating him. For Straughan, however, the news was difficult to digest. Both he and his late wife and co-writer, Bridget O’Connor, were nominated.

   'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': how a tragic loss affected the spy ... - NME

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   Is Straughan a'real tragedy'?

   • His characters are dreamers; their plots are big, their executions feeble. In the manner of most comedians, Straughan obviously finds tragedy disingenuous, resorting to black humour to highlight what, as Rhoda Koening put it, is the 'real tragedy': 'angry, confused, fatherless boys who can affirm their manhood only by dealing death.'

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9. www.bafta.org › film › featuresPeter Straughan Delivers his BAFTA Screenwriters' Lecture

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   Oct 30, 2012 · Peter Straughan delivered a humbling screenwriters lecture in which he professed a lack of knowledge of the craft but divulged his love of drama, the stage and the big screen.