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Duncan Macmillan (born 1980) [1] is an English playwright and director. He is most noted for his plays Lungs, People, Places and Things, Every Brilliant Thing, and the stage adaptation of the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which he co-adapted and co-directed with Robert Icke.
Why would anyone want to bring a baby into this world? Successful English playwright Macmillan addresses these issues in this “off-kilter love story (that) is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current” (The Guardian). Cast: W will be played by Nicole Angeli. M will be played by Joel Moses.
Mar 10, 2020 · Macmillan — now 39 and the father of a 5-year-old boy — first conceived the play while trying to craft a larger piece inspired by similar concerns, including climate change, for the Old Vic, an early and enduring supporter of his work.
Questions animate the work of playwright and director Duncan Macmillan: How can you live—and find humor—in chronic depression (Every Brilliant Thing)? Should anyone be having children in the face of climate change ( Lungs )?
Duncan Macmillan is a playwright, director, screenwriter, and Studio Cabinet member. His play Lungs received its world premiere at Studio in 2011, and he directed the US premiere of Mike Bartlett’s play Contractions at the Theatre in 2013.
Duncan Macmillan is an English playwright and director. Most of his work focuses on modern socio-political issues. Macmillan won two awards in the inaugural year of the Brentwood Playwriting Competition at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre for his play, Monster.
Duncan Macmillan is a writer for theatre, television, and film. His theatre work includes Lungs; People, Places and Things; Every Brilliant Thing; Rosmersholm (adapt. Henrik Ibsen); 1984 (adapt. George Orwell, co-written and co-directed with Robert Icke); City of Glass (adapt. Paul Auster); and 2071 (co-written with Chris Rapley).
