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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. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.

   • Born: 1968 (age 54–55)
   • Spouse: Bridget O'Connor

   • Occupation: Dramatist

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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. Produced by ...

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

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   Peter Straughan. Writer: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 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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   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.

   Peter Straughan - Wikipedia

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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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   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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   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.'

   Peter Straughan - Literature - British Council

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

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   Dec 8, 2021 · 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 ...

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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 O'Connor. Straughan first ...

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   25%	72%	The Goldfinch	Screenwriter
   7%	18%	The Snowman	Screenwriter
   36%	34%	Our Brand Is Crisis	Screenwriter

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     Tomas Alfredson And Peter Straughan On Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Empire Magazine

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

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   Peter Straughan is a playwright and screenwriter who was born in 1968 in Gateshead, England. He has written plays, short stories and screenplays for radio and television, such as The Debt, The Men Who Stare At Goats and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He is known for his dark humour, surreal settings and Northern characters.

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

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    Oct 30, 2012 · 2.4K. BAFTA/ Steve Butler Ask Peter Straughan what he knows about screenwriting and he’ll tell you: nothing. His lecture, he said, was not so much an insight into how to write for the screen but ‘a thirty-minute apology’ from a man who ‘doesn’t know how he does what he does’. Straughan’s career began in the theatre where he fell ...