British Playwright
Working in the Following Genres:
Full-Length Plays
One-Act Plays
Poetry collides with play writing
Peter John Cooper is an acclaimed British playwright, poet and theatre director. His work is where poetry collides with playwriting. His plays are poetic and often funny, exhibiting verbal dexterity and colourful wordplay in their dialogue while being entirely dramatic in theme and content. Over fifty years he has written for companies throughout the UK and has specialised in writing for small casts and unusual venues. He has received a number of Arts Council writing awards. Whilst much of his work has been written with the limitations of small-scale touring in mind, over the past years he has been trying to revive the idea of the 'well-made play'.
Some quotes about his work -
‘A play that is almost certain to become a theatrical treasure in the future.’ (Dorset Echo)
‘A genuine masterstroke of theatre’ (Oxford Mail)
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Book published
His book about the background of his play 'She Opened the Door' concerning Thomas Hardy’s first wife Emma has recently been published by Roving Press.
Various others of his works are published on Amazon Kindle |
You Tube Channel and Podcast
Peter has a flourishing You Tube Channel under the name Peter John Cooper. Part of this is a series of videos about what it's like to be a playwright in the twenty-first century called "Blood and Bones". His podcaast 'Tales from the Cliff Edge, has won many plaudits for his off beat stories. |
New Play Mary Anning - Lost in Time
Originally commissioned by AsOne Theatre Co of Dorset to give a more accurate portrayal of the hard life of Mary Anning than the more usual romantic view of films and novels. It gives opportunities for two strong actors in the leading roles. At times hilarious and at others dream-like the play tries to portray the real life of someone who had to hew truth from the very rocks of the cliffs that surrounded her.
'There is nothing fossilised in this story of Victorian Dorset’s country girl Mary Anning who changed scientific understanding of prehistory not to mention our knowledge of the world’s geology… Lyme Regis’s most famous female in this stimulating play by Peter John Cooper which examines her thoughts and feelings during her dying days… perceptive, thought provoking and always entertaining…' - Marion Cox Dorset Echo. |
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