Lucinda Coxon (born 1962) is an English playwright and screenwriter. She was born in Derby.
Education
In 1981, Coxon enrolled at Somerville College, Oxford.
Works
Plays
Coxon's plays include
Improbabilities at
Soho Theatre;
Waiting at the Water's Edge and
Wishbones at the
Bush Theatre, London;
Three Graces at Lakeside Theatre,
Colchester and the Haymarket Theatre,
Leicester;
Nostalgia at South Coast Repertory, California;
The Ice Palace from the novel by
Tarjei Vesaas – for the National Theatre Connections scheme.
Vesuvius at South Coast Repertory, California;
The Shoemaker's Incredible Wife from Federico García Lorca – also for the National Theatre Connections scheme. Her play –
Happy Now? – premiered at the Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London
in 2008. It has since been produced for Yale Repertory Theater's 2008–2009 Season, and Primary Stages Theater's 25th Anniversary Season in 2009–2010. "The Eternal Not" was winner of the Best Script and Best Comedy Awards at the Screentest Festival 2013.
A new play,
Herding Cats was first seen at the
Ustinov Studio, Bath in December 2010 and revived at the Hampstead Theatre, London in December 2011.
Olivia Hallinan starred as Justine in both productions.
Screenplays
Screenplays include
The Heart of Me,
,
Spaghetti Slow,
The Danish Girl (adapted from
David Ebershoff's novel), One Life,
Mrs Gonzalez,
Wild Target and
The Little Stranger (adapted from
Sarah Waters novel).
Coxon adapted Michel Faber's novel The Crimson Petal and the White as a miniseries on BBC, which aired in April 2011.
Personal life
Coxon lives in north-west London with her husband and daughter.
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