About Trevor Griffiths
Trevor Griffiths was born in Manchester in 1935, of Irish and Welsh descent. He worked as a teacher, a liberal studies lecturer and a further education officer for the BBC before becoming a full time writer in 1970.
He has been writing for the theatre, television and cinema since the late 60s. His work has been seen throughout the world and he has won numerous awards. His best-known stage play, Comedians, has been in constant production around the world since its premiere in 1975. For his film Reds, written with... (more...)
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Oi for England at Edinburgh
Oi for England is currently playing on the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival at Venue 13, in a new production by the Not Too Tame Theatre Company, directed by Jimmy Fairhurst. ”An energetic and fascinating revival” … “a master class in compression and texture, rounded off with a brilliant and unexpected twist” ( www.theatre-wales.co.uk/reviews )
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The Wages of Thin
This one-act black comedy, Trevor Griffiths’s first stage play, written in 1969, received its first revival in nearly 40 years at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington in May this year, in an acclaimed production directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah and starring Ryan Gage, Alan Francis and Richard Sandells, Read the reviews at www.whatsonstage.com and www.britishtheatreguide.info.
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