Background
Buffini was born in Carlisle to Irish parents, and studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, London University (1983-1986).
(Witty, sexy and powerful, this play follows a trail of se...)
Witty, sexy and powerful, this play follows a trail of seductions, transactions and encounters that take place in the same location in London across 2000 years. It portrays a search for love through time and history.
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( For over a decade Margaret Thatcher met the Queen for a...)
For over a decade Margaret Thatcher met the Queen for a weekly audience. With all her previous Prime Ministers the Queen enjoyed a fairly informal relationship, but with Mrs Thatcher, things were different. Handbagged speculates on the relationship between these two very powerful and private women. This is the earlier, one-act version of Moira Buffini's later full length play of the same name. This play premiered as part of the Women, Power & Politics season at the Tricycle Theatre in 2010.
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(Set in a city named Thebes, somewhere in the 20th century...)
Set in a city named Thebes, somewhere in the 20th century, the play is introduced by a militia sergeant named Miletus and two child soldiers under his command, Scud and Megeara. They discover the body of Polynices, a warlord in the recently-ended civil war and brother of Antigone and Ismene. Meanwhile, Ismene and the new female president of Thebes, Eurydice, widow of Creon get ready for the arrival of Theseus, fi rst citizen of the powerful democratic state of Athens, to discuss rebuilding Thebes after the civil war.
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(He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again...)
He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again. Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. A swaggering opposition circles, impatient for insurrection. The body of the former dictator lies unburied. Set in the present day but inspired by ancient myth, "Welcome to Thebes" offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war. Moira Buffini's "Welcome to Thebes" premiered at the National Theatre, London, in June 2010.
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(Tamara Drewe is a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Fr...)
Tamara Drewe is a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Frears. The screenplay was written by Moira Buffini, based on the newspaper comic strip of the same name (which was then re-published as a graphic novel) written by Posy Simmonds. The comic strip which serves as source material was a modern reworking of Thomas Hardy's nineteenth century novel Far from the Madding Crowd. The film premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
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(Two young women arrive in a nameless British small-town. ...)
Two young women arrive in a nameless British small-town. Their names are not their own. They don't declare their ages. Their relationship with each other is not clear. Are they sisters, as their assumed identities declare? Or are they mother and daughter?
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Buffini was born in Carlisle to Irish parents, and studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, London University (1983-1986).
Goldsmiths, University of London.
She subsequently trained as an actor at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. Her 1997 play Gabriel was performed at Soho theatre, winning the LWT on Stage award. Loveplay followed at the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2001, then Dinner at the National Theatre in 2003 which transferred to the West End and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
Buffini wrote Dying Foreign lieutenant, a free adaptation of Nikolai Erdman"s classic, The Suicide, for the Almeida in 2007.
She followed it with Marianne Dreams a dance play with choreographer Will Tuckett, based on Catherine Storr"s book Her play for young people, A Vampire Story was performed as part of Northwest Territories Connections in 2008.
She did a writers’ attachment at the Royal National Theatre Studio in 1996. She has been described by David Greig as a metaphysical playwright.
All her plays have been published by Faber.
Buffini is also a prolific screenwriter. In 2010 her film adaptation of Posy Simmon"s "Tamara Drewe" was released, directed by Stephen Frears. In 2011 her adaptation of Jane Eyre for British Broadcasting Corporation Films and Ruby Films was released.
The script appeared on the 2008 Brit List, a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays in British film.
lieutenant received nine votes, putting it in second place. Buffini adapted her play A Vampire Story for the screenplay of Neil Jordan"s film Byzantium released in 2013.
She took part in the Bush Theatre"s 2011 project Sixty Six Books for which she wrote a piece based upon a book of the King James Bible. On the 21 January 2015, it was announced that Manchester International Festival would premier wonder.land, a new musical with music by Damon Albarn, book and lyrics by Moira Buffini and direction from Rufus Norris. wonder.land is inspired by Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and is a co-production with The National Theatre.
(Set in a city named Thebes, somewhere in the 20th century...)
(Witty, sexy and powerful, this play follows a trail of se...)
( For over a decade Margaret Thatcher met the Queen for a...)
(Tamara Drewe is a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Fr...)
(He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again...)
(Two young women arrive in a nameless British small-town. ...)