Andrew Bridgmont is an English

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, playwright and

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, son of thespian and author Peter Bridgmont (January 1929 - 24 June 2019). He is primarily known for his

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work like at the Globe Theatre and appearing in such films as

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's '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014), James Marsh's ''The Theory of Everything'' (2014) or TV series like ''Penny Dreadful'' (2014-2016) or Grandchester. Bridgmont was the winner of the International Playwriting Festival award for ''Red on Black''.

Education

Bridgmont did an arts

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, and later graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He took part in workshops at

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in Lambeth. Bridgmont is also a classically trained

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Theatre

Director

Actor

Film

Television

Documentary

Video Games

Books

Bridgmont is directly cited or mentioned in the following works (non-exhautive list): * ''Reading Shakespeare on Stage'' (1995) by Herbert R. Coursen.

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. * ''Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors Are Come Hither: The Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital'' (1992) by Murray Cox.

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. * ''The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes'' (2015) by Susan Leckey.

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. * ''Staging Shakespeare at the New Globe'' (Early Modern Literature in History; 1999) by P. Kiernan.

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. * ''Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon: Volume 1'' (1994) by Michael Mullin. Greenwood Press. * ''American Theatre, Volume 18'' (2001) by the

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. * ''Cahiers Élisabéthains'' (1989). Paul Valéry University Press. * ''Plays and Players'' (1993).

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. * ''London Theatre Record'' (1990) and the ''Theatre Record, Volume 21'' (2001) by Ian Herbert. Theatre Record Limited.

References

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