Gillian Hiscott is an author and playwright, born in

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, United Kingdom, in 1959 whose plays have been performed both in

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and at the

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. Her work in the theatre has been largely to promote the work of British female writers and she is the only published adaptor of work by

Marie Corelli Mary Mackay (1 May 185521 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (, also , ), was an English novelist. From the appearance of her first novel ''A Romance of Two Worlds'' in 1886, she became the bestsel ...

. Her last two plays were written whilst completing an MA in Playwriting and Script Development at

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and are examples of plays affected by the literary concept known as the stream of consciousness. Her only novel Lady in Chains is WW2 fiction and centres on an era of social history which reflects a changing way of life for the British aristocracy. Performing in more than one of the author's plays is veteran actress Beryl Nesbitt
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who has featured in many film and TV roles. Involved in Vendetta as performers and directors: Christopher Gutmann, Ralph Mondi, Laurie Hagen.

Published plays

*1995 Adaptation

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's Wuthering Heights, Cressrelles *2007 Adaptation

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" Jasper Staged at

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*2007 Adaptation

's "Vendetta", 2006, Jasper - Staged at the

. *2009 "The Young Diana" Jasper *2009 "Love in Vain in Vain" Jasper

Novel

2004 Lady in Chains
* 2011 Alentejo Magic

Poetry

*1992 Morning Listed in Winter Words

Play reviews

* ThreeWeeks 19 May 2006 *The Bath Chronicle 16 May 2006 "Vendetta" at Bath Fringe Festival *The Bath Chronicle 2 June 2006 page 21 Philip Horton *

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16 August 2006 Andrea Mullaney Edition : Festival Page number: 14
The Stage 18 August 2006
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17 July 2007 *

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London 23 July 2007
Camden New Journal 19 July 2007
*Ham & High 19 July 2007 Theatre page X11 Aline Waites

References

Articles on

*Western Evening Herald 29 May 2006 Page 19 - article by Hannah Wood *Western Evening Herald 7 March 2009 - article by Martin Freeman

1959 births Living people English dramatists and playwrights English women dramatists and playwrights Writers from Plymouth, Devon {{UK-playwright-stub