Charlotte Jones is a British

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, screenwriter and playwright.

Career

Her first play ''

Airswimming {{one source, date=July 2011 ''Airswimming'' is the first play written by Charlotte Jones. Its 1997 premiere at the Battersea Arts Centre was directed by Anna Mackmin (making her debut as a director) and featured Rosie Cavaliero and Scarlett Ma ...

'' debuted in 1997 at the Battersea Arts Centre in

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. Her other plays include ''

In Flame Charlotte Jones is a British actress, screenwriter and playwright. Career Her first play ''Airswimming'' debuted in 1997 at the Battersea Arts Centre in London. Her other plays include ''In Flame'', ''The Dark'', ''The Lightning Play'', and '' ...

'', ''The Dark'', ''The Lightning Play'', and ''

Humble Boy ''Humble Boy'' is a 2001 English play by Charlotte Jones. The play was presented in association with Matthew Byam Shaw and Anna Mackmin, and was first performed on the Cottesloe stage of the Royal National Theatre on 9 August 2001.Jones, Charl ...

''. Charlotte Jones wrote the book to the 2004-2006 West End musical, '' The Woman in White'', in collaboration with the

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and Andrew Lloyd Webber.Bird, Allen
''The Woman in White''
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thisistheatre.com, accessed 17 March 2016 She has created the

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The Halcyon ''The Halcyon'' is a British television period drama broadcast on ITV which began airing on 2 January 2017. It was created and written by Charlotte Jones. The series focused on examining World War II London from 'a new perspective', and was s ...

''. It is set in 1940 and focuses on a five-star hotel at the centre of London Society and a world at war. The series was first announced on 3 December 2015, before the official cast was announced on 4 April 2016, with

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and

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playing major roles. The series was cancelled after one series.

Awards

She won the 2001

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize established in 1978, is the largest and oldest playwriting prize for women+ writing for English-speaking theatre. Named for Susan Smith Blackburn (1935–1977), alumna of Smith College, who died of breast cancer. W ...

References

External links

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Radio Plays by Charlotte Jones
Living people 1968 births Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British television writers British women dramatists and playwrights Critics' Circle Theatre Award winners English dramatists and playwrights English television writers English screenwriters British women television writers {{UK-writer-stub