Tim Luscombe (born 1960) is a British playwright, director, actor and teacher.

Training

After graduating with an MA (Geography) from

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, Luscombe trained as a director at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the mid 1980s.

Director

As a director, Luscombe has worked in London’s West End, On and Off-Broadway, in Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan and all over the UK. His most notable West End productions include Tom Stoppard’s ''Artist Descending a Staircase'' (at the Duke of Yorks, and subsequently at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York), and ''Private Lives'' with Joan Collins at the Aldwych Theatre. His London fringe credits include a 1993 production of Joe Pintauro’s ''Snow Orchid'' featuring Jude Law at the Gate Theatre.

Playwright

As a playwright, Luscombe has written for the National Theatre Studio in London, the Royal Court Theatre (''The One You Love'') and Hampstead Theatre (''The Schuman Plan''). All three of his Jane Austen adaptations (''Northanger Abbey'', ''Persuasion'' and ''Mansfield Park'') have been produced in the UK, ''Northanger Abbey'' being revived in Chicago in 2013. His play ''Pig'' was produced at

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in Toronto in 2013 where it was nominated for a

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of 2014. ''Hungry Ghosts'' was produced at the

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in 2011, and ''EuroVision'' at the Drill Hall in 1994, subsequently transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre where it was produced by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Awards

He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award for his productions of Noël Coward’s ''Easy Virtue'' and Terrence Rattigan’s ''The Browning Version & Harlequinade'' (1988). His play ''A Map of the Region'' was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2011.

Bibliography

Drama (stage)

*''The Schuman Plan''. (Nick Hern Books, 2006) *''Amateur Rites''. (Silvermoon, 2014)

Stage adaptations

*''Northanger Abbey''. (Nick Hern Books, 2005) *''Persuasion''. (Oberon, 2011) *''Mansfield Park''. (Oberon, 2012)

References

External links

Official Website.

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