Playwright: recently been developing strong stories with modern and local relevance in historical documents, for full length (60 mins +) stage plays.

Recently produced a stage reading of my full-length play 'Elias Ashmole versus the Widow' in Oxford: Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, established in 1683 in what is now the Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street, is a world renowned institution attracting thousands of visitors each year. The action of the play takes place in the late seventeenth century lawcourts of London and in the homes of the adversaries, as Elias Ashmole and Hester Tradescant, widow of the family who founded the museum’s collection, wrestle over rights to it. Their contemporaries invite us to question Elias’ motives as well as Hester’s good sense in resisting him. But one of them must prevail, in this fight to the death. www.eliasashmoleversusthewidow.com - reviews, story, cast and more. Looking to present a fully staged production. And planning another long piece about Matthew Arnold in his role as idealistic nineteenth-century schools inspector coming up against the harsh realities of a poor fourteen year old's life.

Meanwhile, carrying on writing shorter pieces - 'She touched all our lives'. In verse, three people talk about one woman. Did any of them really know her? Also, 'Ways of Looking at a Rope Swing' - two old people bicker about travelling to the north. Why is the journey so important? 'Ernest Evans, Actually' Stephen's bright, but can he understand people, especially Katie?
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