Neil Duffield

Neil Duffield

  • 5 stars across 3 books
Neil Duffield has written more than 50 plays which have been produced extensively throughout Britain and abroad. His play The Lost Warrior, commissioned by the Dukes Lancaster, won the 2006 Arts Council of England Award for work which displays excellence, inspiration and innovation in children's theatre.
Recent productions include: The Ugly Duckling (Sheffield Crucible and Nottingham Playhouse 2007), Leopard (Sheffield Crucible 2007), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dukes Theatre, Lancaster 2006). The Snow Queen (Watermill Theatre, Newbury 2006), The Firebird (Northumberland Theatre Company 2006), The Secret Garden (Helix Theatre Dublin 2005) and The Emperor's New Clothes (Midlands Arts Centre, 2005).
Neil is married to freelance theatre director Eileen Murphy and lives in Bolton.
8th August 2019

Emperor and the Nightingale

The nightingale’s song is beautiful. Every day, she sings for the Emperor – but she’s just an ordinary brown bird. Can t... MoreEmperor and the Nightingale

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18th November 2015

The Road to Glory

* The play explores how children were enlisted as soldiers to go to war against the French and fight in the battle of Ag... MoreThe Road to Glory

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30th April 2017

Arabian Nights

May the legends of old be lessons to the people of our time, so that a man may see those things which befell others besi... MoreArabian Nights

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