Biography
Duncan Macmillan was born in England in 1980 and studied film at the University of Reading, theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and playwriting in Birmingham and at the Royal Court Theatre. He first came to attention in 2005 with the Bruntwood Prize of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre for his play Monster. His plays often address contemporary social issues: Lungs (German: Atmen) deals with parenthood, People, Places and Things (National Theatre, 2015; German: Menschen, Orte und Dinge) with addiction and recovery, and the interactive monologue Every Brilliant Thing (German: All das Schöne) with depression and suicidal thoughts. Together with Robert Icke he adapted and directed George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four for the stage; this version and People, Places and Things were nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Play. His collaborations with director Katie Mitchell include The Forbidden Zone for the Salzburg Festival and the Schaubühne Berlin and the Nestroy Award-winning stage version of Friederike Mayröcker's Reise durch die Nacht. For the BBC he co-wrote the television series Trigonometry (2020) with Effie Woods.
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