2-551: April De Angelis (born April 1960) is an English dramatist of part Sicilian descent. She is a graduate of Sussex University who trained at East 15 Acting School . De Angelis began her career in the 1980s as an actress with the Monstrous Regiment theatre company. In 1987, her play Breathless was a prize winner at the 1987 Second Wave Young Women's Writing Festival. Her plays often feature historical figures. Playhouse Creatures and A Laughing Matter are set in
4-655: The London theatrical milieu of the 17th and 18th centuries respectively. Wanderlust examines Victorian colonialism and Ironmistress is a verse play exploring Lady Charlotte Guest 's factory ownership. As a librettist, De Angelis contributed to the opera The Silent Twins (2007), composed by Errollyn Wallen , which is based on the case of June and Jennifer Gibbons . De Angelis tends to write to commission and several of her plays have been produced by Max Stafford-Clark 's Out of Joint theatre company . University of Sussex Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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