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Gary Owen

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Gary Owen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1972 (Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales)
Nationality
Welsh, British
Languages
English, Welsh

Career

Occupations
Playwright
Active Years
1998-2025
Affiliations
Paines Plough, BBC Wales Drama
Nominations
TMA Awards best new play nominee (Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian, 2010)

Education

Cambridge University
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Meyer-Whitworth Award
2003
Work: new writing for the theatre
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco

2001 Play

Iphigenia in Splott

2015 Play

Killology

2017 Play

Romeo and Julie

2023 Play

Bibliography

  • Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco (2001)
  • Fags (2002)
  • The Shadow of a Boy (2002)
  • The Drowned World (2002)
  • Amser Canser (2003) (in Welsh)
  • The Low Hundreds (2003)
  • Cold Harbour (2003)
  • The Green (2003)
  • Ghost City (2004)
  • Hartleby, Oooglemore and Jeramee (2005)
  • An Enemy for the People (2006)
  • Mary Twice (2008)
  • Amgen:Broken (2009)
  • A Christmas Carol (2009)
  • Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian (2010)
  • Love Steals Us from Loneliness (2010)
  • Free Folk (2010)
  • Blackthorn (2010)
  • Perfect Match (2013)
  • Pen-blwydd Poenus Pete (2014)
  • Iphigenia in Splott (2015)
  • Violence and Son (2015)
  • Killology (2017)
  • The Cherry Orchard (2017) (re-imagining)
  • Romeo and Julie (2023)
  • Owain & Henry (2026)

Translations by Author

  • Osskah (short story in Doctor Who Short Trips: Snapshots, 2007)

Legacy

Welsh playwright known for works like Iphigenia in Splott, winner of the 2003 Meyer-Whitworth Award.