Douglas Maxwell (Dramaturg)

Douglas Maxwell has been one of Scotland’s top playwrights since his debut in 2000.  His recent work includes The Whip Hand at The Traverse Edinburgh, Charlie Sonataat The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Yer Granny (a version of Roberto Cossa’s La Nona) for the National Theatre of Scotland and Fever Dream: Southside for The Citizens, Glasgow.  His plays have been performed in translation in Germany, Norway, Hong Kong, USA, Holland, Canada, Sweden, Japan, France, Belgium and South Korea, where his debut play Our Bad Magnet has run for over ten years.

His plays are published by Oberon books.