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Rona Munro (born 7 September 1959) is a Scottish writer. She has written plays for theatre, radio, and television. Her film work includes Ken Loach's ''Ladybird, Ladybird'' (1994), ''Oranges and Sunshine'' (2010) for Jim Loach and ''Aimée & Jaguar'' (1999), co-authored by German director Max Färberböck. Rona Munro is also known for being the author of the last ''Doctor Who'' television serial of the original run to air, ''Survival'' (1989). She later novelised this serial for Target Books. Her most recent credits include the theatre play ''Iron'' which has received many productions worldwide. Other theatre works include plays for the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, ('Strawberries in January' translation) Manchester Royal Exchange, ('Mary Barton'), Plymouth Drum Theatre and Paines Plough, ('Long Time Dead') and the Royal Shakespeare Company, ('The Indian Boy') Munro has also contributed eight dramas to Radio 4's ''Stanley Baxter Playhouse'': ''First Impressions'', ''Wheeling Them In'', ''The King's Kilt'', ''Pasta Alfreddo at Cafe Alessandro'', ''The Man in the Garden'', ''The Porter's Story'', ''The German Pilot'' and ''The Spider''. In 2006 the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith presented Munro's adaptation of Richard Adams' classic book, ''Watership Down''. Her early television work includes episodes of the drama series ''Casualty'' (BBC) and, more recently, a BBC film ''Rehab.'' directed by Antonia Bird. Rona Munro currently lives and works in London. Her play, ''The Last Witch'', was performed at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, directed by Dominic Hill, and in 2011 by Dumbarton People's Theatre. Her history cycle The James Plays, ''James I'', ''James II'' and ''James III'', were first performed by the National Theatre of Scotland in summer 2014 in a co-production with Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Great Britain. ==Awards== * Giles Cooper Award for ''Dirt Under The Carpet'', 1988 * Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 1991 * Evening Standard Award, NOOK Award for Best Play for ''The James Plays'', 2014 * Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award, Best Play for ''The James Plays'', 2014 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rona Munro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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