Actor
Jim Cartwright
June 27, 1958 · Farnworth, Lancashire, UK
Jim Cartwright was born in Farnworth, Lancashire in 1958 and educated at Harper Green Secondary Modern School, Farnworth.
His plays are consistently performed around the world, where they have won numerous awards, and been translated into 30 languages. His first play, Road (1986), opened at the Royal Court in 1986, and was subsequently revived that same year and again in 1987, before being taken on a nationwide tour. Road won the Samuel Beckett Award, Drama Magazine’s Best New Play Award, and was joint winner of the Plays And Players Award and The George Devine Award.
Notable work
Often works with
Jane Horrocks
3 titles together
Little Voice, Road, Performance
Lesley Sharp
3 titles together
Road, ScreenPlay, Wedded
Susan Brown
3 titles together
Road, Performance, ScreenPlay
Tim Dantay
3 titles together
Road, The Hairdresser Mysteries, The Afternoon Play
Maurice Denham
3 titles together
Performance, ScreenPlay, Bed
Richard McCabe
2 titles together
Goodbye Christopher Robin, Playhouse Presents
