Abigail's Party

AuthorMike Leigh

Mike Leigh is an award-winning playwright, theatre and film director, and screenwriter.Leigh’s work is distinctive for its detailed, organic content and his lengthy, improvisational rehearsal style. He begins his projects without a script, but starts from a basic premise that is then developed through improvisation by the actors.

Leigh wrote a string of television plays throughout the 1970s, including his best known work, Abigail's Party, which was originally written for the stage. Subsequent plays include Ecstasy (1979), Greek Tragedy (1989), Two Thousand Years (2005), and Grief (2011).

Leigh has also written and directed extensively for film, achieving critical praise for works such as Secrets and Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Another Year (2010), and the biopics Mr. Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018)

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