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Mark Haddon is a British novelist and poet best-known for his award winning novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a story about a severely autistic child, and the Agent Z series, a collection of children's books.
Born in 1962 in Northampton, England, Mark Haddon attended Uppingham School and Merton College in Oxford, where he obtained a BA in English in 1981. Between 1983 and 1984, he continued studying, this time at Edinburgh University, where he completed his MSc in English literature. After graduating, he worked at various jobs including volunteer work for mentally and physically handicapped children and adults. He was also a cartoonist for Private Eye, The Spectator, the Sunday Telegraph, New Statesman, and The Guardian, for which he co-wrote a cartoon strip, Men: A User's Guide. A self-confessed "hard-line atheist" and vegetarian, Haddon, together with his wife Dr. Sos Eltis, spent a year in Boston, Massachusetts before returning to England to take up abstract painting. Since 1996, he has worked in several television projects, writing for the children's TV series Starstreet and recently being involved in a BBC screenplay adaptation of Fungus and the Bogeyman, based on Raymond Briggs' graphic novel of the same title. Haddon has won numerous awards for his television work, among them The Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama for Microsoap, which he created and co-wrote, and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards. His most recent working stint is at the Arvon Foundation and Oxford University, where he teaches creative writing. He lives in Oxford with his wife and their son, Alfie.
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Simon Stephens (born 6 February 1971) is an English playwright and Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith. He is the inaugural Associate Playwright of Steep Theatre Company, Chicago, where four of his plays, Harper Regan, Motortown, Wastwater, and Birdland had their U.S. premieres. His writing is widely performed throughout Europe and, along with Dennis Kelly and Martin Crimp, he is one of the most performed English-language writers in Germany.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play by Simon Stephens based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. During its premiere run, the play tied the record for winning the most Olivier Awards (seven), including Best New Play at the 2013 ceremony (this record was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2017 with nine wins).
The play premiered on 2 August 2012 in the Cottesloe Theatre at the Royal National Theatre in London before transferring to the Apollo Theatre in the West End on 12 March 2013. The production won 7 Olivier Awards in 2013 (including Best New Play), at the time equaling the record with Matilda the Musical in 2012, before both were surpassed by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2017 with 9 awards.
Mickey Rowe was the first openly autistic actor to authentically play Christopher Boone in the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He documented this experience in the book Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage.
The story concerns a mystery surrounding the death of a neighbour's dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who is autistic, and his relationships with his parents and school mentor. The play reworked the source material by changing its voice and presenting the story as a play-within-a-play. The play has received a generally warm reception, with most critics impressed by its ability to convey the point of view of the young protagonist and the compassion of his school mentor. Critics also generally spoke highly of the visual effects employed during the show.
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Rating: PG Production Year: 2013 Duration: 59:02
Description: Made in collaboration with the National Theatre, this one hour special examines how one of Britain's best loved books was turned into a multi award-winning theatre production
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Description: A video which explores the use of digressions in the novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'