caption birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title education name occupation
london , 2006 romford , greater london , england 1973 y 9 20 1995 -- present david_eldridge , _ playwright.jpg david eldridge -lrb- dramatist -rrb-
 brentwood school -lrb- essex -rrb- university of exeter david eldridge playwright
david eldridge -lrb- dramatist -rrb-

david eldridge -lrb- born 20 september 1973 -rrb- is an english dramatist , born in romford , greater london , united kingdom -lrb- uk -rrb- .
his plays have been performed at major new writing institutions in the uk , including the royal court theatre , the bush theatre , the finborough theatre and the national theatre .
his stage adaptation of the film `` festen '' transferred from the almeida theatre to the west end and broadway .
his play `` market boy '' , informed by his childhood working on a stall at romford market , played at the national theatre 's largest space , the olivier in june 2006 .
and in july 2008 his play `` under the blue sky '' was revived at the duke of york 's theatre starring chris o'dowd , catherine tate and francesca annis .
in march 2011 his play `` the knot of the heart '' played at the almeida theatre and starred lisa dillon , for whom the role of lucy was written and in february 2012 his play `` in basildon '' , played at the royal court theatre directed by dominic cooke starring linda bassett and ruth sheen .
both plays opened to critical acclaim .
`` the knot of the heart '' won the `` off-west end theatre award for best new play '' and `` in basildon '' was voted `` the guardian '' theatre critics and arts writers `` no. 1 theatre of 2012 '' .
in april 2012 the royal exchange theatre presented his new version of `` miss julie '' by august strindberg , starring maxine peake .
in july 2014 his play `` holy warriors '' played at shakespeare 's globe .
david 's screenplay for a ninety minute single film , `` the scandalous lady w '' , based upon hallie rubenhold 's book `` lady worsley 's whim '' , will be broadcast on bbc2 in august 2015 starring natalie dormer and directed by sheree folkson .
