Patrick Wilde
| Patrick Wilde | |
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| Born | London United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Playwright & Screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1993 - |
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Patrick Wilde is an English playwright and screenwriter for both television and film.
Most of Wilde's early work was centred on the classics. He played Hamlet, Mark Antony for ATC and Amnon in Tirso de Molina's Rape of Tamar at the Lyric in London. He directed several productions of Shakespeare, as well as the British Premiere of Schiller's Cabal and Love at the Lyric. He directed for The British Council in Pakistan, the production in question causing a near riot (including gunfire in the street) for its 'scandalous depiction of women through the ages'.
Wilde has worked several times over the years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including productions of Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew and most notably his collaboration with writer Jonathan Rich to construct and direct Sell Out! He has also presented one of his own plays in Edinburgh (You Couldn't Make It Up), and his first feature film, Get Real, won a prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
In 1993 he set up Wild Justice Company, originally to present his first play, What's Wrong with Angry? Wilde wrote the play because he "was sick of being told by people — even gay people — that it's easier to be gay now... But [he didn't] believe it's easier than it ever was to come out." This age of consent drama began at a small fringe theatre in London, but moved from there to the Oval house, then BAC and eventually to a successful run at The Arts in Leicester Square. It has since played in Europe, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and was selected by readers of The Purple Circuit to be one of the most influential gay and lesbian plays.
On the back of this success, Wilde was commissioned to write the film version, Get Real, which was directed by Simon Shore and went on to win several major awards, including both jury and audience prizes at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema, The Sydney Mardi Gras Film Award and the audience prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival. It was also selected to play at The Sundance Film Festival.
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