Edward Carey

Edward
Carey

Edward Carey (born April 1970, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England) is an English playwright and novelist. He has written several adaptations for the stage, including Patrick Süskind’s The Pigeon and Robert Coover’s Pinocchio in Venice. His own plays include Sulking Thomas and Captain of the Birds. He collaborated with Eddin Khoo on the wayang kulit translation of Macbeth called Macbeth in the Shadows.

Edward Carey (born April 1970, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England) is an English playwright and novelist. He has written several adaptations for the stage, including Patrick Süskind’s The Pigeon and Robert Coover’s Pinocchio in Venice. His own plays include Sulking Thomas and Captain of the Birds. He collaborated with Eddin Khoo on the wayang kulit translation of Macbeth called Macbeth in the Shadows.

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