The £12,000 prize is a galvanising moment for industry that must 'rejuvenate rather than regress' after the Covid-19 pandemic The longlisted writers for a new prize for female playwrights have created "satisfyingly puzzling" characters and "ambitious, politically charged" plays, say the award's producers. The Women's prize for playwriting, open to writers in the UK and Ireland who identify as female, was launched …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM on July 31, 2020