Nominees for the $25,000 US prize honouring female playwrights include Brits Lucy Kirkwood, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Lucy PrebbleFive British dramatists are among the 10 finalists for the Susan Smith Blackburn prize, one of the most prestigious playwriting awards in the US.The award, which was set up in 1978, is given annually to a female playwright writing in English. Previous winners include Caryl Churchill and Tim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AM on January 30, 2014