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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Emerging playwright schemes should include over 40s, say UK theatre figures

Writer Rona Munro at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester
The writer Rona Munro says mature playwrights can offer more radical perspectives. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The phrase “emerging playwright” should not be restricted to those under the age of 40, leading UK theatre figures have said, as it risks excluding new talent outside generation z.

The novelist and playwright Nell Leyshon told the Guardian that “ageism” was standing in the way of progress for writers who come to the world of theatre in later life.

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