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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kevin Rawlinson

Troubles-rooted play Sapling wins Women’s prize for playwriting

Playwright Georgina Duncan smiling
Georgina Duncan’s Sapling beat 1,274 other plays to win the 2025 prize. Photograph: Andrew James

A work that explores what happens when trauma is left to fester, set in Troubles-era Belfast, has been named the winner of the Women’s prize for playwriting 2025.

Judges praised what they described as unflinching and moving writing in Sapling by Georgina Duncan, a working-class playwright from Lancashire.

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