Louise Page

Louise Mary Page (7 March 1955 – 30 May 2020) was a British playwright.^[1][2]

Life

Page was born on 7 March 1955 in London.^[2]

Page studied at University College Cardiff (now Cardiff University) and at the University of Birmingham.^[2] She was commissioned by the Birmingham Arts Lab, and was Yorkshire Television Fellow at Sheffield University. She was Royal literary Fellow^[3] at Leeds Trinity University 2003–04, Edge Hill University,^[4] and the Huddersfield University, 2007–2009.

Page was the first Fellow to be placed at the University of Huddersfield; she made a significant contribution to the academic development of many students, particularly in health and social care education, drawing on her personal experience of health and ill-health^[5]

Page's legacy was a well-established fellowship which has been continuous since. During her time at Huddersfield her play Salonika was produced at the Leeds Playhouse^[6] and she led a creative writing masterclass at the Huddersfield Literary Festival in 2008.^[7]

After Huddersfield she continued to collaborate with the Fellowship coordinator there to produce a Reflective Practice textbook, using a creative, narrative style.^[8]

With her husband, Christopher Hawes, Page ran Words4work.^{[citation needed][9]}

Page died of cancer on 30 May 2020, aged 65.^[2]

Awards

• 1977 International Student Playscript Award for Lucy.
• 1982 George Devine Award, for Salonika.
• 1985 J.T. Grein Award

Works

• Glasshouse, Edinburgh, 1977
• Want-Ad, Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, 1977
• Tissue, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 1978
• Hearing, Birmingham Rep, Birmingham, 1979
• Lucy, Old Vic, Bristol, 1979
• Flaws, Sheffield University Drama Studio, Sheffield, 1980
• House Wives, Derby, 1981
• Salonika, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1982
• Falkland Sound/Voces De Malvinas, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1983
• Golden Girls Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1984
• Real Estate, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1984
• Beauty and the Beards, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1985
• Beauty and the Beast, Playhouse, Liverpool, 1985
• Goat, Croydon, 1986
• Diplomatic Wives, Watford Place Theatre, Hertford, 1989
• Adam Was A Gardener, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 1991
• Hawks And Doves, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, 1992
• Spare Parts, Studio Theatre, Sacramento, 1992
• Like To Live, New York, 1992
• Another Nine Months, New End Theatre, London, 1995
• The Statue of Liberty, Playhouse, Derby, 1997^[10]