Laura Wade (born 16 October 1977) is an English playwright. Read full biography of Laura Wade →
I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy time.
I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.
It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?
Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?
Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically... →
I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan... →
I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a... →
I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong... →
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a... →
In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produced in the studio theatre at the students'... →
It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that... →
Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really easy... →
Laura Wade (born 16 October 1977) is an English playwright.