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Ann Marie di Mambro
Born (1950-06-18) 18 June 1950 (age 74)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter
NationalityScottish
Period1985 – present
GenreTelevision drama, theatre
Notable worksMachair, Tally's Blood
Notable awardsThe Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 1994-5

Ann Marie Di Mambro (born 18 June 1950) is a Scottish playwright and television screenwriter of Italian extraction. Her theatre plays have been performed widely; they are also published individually and in collections and are studied in schools for the Scottish curriculum's Higher Drama and English.

Biography

Di Mambro studied at Glasgow University, Girton College, Cambridge, and Bolton College of Education, before becoming a teacher. She gave up teaching to write for theatre. Her plays have been performed in Scotland's main theatres as well as touring to other venues across Scotland. From 1989 to 1990, she was the Thames Television Resident Playwright at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. She has been commissioned to write plays by the Traverse Theatre and by Cumbernauld Theatre. She won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 1994-5.

In addition to theatre plays, she writes drama for British radio and British television. These included multiple episodes of the BBC's popular continuing dramas: Doctors, River City, EastEnders and Casualty.

Machair

Di Mambro was also screenwriter on the first ever long-running Gaelic drama television serial Machair created by Peter May and Janice Hally. Along with Hally, Di Mambro wrote scripts in English before they were translated into Gaelic. Fewer than 2% of the Scottish population are able to speak Gaelic but the show achieved a 30% audience share, making it into the Top Ten of programmes viewed in Scotland. Machair was nominated for production and writing awards at The Celtic Film Festival and by Writers Guild of Great Britain

Theatre plays

  • Hocus Pocus (1986) Annexe Theatre Company, Glasgow
  • Joe (1987) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
  • Dixon's Has Blasted (1987) Mayfest, Glasgow
  • Sheila (1988) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
  • Visible Differences (1988) TAG, Theatre About Glasgow
  • Long Story Short (1989) 7:84 Theatre Company (touring company), Scotland
  • The Letter Box (1989) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye
  • Tally's Blood (1990) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
  • Scotland Matters (1992) 7:84 Theatre Company (touring company), Scotland
  • Brothers of Thunder (1998) published in "Scotland Plays" Nick Hern Books, London, 1998
  • Ae Fond Kiss (2007) Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

Filmography

References

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  2. "Book collections". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. "Scottish education study document". Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  4. Mambro, Ann Marie Di (February 2002). Higher Drama Curriculum, Scotland. Learning and Teaching in Scotland. ISBN 9781859559178. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  5. ^ Catherine Lucy Czerkawska; Philip Howard (1998). Scotland Plays. Nick Hern Books. ISBN 9781854593832. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  6. ^ Byrne, John (1990). Scot-Free new Scottish Plays. ISBN 9781854590176. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  7. "Susan Smith Blackburn Prize". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  8. "BBC Radio 3 Play – Blaze". Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  9. "British Film Institute Database". Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  10. "IMDB entry for Ann Marie Di Mambro". IMDb. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  11. ^ "History of Machair". Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  12. ^ "British Playwrights' Database". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

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