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Poppy Corbett
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Poppy Corbett (born 1986) is a playwright, director and teacher of creative writing. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.

Her play Hatchling won Masterclass's inaugural Pitch Your Play competition and was given a reading on the Theatre Royal Haymarket's main stage. She is the author of numerous short plays, including a pantomime Robin Hood for Bigfoot Arts Education.

She is the co-author of The Enormous Book of Talk for Writing Games (London: Philip and Tacey, 2013), a creative writing resource book for teachers. She is a founder of the playwriting company Agent 160 (patron: Timberlake Wertenbaker).

Since September 2024, Corbett has been a Lecturer in Writing for Performance at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

She is the daughter of the poet and educationalist Pie Corbett. She is represented by Nick Quinn at The Agency.

References

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  2. "Poppy Corbett - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent". www.doollee.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13.
  3. "Pitch Your Play Staged Reading - Hatchling by Poppy Corbett » Pitch Your Play Staged Reading - Hatchling by Poppy Corbett - Masterclass". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  4. http://bigfoot-theatre.co.uk/
  5. "Buy the Enormous Book of Talk for Writing Games for KS2 by Pie and Poppy Corbett NEW from Hope Education". Archived from the original on 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  6. http://agent160theatre.blogspot.co.uk/p/member-biogs.html
  7. "Dr Poppy Corbett". The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
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