Peter Oswald
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Peter Charles Patrick Oswald (born 1965)[1][2] is an English playwright specialising in verse drama. He was a resident at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London from 1998 to 2009.[3]
Early life
[edit]Oswald was born the second of four children (eldest of three sons) of farmer and stockbroker Peter David Hamilton Oswald and Juliet (née McLaughlin), of Fliskmillan, Fife, Scotland. His uncle was Sir Julian Oswald, First Sea Lord from 1989 to 1993.[4][5]
The Oswalds were landed gentry of Cavens, Dumfries, and Auchincruive (now named "Oswald Hall"), South Ayrshire, Scotland, descending from merchant George Oswald, Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1797 to 1799.[6]
Career
[edit]Oswald was the first playwright-in-residence at Shakespeare's Globe theatre, for which he wrote three plays, from 1998 to 2009.[7] He was later playwright-in-residence at London's Finborough Theatre in West Brompton. Oswald established his own company, Heart's Tongue, to produce some of his plays.[8]
In March 2022, Oswald was interviewed about his verse-drama plays on the podcast Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama, hosted by Emily C. A. Snyder and Colin Kovarik.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Oswald is married to the poet Alice Oswald, with whom he has three children.[10]
In March 2025, he embarked on a 150-mile walk from Bristol to London, set to last 13 days, while fasting to observe Ramadan, in order to raise money for children in Gaza. His wife plans to join him part of the way.[11]
Books
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- Peter Oswald; Mary Stuart. Samuel French, London (2006).
- Peter Oswald; The Golden Ass or the Curious Man. Comedy in three parts after the novel Metamorphoses by Lucius Apuleius. Oberon Books: London, GB (2002). ISBN 1-84002-285-X.
- Peter Oswald; Earth Has Not Any Thing to Shew More Fair: A Bicentennial Celebration of Wordsworth's Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge (co-editor with Alice Oswald and Robert Woof). Shakespeare's Globe and The Wordsworth Trust (2002). ISBN 1-870787-84-6.
- Peter Oswald; Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards. A drama in verses after an 18th-century Japanese puppet play by the kabuki playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Methuen Drama, London, GB (1996) (U.S.: Heinemann, Portsmouth, New Hampshire). ISBN 0-413-71510-8.
References
[edit]- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1987.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 146th edition, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2000, p. 852.
- ^ "Rhyme and punishment". The Guardian. 11 July 2005.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1987.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 146th edition, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2000, p. 852.
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 16th edition, ed. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1925.
- ^ "The Plays of Peter Oswald: New Writing at Shakespeare's Globe 1998–2005', Catriona Fallow, in Studies in Theatre and Performance, Vol. 34, 2014, Issue 1, pp. 90–96.
- ^ "Rhyme and punishment". The Guardian. 11 July 2005.
- ^ "Interview: Peter Oswald". hamlettohamilton.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 146th edition, ed. Charles Kidd, David Williamson, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2000, p. 852.
- ^ "British playwright embarks on 150-mile fasting pilgrimage for Palestine". Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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