David Greig is a Scottish playwright and director. His work has been produced at London's Royal National Theatre, the Royal Lyceum Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as around the world. His translations include Camus' Caligula (2003), Candide 2000, and When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, based on a book by Raja Shehadeh.
Greig has also written The American Pilot (2005), about America's involvement in the Middle East and Eastern Europe; Pyrenees (2005) about a man who is found in the foothills of the Pyrenees, having lost his memory; and San Diego (2003), a journey through the American dream. These were followed by Gobbo, a modern-day fairytale; Herges Adverntures of Tintin, an adaptation; Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee (2006); and Damascus (2007).
David Greig's more recent works include two translations: of Euripedes' The Bacchae (2007); and of Strindberg's Creditors (2008). In 2010 his play Dunsinane, set in Scotland during the border wars with England, premiered at Hampstead Theatre with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his play, The Monster in the Hall (2011) was staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
His recent play, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (2011) was first presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and toured in summer 2011. In 2012, his play The Letter of Last Resort, was performed at Tricycle Theatre, the final play of a ten-play cycle entitled The Bomb - A Partial History in Two Parts.
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