Timberlake Wertenbaker

TW , an American-born European who writes for the British stage, is an experimental dramatist, adaptor, translator, and radio dramatist. Central topics in her work are the efforts of individuals, particularly women: pursuing quests, seeking change, breaking boundaries, and constructing or challenging gender roles. A central technique is the revisioning of actual or imaginary lives from the past, sometimes remote in place as well as in time.

Milestones

1951

According to standard reference sources, TW was born in New York.
Contemporary Authors. Gale Research.
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Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press.
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Early September 1988

TW 's Our Country's Good opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press.
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December 1989

TW 's Our Country's Good re-opened in the West End of London after successful runs in Toronto and Sydney.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press.
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Biography

The name Timberlake was given to her by her parents. It was her great-grandmother's surname.
DiGaetani, John L. A Search for a Postmodern Theatre: Interviews with Contemporary Playwrights. Greewood Press.
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Birth and Family