Red Sun and Merlin Unchained

David Rudkin is a playwright, screenwriter and translator who has worked for nearly fifty years in theater, cinema, radio and television.

• Red Sun: Dramatist’s Foreword – David Rudkin RED SUN  Red Sun and the Promise of Myth – Karoline Gritzner Merlin Unchained: Dramatist’s Foreword – David Rudkin MERLIN UNCHAINED ‘Broken Magic?’: A Director’s Perspective on Merlin Unchained – David Ian Rabey ‘Only a Bard’: The Theatre of David Rudkin – Robert Wilcher

“David Rudkin is an odd man out amongst modern British dramatists. His plays … are a unique blend of ritual and realism, of Artaudian imagery and bloodshot language..” Guardian“… the finest language to be heard in the theatre today…” Times Literary Supplement“[Rudkin] explores the connection between the inner recesses of the personality and social and political forms with a courage that no one else has.” Listener“ … a fierce, uncompromising, obsessive writer…” Guardian“ … our greatest dramatic poet…” Observer