Andy Miller

From Bradford to Belgravia

When the talented Bradford playwright gained a platform at the Royal Court, she found herself ostracised at home

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    Adelle Stripe

    Fleet, pp. 256

In her debut novel, Adelle Stripe recounts the brief, defiant life of the playwright Andrea Dunbar. Dunbar was raised on the Buttershaw council estate in Bradford, one of eight siblings. Her first play, The Arbor, which premiered at the Royal Court in London when she was just 18, originated as a CSE English assignment.

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