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MORGAN LLOYD MALCOLM
Morgan is a playwright and screenwriter. She was commissioned by The Globe to write Emilia which became a hit show in summer 2018 before transferring to the West End in 2019, winning three Olivier awards. She is currently adapting Emilia for film. Her feature adaptation of her play The Wasp filmed in 2022, starring Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer and directed by Guillem Morales.
Her stage credits include Belongings and The Wasp, both produced by the Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios. Belongings was shortlisted for The Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award. More recently Morgan wrote Typical Girls, set in a women’s prison and featuring the music of The Slits, (Sheffield Crucible, 2021); Mum (Plymouth Theatre Royal and Soho Theatre, 2021); and When the Long Trick’s Over (produced by High TIde for New Wolsey Theatre and UK tour, 2022). She also co-wrote the book for new musical Cake, which opened for a short West End run in September 2023 following a tour. Morgan runs a theatre company called Terrifying Women with Abi Zakarian, Sampira and Amanda Castro which produces new horror plays written by women.
Morgan is currently working on a number of screen projects and previously adapted Damage by Josephine Hart for Moonage, Gaumont and Netflix (produced as Obsession in April 2023 by Netflix).