Sarah Phelps
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Sarah Phelps is a British television, radio, film and freelance playwright who was working for the Royal Shakespeare Company
when she took part in a BBC
initiative to find new writers. She then wrote for the World Service Soap opera
Westway before joining the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders
in 2002.
Phelps has written over 50 episodes of EastEnders, including both the 'Return of Den Watts
' and his final demise, less than two years later, when he was killed by his wife, Chrisse. A journalist for the British tabloid, The Daily Mirror
, described her as 'Enders best writer'.
She has also written over 40 episodes of Westway which won RIMA'S Best Soap Award Commission For Racial Equality's Race In The Media Awards.
Her radio work also includes Vital Signs II, Cardamom, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and The Compass Rose: A Tattoo Lexicon.
Her theatre projects include Tube, Angela Carter, The Subtle Art of Boiling Lobsters, Amaretti Angels and Modern Dance for Beginners
.
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
when she took part in a BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
initiative to find new writers. She then wrote for the World Service Soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Westway before joining the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
in 2002.
Phelps has written over 50 episodes of EastEnders, including both the 'Return of Den Watts
Den Watts
Dennis Alan "Den" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Dirty Den"....
' and his final demise, less than two years later, when he was killed by his wife, Chrisse. A journalist for the British tabloid, The Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper which was founded in 1903. Twice in its history, from 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was changed to read simply The Mirror, which is how the paper is often referred to in popular parlance. It had an...
, described her as 'Enders best writer'.
She has also written over 40 episodes of Westway which won RIMA'S Best Soap Award Commission For Racial Equality's Race In The Media Awards.
Her radio work also includes Vital Signs II, Cardamom, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and The Compass Rose: A Tattoo Lexicon.
Her theatre projects include Tube, Angela Carter, The Subtle Art of Boiling Lobsters, Amaretti Angels and Modern Dance for Beginners
Modern Dance for Beginners
Modern Dance for Beginners is a play for two people written by British playwright Sarah Phelps.-Synopsis:The action of the play takes place over the course of a year and is set in the present, the very recent past and variable futures...
.