Professor DJ Britton

D.J. Britton is an award-winning dramatist, director and dramaturg. He was formerly National Executive Producer heading the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio drama department, and is now the Drama specialist on the Creative Writing Programme in the English Department at Swansea University. Since the success of his first Australian stage play, Landlovers , in 1987, David Britton has written many dramatic works for theatre, radio and the visual media. Australian stage credits include...See more

D.J. Britton is an award-winning dramatist, director and dramaturg. He was formerly National Executive Producer heading the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio drama department, and is now the Drama specialist on the Creative Writing Programme in the English Department at Swansea University. Since the success of his first Australian stage play, Landlovers , in 1987, David Britton has written many dramatic works for theatre, radio and the visual media. Australian stage credits include Cargo (Swan Gold Award, Play of the Year) and his co-adaptation of Elizabeth Jolley's The Newspaper of Claremont Street . His epic theatre work Plainsong was a major hit at the Millennium Perth International Festival of the Arts, winning the 2001 Equity Award for Production of the Year See less