Meredith Oakes
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Meredith Oakes is an Australian playwright living in London (born 1946) whose work has included The Neighbour for the Royal National Theatre, Faith at the Royal Court Theatre and The Mind of the Meeting for BBC Radio Four.
Oakes has also written adaptations of some classic works such as Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy presented at the Southwark Playhouse, London in 2006
In 2002 she wrote the libretto for a short opera with music by Des Oliver, Miss Treat and, in 2004, completed the libretto of The Tempest based on Shakespeare's play with music written by the English composer Thomas Adès. The opera was given its premiere performance on 10 February 2004 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Her most recent play, Shadowmouth, was presented in Sheffield in mid-2006.
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