Women's prize for playwriting longlist is 'politically charged', say producers
The £12,000 prize is a galvanising moment for industry that must 'rejuvenate rather than regress' after the Covid-19 pandemic The longlisted writers for a new prize for female playwrights have created "satisfyingly puzzling" characters and "ambitious, politically charged" plays, say the award's producers. The Women's prize for playwriting, open to writers in the UK and Ireland who identify as female, was launched …