Simon Stephens: Birdland, Franz Ferdinand, Carmen and me by Matt Trueman

His first play was based on a Tom Waits song and his latest work was inspired by Thom Yorke. Simon Stephens tells Matt Trueman why he just can't write without music Listen to Simon Stephens's playlistThe first thing Simon Stephens ever wrote, at the age of 10, was a song called The Fool. "It was a ridiculous post-Beatles pastiche," he says. Then, at 17, after "hundreds" of other songs, came h…

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