Timothy Daly (playwright)


Timothy Daly is an Australian playwright, dramaturg, and teacher, whose plays have won awards and been produced around the world since 1982.

Early life and education

Daly graduated from UWS Theatre Nepean in 1992.

Career

Daly is a playwright, dramaturg, and teacher. Many of his plays have been produced both in Australia and internationally since 1982.
His 2008 play Derrida in Love, was written for Jacki Weaver, which she performed in a sold-out season at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney.
Daly's play Kafka Dances has won a dozen national and international awards since its premiere and is one of the most frequently internationally performed Australian plays.
His play Richard III premiered at the 2011 Festival d'Avignon and followed with a Paris season in October–November 2012. Daly's play, The Man in the Attic, was awarded the Patrick White Playwrights' Award for best new play. It has been staged in Paris, at the 2013 Festival d'Avignon.

Recognition

Awards

The Man in the Attic – Winner of the Patrick White Award for Best New PlayKafka Dances – Winner of a Sydney Theatre Critics' award for Best New Australian Play; Finalist for both the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award; Winner of 5 South African Vita Outlanders – Winner of Australian Writers Guild AWGIE AwardThe Private Visions of Gottfried Kellner – Winner of Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Award for Best Stage Play; finalist in the Victorian Premiers Literary Award for drama

Residencies and fellowships

Selected works

Theatre

The Don's Last Innings Derrida in Love Kafka Dances The Man in the Attic Beach: A Theatrical Fantasia The Quiz King The Critic Assassinated The Moonwalkers Complicity The Private Visions of Gottfried Kellner
  • ''Livingstone''

Television, translations and adaptations

Song For Two in the Night The Double Bass Ensemble Theatre Liebelei Australian Broadcasting CorporationInterior Australian Broadcasting CorporationHours of the Dying Australian Broadcasting CorporationNeighbours
  • ''A Lapse in Behaviour''

Opera librettos

  • ''How to Kill Your Husband and Other Handy Household Hints''