Biography
Author
of ‘Earthquakes In London’, Bartlett was born and raised in Oxford, England and
has been active since 2002. The acclaimed catastrophe play, which was staged at
The National Theatre in the summer of 2010 and was described by Michael
Billington of the Guardian as an "epic, expansive play about climate
change, corporate corruption, fathers and children". Charles Spencer of
the Daily Telegraph called it "the theatrical equivalent of a thrilling
roller coaster ride", delivering "a rush of invention, humour and raw
emotion".
Other notable works
Bartlett's
five-part television drama series Doctor Foster was broadcast in September and
October 2015. The series achieved an average of 9.51 million viewers, and was
one of the most viewed television drama series of the year. In addition to
being a critical success, the drama won two awards at the 2016 National Television
Awards in the categories of Best New Drama and Drama Performance for Suranne
Jones. It's been announced that there will be second series that will begin
filming in September 2016.
In
December 2015, Polly Hill, the Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, announced
a six 60-minute episode television series entitled Press that had been written
by Bartlett. Commenting about the series, Bartlett said “From exposing
political corruption to splashing on celebrity scandal, editors and journalists
have enormous influence over us, yet recent events have shown there’s
high-stakes and life-changing drama going on in the news organisations
themselves. I’m hugely excited to be working with the BBC to make Press, a
behind-the-scenes story about a group of diverse and troubled people who shape
the stories and headlines we read every day.”
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