Anthony Neilson (b. 1967, Edinburgh) is a Scottish playwright and director. His breakthrough show "Normal: The Dusseldorf Ripper" was produced at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival in 1991. Other shows include "The Wonderful World of" "Dissocia "(2004), "Realism "(2006), "Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness" (2009) and "Orson Welles in the Land of the Peas" (2010). He also took part in the Bush Theatre's "Sixty Six "in 2011.