Osment, Philip

Philip Osment was brought up on a farm in North Devon and read Modern Languages at Keble College, Oxford. He trained as an actor and acted with leading alternative theatre companies, including Gay Sweatshop, The Half Moon and Shared Experience. He has also worked as a director and until 1989 was one of the artistic directors of Gay Sweatshop. More recently he directed plays for two young people's theatre companies, Theatre Centre and Red Ladder. As a writer, his plays include "Telling Tales" (1982), "The Island's Mine" (1988) and "The Undertaking "(1996) for Gay Sweatshop;" Who's Breaking "(19...