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Parthian Drama

A collection of Jenkins' plays, including;

Playing Burton
The Hugely Successful, international hit play
“Virtuoso writing, lyrical and rich!”
Norman Mailer, 2002, on the off-Broadway production

Birthmarks
First-prize winner in the Drama Association of Wales’ national competition.
“Succeeds brilliantly! Memorable! Excellent!”
Nicole Sochor, Western Mail

Mr Owen’s Millenium
“A gifted outpouring, pulsing with life… England may have its Trevor Griffiths, we have our Mark Jenkins. ‘Tis Enough!”
Jon Gower, New Welsh Review

Downtown Paradise
“A measured and provoking drama, confident in its craftsmanship… A powerhouse of emotions!” Kate Stratton, London Evening Standard

Nora’s Bloke
“A great storyteller… gripping and amusing, highlighting the bewilderment and uncertainties of wartime.”
Mike Kelligan, Theatre Wales

Mark Jenkins was born in London of Irish and Welsh parents. He was educated at Highbury Grammar School and then drafted into the army, after which he read Politics and Economics at University of Westminster and the LSE. He taught West Ham and South Thames Colleges, before moving to Cardiff to take up the post of Principal Lecturer in Policy Studies at the University of Scriptwriting course. As a member of Amnesty International’s Russian section, he assisted in the release of several leading Soviet dissidents. Mark is widely published and his plays have been performed around the world. His first feature film, The Scarlet Tunic, starring Simon Callow, Emma Fielding and Jean-Marc Barre, premiered at Cannes and at the Leicester Square Odeon, London, before national release.