phone flashes with messages and alerts; he turns it face-down, swearing under his breath. With fives, an Olivier and a Tony award to his name, Mr Thorne is Britain’s most sought-after scriptwriter. He is juggling several projects at once: his new play is in rehearsal ahead of its premiere at the Royal Court theatre in London on June 27th, while three television series that he wrote are in production.
His biggest solo project to date came about when Channel 4 asked him to write a trilogy of shows about modern Britain. “National Treasure” was inspired by Operation Yewtree, a police investigation into sexual misconduct by media personalities; the smash hit “Kiri” explored transracial adoption.
Other threads knit the writer’s disparate subjects into a coherent oeuvre. Many of his stories feature loss or violence, exploring how such experiences calcify into trauma; several of his characters are dependent on booze or sex. He is an acute observer of nuances of affluence and class, that eternal British theme. Typically, Mr Thorne avoids the temptation to provide easy moralising and neat conclusions, considering those unrealistic and therefore dishonest.
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