living on their own in 'practice flats'. It was subsequently performed in London at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. In 2011, he wrote a new version of Gogol's classic text, The Government Inspector, produced at London's Young Vic Theatre, directed by Richard Jones and starring The Mighty Boosh's Julian Barratt and Smack the Pony's Doon Mackichan and Kyle Soller. Plays Original plays Knives in Hens Kill the Old Torture Their Young Presence Dark Earth Blackbird 365 Lucky Box A Slow Air Ciara 54% Acrylic Adaptations and translations Six Characters in Search of an Author The Chrysalids Tales from the Vienna Woods Ivanov Woyzeck The Girl on the Sofa Mary Stuart The Good Soul of Szechuan for Young Vic Sweet Nothings (after Arthur Schnitzler's Liebelei) for the Young Vic The Government Inspector for Young Vic Calum's Road for the National Theatre of Scotland Bibliography Knives in Hens Methuen, 1997 Kill the Old Torture their Young Methuen, 1998 Presence Faber and Faber, 2001 Six Characters Looking for an Author (Luigi Pirandello) in a new version for the Young Vic Methuen, 2001 The Chrysalids (adaptation) Faber and Faber, 2001 Ivanov (Anton Chekhov) in a new version for the Royal National Theatre Oberon, 2002 Purple (Jon Fosse) Faber and Faber/NT Connections, 2002 The Girl on the Sofa (Jon Fosse) Oberon, 2002 Dark Earth Faber and Faber, 2003 Tales from the Vienna Woods (Ödön von Horváth) in a new version for the RNT Faber and Faber, 2003 References Sources Theatre Record and its annual Indexes Aleks Sierz: In-Yer-Face Theatre. British Drama Today. 2001 External links British Council profile Guardian interview 2002 British Theatre Guide interview, August 2005; Philip Fisher, interviewer Harrower at agent Casarotto Ramsay Harrower CV David Harrower at Doollee Scottish dramatists and playwrights 1966 births Living people Writers from Edinburgh