Composer Plays

<b>Includes the plays Master Class Elgar's Rondo Music to Murder By and Elgar's Third</b><br/><br/>The creative artist in conflict with destructive external pressures and corrosive internal tensions is a recurring theme in David Pownall's meticulously crafted plays. Master Class was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre Leicester before transferring to the Old Vic; Elgar's Rondo was performed by the RSC at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1993 and at the Barbican Centre. Elgar's Third winner of the Sony Gold Award was first performed on BBC Radio 3 in 1994; Music to Murder By was first performed by the Paines Plough theatre company.<br/>