{"id":1240,"date":"2010-10-31T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T02:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"In 2002, Helen Edmundson's play <em>Mother Teresa is Dead<\/em> opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Since the 1980s, the Royal Court has been home to some of Britain's most original playwrights, staging challenging and socially engaged work (<a hr"},"modified":"2010-10-31T22:12:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T03:12:57","slug":"interview-with-the-playwright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/interview-with-the-playwright\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with the Playwright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2002, Helen Edmundson&#8217;s play <em>Mother Teresa is Dead<\/em> opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Since the 1980s, the Royal Court has been home to some of Britain&#8217;s most original playwrights, staging challenging and socially engaged work (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcourttheatre.com\/about-us\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\">About the Royal Court<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>For its US debut in 2007, the play opened with the City Theatre Company in Pittsburg. For that production, artistic director Tracy Bridgden put together the following interview with the playwright.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Edumundson-interview.pdf\">Helen Edumundson interview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Join the Conversation<\/h3>\n<p>We welcome comments on this or other related topics on the main Spotlight page.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Return to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/\">Mother Teresa is Dead Spotlight page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--sidebar--><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #a71c00\">&lt;&lt; Back to Spotlight<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #a71c00\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Spotlight Resources<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/about-mother-teresa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1237\" title=\"Teresa\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Teresa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Teresa.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Teresa-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Teresa-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Teresa-78x78.jpg 78w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Teresa-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/about-mother-teresa\/\">About Mother Teresa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/play-themes-overview\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1248\" title=\"Poster\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Poster.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Poster-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Poster-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Poster-78x78.jpg 78w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/files\/2010\/10\/Poster-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/mother-teresa-is-dead\/play-themes-overview\/\">Play Themes Overview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2002, Helen Edmundson&#8217;s play Mother Teresa is Dead opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London. 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