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David Eldridge

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David Eldridge is a British playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced across the UK and on Broadway  

October 2025

  • Sam Troughton and Justine Mitchell in Beginning by David Eldridge at the National Theatre, London, in 2017.

    Awkward flirting, 4am breakdowns and a last kiss: David Eldridge on a decade of writing about love

    Beginning, Middle and End form a trilogy charting the ups and downs of different relationships. Audiences have taken them to their heart – one couple saw the first play on a date, got married and had its title engraved on their rings

July 2023

  • Empty red theatre seating in a beautiful old theatre.

    It’s time for theatres to stop ghosting the playwrights they have commissioned

    David Eldridge
    Dramatists are increasingly being strung along and ignored. We must act now to save the UK’s great playwriting culture
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