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Daphne: The Secret Lives of Daphne du Maurier – a play written by Rosie Race
Rosie Race, sitting at Daphne du Maurier's desk, which is held at the University of Exeter's Special Collections Archive
Rosie Race is a playwright, actor and theatre maker, trained at RADA. Her new play, Daphne: The Secret Lives of Daphne du Maurier, was performed at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter at the beginning of July.
The play came about by a slightly unusual route. In August 2024, Exeter's Northcott and Barnfield Theatres launched Elevate, an artist development programme supporting local artists. At the same time, they announced their inaugural open script window, during which playwrights born or based in the South-West were invited to submit their plays. One hundred and nine entries were received, and this is where Rosie Race and her play about Daphne du Maurier really began.
To read our article about the play and how it came to be, please go to our About Daphne du Maurier section by clicking here: https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=280