Jim Cartwright
Biography
Jim Cartwright was born June 27, 1958 and grew up in Farnworth, near Bolton in Lancashire, England. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
However it is as a playwright that he has really made his mark. Cartwright's very first play, Road, won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC.
He is probably best known for the film Little Voice, whose cast included Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent. The script was based on his play, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which he
wrote for Jane Horrocks - first performed at the Royal National Theatre in 1992.
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