James Ley (dramatist)

James Ley is a playwright and screenwriter based in Edinburgh [1] , best known for the play Love Song to Lavender Menace which premiered at Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in 2017.

Ley’s plays include I Heart Maths for Oran Mor, SPAIN for Glasgay! and UP for The Vault, Edinburgh Fringe.[1]

Written as a LGBT History Month Scotland Cultural Commission [1] Ley's play Love Song to Lavender Menace premiered at Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in 2017[2][3]. The play explores the story of the Lavender Menace Bookshop in Edinburgh which operated between 1982 and 1987 and the play is set on its last day before moving to Dundas Street and renaming as West & Wilde in 1987 and looks backs over its history and society attitudes to LGBT at the time[4] The play was first performed at the Village Pub Theatre, Leith which presents readings of short plays and was co-founded by Ley.  

Selected Works
  • The Ego Plays, Oberon Books, 2011, ISBN 9781849432306
  • Love Song to Lavender Menace, Oberon Books, 2017, ISBN 9781786823427
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References
  1. "Playwrights' Studio, Scotland | Playwrights". www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. "Play celebrates Edinburgh's secret gay scene". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. Fisher, Mark (2017-10-17). "Love Song to Lavender Menace review – an ode to 80s LGBT booksellers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  4. "INTERVIEW: Sigrid Neilson and Lavender Menace Creatives". British Theatre. 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
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