MARY COOPER
Writer
Recent Projects
Micro-drama films and audio
(2019 - 2021)
Commissioned by Challenge Consultancy to write 20+ micro-drama films/audio for training. These take a narrative ‘light touch’ approach to equality,
diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Song of The Female Textile Workers
(2020 – 2021)
Storyline for mixed reality/digital media performance of Chinese Opera as part of the Bridging the Gaps research project led by Dr Haili Ma of Leeds University
Miss Nobody
Author, activist and poet, Ethel Carnie is cited as the first English working class novelist. This musical adaptation combines two of her novels to powerfully evoke the lives of working women in Lancashire
A two-part adaptation
BBC Radio 4, 2022
Lines in The Sand: The Journeys of Gertrude Bell
A two-part adaptation for BBC Radio 4 - August 2023
Fascinating insight into the life of explorer, writer, archaeologist, and colonial diplomat, Gertrude Bell. Adapted and dramatised by Mary Cooper, starring Fenella Woolgar.