RESUME QUOTES

I have seen, in my twenty years as a teacher of theatre, few other young writers of his quality, perhaps none.
Keith Sturgess (Head of Performance, Lancaster University 1988-92)

Peter Devonald has been working for Robber Baron Productions for over a year as Script Editor and, alongside the development of a series of in-house projects as a writer. His insights on the science of writing have led to the discovery of a few young talents that without his help would have not found their voice. His work and commitment are invaluable.
Joseph Alberti (co-director of Robber Baron)

This is really accomplished. Good screenwriting, well paced, and feels very emotionally true.... I think there is talent to consider here.
The Script Factory

THEATRE QUOTES

The scenes set in 1612 are powerful and convincing. The stripped down, poetic dialogue creates characters that are reduced to the essentials of experience and emotion… The play allows the audience see the writer's ghosts... A very talented writer. This play is emotionally committed and contains fine heightened dialogue.
Paines Plough writing about Masks And Angels (theatre)

An incredibly powerful drama (which) conveys the innermost soul of this woman.
Woolwich Award (Shortlist)

I found the play extremely powerful and moving and could see that it would have a profound effect on any audience if it were staged.
Alan Avery, Artistic Director, City of York Theatre

A well informed political piece... It is a creditable and intelligent piece.
Stephen Jeffreys (Literary Associate, Royal Court)

FILM QUOTES

I enjoyed reading your script and thought that you succeeded in creating an intriguing and dramatic scenario. I found it a complex, intellectually ambitious piece. I was particularly impressed by the way in which you challenge our conceptions of the truth. I thought that your use of the media, deconstructing and reconstructing the evidence, raised lots of fascinating issues.
BBC Development writing about 'The Guilty Few'

This was instantly accessible and interesting to read, with action, intrigue, locations and interesting characters... I loved the whole set up, the atmosphere, the Hotel...
Sue Everett (Script Editor and writer) writing about The Primrose Path

From the first few pages, I could not stop. You are this century's William Goldman. This certainly is a stunning piece of intellectual farce on marketing, brutality and gore. Never has death been funnier.
Elton Sebastian (Director of award winning 'Nerd Wars')

A resonant cross between Brief Encounter and Pinter at his most enigmatic.
Baz Kershaw, Head of Theatre, Lancaster University.

I enjoyed reading your work very much and thought you had created a pacey and vibrant drama from an imaginative and dramatic idea. Your dialogue has a great dynamic and the violence both implicit and explicit gives the script a very good energy.
Drama Serials, BBC.

This insightful, largely fact based fictional short film follows the brief, but very grim journey of a deactivated gun, from it’s legal beginnings – bought on the internet by a collector – to it’s eventual home, activated on the streets, with fatal repercussions.
Evening Standard PICK OF THE NIGHT: 13th September 2005

You have a very clear and sharp writing style. Character and dialogue all strong. It grips and pays off well. There is a very creepy atmosphere built up and some genuinely scary, tense sequences. You're a good writer and this script shows off your writing skills and command of the screenwriting craft.
Rob Green (director of The Bunker) writing about The Cherub House