Welcome to my website

My name is Deborah Freeman and I am a playwright. I also write stories and some poetry.  I freelance occasionally as a journalist, and run writing groups. I am available as a speaker on a selection of topics.

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Welcome to my website

My name is Deborah Freeman and I am a playwright. I also write stories and some poetry.  I freelance occasionally as a journalist, and run writing groups. I am available as a speaker on a selection of topics.

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New Plays

My new play is called `Remedies.` It is about – among other things – the `mystery` illness known as M E.

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Latest Posts

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Homeopathic Walls
August 21, 2019

From today`s Times: “The Queen’s homeopathic pharmacist is selling ground-down fragments of the Berlin Wall to people who believe it will cure asthma and depression. Ainsworths, which has [...]

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The name of my new play publishing company is…..
August 14, 2019

We`re in the middle of summer…but lots happening. My project of publishing The Song of Deborah this year is moving along nicely, and I am also continuously editing [...]

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Messages from the stars in the sky.
July 31, 2019

Last night I saw The Starry Messenger, by Kenneth Lonergan, at Wyndhams. I have no idea why the reviews we read gave it 3 stars. Only one reviewer, [...]

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Cupboards full of letters, files full of clippings, and more.
July 27, 2019

This week Jeff and I went to Manchester and revisited the Rabbi I J Yoffey archive, stored in box-files in Manchester Central Library. Israel Jacob Yoffey was my [...]

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“The Song of Deborah” and “Candlesticks.”
July 22, 2019

Lots happening. I feel lucky to have an inner life, as well as a life whose centre of gravity lies in my computer, in a year in which [...]

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Didcot Writers` Anthology
June 23, 2019

I don`t know a great deal about Didcot Writers, and intend to find out. But I`m pleased they have decided to include my story `The Dressmaker` in their [...]

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Citysong at Soho Theatre and an interesting question about writing groups.
June 19, 2019

Fascinating day yesterday. First – I found a way to resolve problems in my new short story – previously named My Career as a Pianist. This story started [...]

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Update…
June 12, 2019

Since, or rather while putting the finishing touches to Paper in the Cracks, which has now gone out to several agents, (fingers crossed…) I have written, or rather [...]