Editing Jim Cartwright (section)

{{Short description|English dramatist (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox writer
| name             = Jim Cartwright
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|06|27}}
| birth_place      = [[Municipal Borough of Farnworth|Farnworth]], [[Lancashire]], England
| occupation       = [[Playwright]]
}}
'''Jim Cartwright''' (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born in [[Municipal Borough of Farnworth|Farnworth]], [[Lancashire]]. Cartwright's first play, [[Road (play)|''Road'']], won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth252 |title=Jim Cartwright |work=contemporarywriters.com |publisher=British Council |year=2011 |access-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104084740/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth252 |archive-date= 4 January 2011 }}</ref> His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.