# Neil Norman

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British playwright

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**Neil Norman** (b. Neil J. Streitberger[1]) is a British [playwright](/source/Playwright)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] and [critic](/source/Critic).[2]

A journalist on the *[New Musical Express](/source/New_Musical_Express)* in the early 1970s, Norman became a film critic for *[The Face](/source/The_Face_(magazine))*[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] and in the ensuing years a reviewer of film and theatre for various cinema magazines and national newspapers.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

He joined the *[Evening Standard](/source/Evening_Standard)* in 1986 as a film critic and feature writer.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He appeared regularly as a contributor to the Sky Arts series *Discovering* and *The Directors*.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He is co-author of a book about the 1985 film *[Insignificance](/source/Insignificance_(film))*[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] and the [Robbie Coltrane](/source/Robbie_Coltrane) biography *Looking For Robbie*.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

His plays have been performed in London, Toronto and New York.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://x.com/njstreitberger](https://x.com/njstreitberger)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Critics laud Tennant in Labour's"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7660648.stm). *[BBC Online](/source/BBC_Online)*. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2012.

## External links

- [Neil Norman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8267976/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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