Autor/-in: Tom Basden

Tom Basden's plays include: an adaptation of Dario Fo and Franca Rame's Accidental Death of an Anarchist. (Sheffield Theatres, 2022; Lyric Hammersmith and West End, 2023); The Crocodile. , an adaptation of a short story by Dostoyevksy (Manchester International Festival, 2015); Holes. (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2013; Arcola Theatre, London, 2014); There is a War. (as part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre); Joseph K. , an adaptation of Kafka's The Trial. (Gate Theatre, London) and Party. (Fringe First Winner; Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Sydney International Festival/Arts Theatre, London). He has written for some of Britain's best TV comedies, including Peep Show. , Fresh Meat. , The Wrong Mans. and Plebs. , which won Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards 2013 and Best Scripted Comedy at the RTS Awards 2014. He is also a member of sketch group Cowards. , who wrote and performed their own TV series on BBC4. For Radio 4 he has made two series of Cowards. and three series of his sitcom Party. , based on his 2009 play. He has been nominated for a BAFTA three times, and has won a Fringe First and an Edinburgh Comedy Award. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer based in Prague, who is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His best known works include the novella The Metamorphosis. and novels The Trial. and The Castle.