The playwright and director Philip Osment, who has died aged 66 from complications arising from pulmonary fibrosis, started out as an actor and leading member of the pioneering fringe theatre company Gay Sweatshop in the late 1970s and 80s. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A scene from Inside by Philip Osment at the Roundhouse Studio, London, 2010. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianBorn in Barnstaple, Devon, into a farming family, Philip was the son of Honor (nee Kingswell) and Tom Osment. This sensibility drew him to Gay Sweatshop, formed in 1975 to portray gay experience and affirm the place of gay people in society. • Philip Osment, playwright, director and actor, born 1 March 1953; died 24 May 2019

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2019 13:41 UTC