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Jonathan Dryden-Taylor

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Jonathan Dryden-Taylor

Writer

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Jonathan Dryden-Taylor is a British comedy writer, script editor and actor whose television credits include That Mitchell and Webb Look, Watson and Oliver and Comedy Nation. His work spans individual sketches, longer comedy scripts and the editing that helps an ensemble’s material take shape for performance.

Also professionally credited as Jonathan Dryden Taylor, he has written radio sketch comedy, sitcoms and adaptations. His acting career includes extensive theatre work, with more than 350 performances at the National Theatre. That combination of writing and stage experience gives him a practical connection to how comic dialogue works in front of an audience.

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