Stuart B Draper (born 1967) is a British actor,

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and theatre director. He attended the

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and graduated from

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

,Gaydar Nation
(2 May 2004), interview with Stuart Draper, accessed 22 January 2009
, Stuart Draper, accessed 22 January 2009 and teaches at the

South London Theatre The South London Theatre is a community theatre housed in a Grade II listed former fire station, in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The first play opened in October 1967, and it is now a busy theatrical venue, presenti ...

Career

As playwright

Works include the 2006 performance at the

in March and then the

Greenwich Playhouse The Greenwich Playhouse was an 84-seat studio theatre in the central Greenwich district of the Royal Borough of Greenwich which opened in 1990 and closed in 2012. It was situated above and had its entrance within the St. Christopher's Inn pub, si ...

of which ''Indie London'' wrote, "This follows its success, not only with audiences but also with critics, when it was performed by the South London Youth Theatre in March this year", An adaptation of ''

Two Gentlemen of Verona ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' is a Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tent ...

'', of which ''Gaydar Nation'' wrote, "Adapted by director, Stuart Draper this colourful new version of William Shakespeare's '' Gentlemen of Verona'' sees a brace of clowns, a dog, a troupe of gay bandits and four star-crossed, mismatched lovers battling for love and honour under the Mediterranean sun." ''

To W.H. ''To W.H.'' is a play that examines the potential sexuality of William Shakespeare and the identity of "W.H." who has been referred to a number of times in Shakespeare's William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an Engli ...

'', of which ''Indie London'' wrote, "''To W.H.'' combines the soul and passion of Shakespeare’s sonnets (the majority of which were written to a Mr W.H.) with the exuberance and bawdiness that characterise his most exciting comedies", '' The Stage'' wrote, "Stuart Draper’s new play, in which he also stars, runs with the theory that the initials were those of William Herbert, future Earl of Pembroke", and " his Bard is besotted with the young nobleman when they first meet and, though Herbert is 20 years his junior, they go on to have a full blown affair", and ''UK Theatre Web'' wrote, "Stuart Draper has written a pacy romp which interlaces a large amount of Shakespeare’s writing. There are weaknesses: the opening of each half is slow, the sung sonnets drag, the Dark Lady is under-developed. The time shift is not thoroughly worked through, but allows knowing nods to the present. However, the whole conceit has more to like than condemn." Of his August 2008 presentation of his play ''Paper Moons'', Tamara Gausi wrote, "Draper neither stands over nor sentimentalises any of his characters, allowing this heartfelt depiction of teenage angst to entertain, but also to touch".

As actor

He was well received for his role in the play '' Hot Mikado'' by the ''Bexley Times'' which wrote, "In a good cast, Stuart Draper shone brightest as the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko, a blustering, avaricious coward in a pink suit who would have given Rik Mayall or

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a run for their money in the comedy stakes.". Jonathan Gibbs of ''

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'' said, "...This (includes) a largely amusing pub quiz skit by Matthew Wilkie featuring Stuart Draper as sad-sack George, who has unwisely bet a grand that his team win on the very night it disintegrates all together"

References

External links

Draper on Doolee
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Draper, Stuart English dramatists and playwrights Living people 1967 births English male dramatists and playwrights Alumni of Durham University