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Steve Waters
Steve Waters is a British playwright. He was born in Coventry, UK. He studied English at Oxford University, taught in secondary schools and was a graduate of David Edgar's MA in Playwriting in 1993, a course which he later ran for several years. He has written about the pedagogy of playwriting, contributed articles to The Guardian, essays to ''The Blackwell Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama'' and ''The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter'', and has written a book entitled, ''The Secret Life of Plays'' (2010). Plays * ''English Journeys'' (1998) * ''After The Gods'' (2002) * ''World Music'' (2003) * ''The Unthinkable'' (2004) * ''Fast Labour'' (2008) * '' The Contingency Plan'' (2009) * ''Little Platoons'' (2011) * ''Ignorance/ Jahiliyyah'' (2012) * ''The Air Gap'' (2012) A radio play broadcast by BBC Radio 4. * Bretton Woods (2014) Broadcast on BBC Radio 3. * Scribblers (2015) BBC Radio 3 * ''Temple'' (2015) * The Play About Calais (2016) * ''Limehouse'' (2017) * ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Edgar (playwright)
David Edgar (born 26 February 1948) is a British playwright and writer who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.Dictionary of Literary Biography excerpt at Bookrags.com He was resident playwright at the in 1974–5 and has been a board member there since 1985. Awarded a Fellow in Creative Writing at Leeds Polytechnic, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Contingency Plan
''The Contingency Plan'' is the overall title of a pair of plays by the British playwright Steve Waters that opened at the Bush Theatre on 22 April 2009. The two full-length plays are ''On the Beach'' and ''Resilience''. They are both set in the United Kingdom in the near future. Both involve the same couple, Will Paxton and Sarika Chatterjee. Paxton is a scientist who has returned from research in Antarctica with a new understanding of glacial melting due to climate change and the corresponding possibilities of a rise in sea levels and of coastal flooding. Michael Billington wrote of the pair of plays that their "flaws pale beside Waters' massive achievement which is to have made the most important issue of our times into engrossing theatre." In the original performances Will was played by Geoffrey Streatfeild and Sarika by Stephanie Street. ''On the Beach'', which takes its name from the 1974 song by Neil Young, mainly involves Will's relationship with his father Robin (played b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple (play)
''Temple'' is a 2015 play by Steve Waters about the 2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse from 21 May to 25 July 2015, directed by Howard Davies and featuring Simon Russell Beale as 'the Dean', along with Anna Calder-Marshall, Paul Higgins, Rebecca Humphries, Shereen Martin Sherine Sayed Mohamed Abdel-Wahab ( ar, شيرين سيد محمد عبد الوهاب; born October 8, 1980), known professionally by the mononym Sherine ( ar, شيرين), is an Egyptian singer, actress, TV host and personality, and a former ju ... and Malcolm Sinclair. References 2015 plays British plays {{2010s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limehouse (play)
''Limehouse'' is a 2017 play by the English playwright Steve Waters, dramatizing the discussions on 25 January 1981 which led to the Limehouse Declaration later that day. Productions The premiere production of Limehouse opened at the Donmar Warehouse on 2 March 2017 and ran until 15 April. The cast consisted of Nathalie Armin as Deborah Owen, Roger Allam as Roy Jenkins, Tom Goodman-Hill as David Owen, Debra Gillett as Shirley Williams and Paul Chahidi Paul Chahidi (born August 22, 1969) is a British actor. An associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Chahidi appeared at Shakespeare's Globe and appeared on Broadway in all-male productions of ''Twelfth Night'' and ''Richard III''. Chahi ... as Bill Rodgers. References External linksDonmar Warehouse Listing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Theatre
The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. The Bush Theatre strives to create a space which nurtures and develops new artists and their work. A seedbed for the best new playwrights, many of whom have gone on to become established names in the industry, the Bush Theatre has produced hundreds of premieres, many of them Bush Theatre commissions, and hosted guest productions by theatre companies and artists from across the world. Artistic Directors * Jenny Topper (1977–88), jointly with Nicky Pallot (1979–90) * Dominic Dromgoole (1990–96) * Mike Bradwell (1996–2007) * Josie Rourke (2007–12) * Madani Younis (2011–2018) *Lynette Linton (2019–present) History On Thursday 6 April 1972, the Bush Theatre was established above The Bush public house on the corner of Goldhawk Road and Shepherd's Bush Green, in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixty Six Books
''Sixty-Six Books'' was a set of plays premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011, to mark the theatre's reopening on a new site and the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. It drew its title from the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. The special show ran from 10 October 10 to 29 October 2011, with special 24-hour shows on 15 and 29 October; the production featured 130 actors, including Miranda Raison, Ralf Little, Billy Bragg Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is ..., and Rafe Spall. List of plays References External links *"Sixty-Six Books: 21st-century writers speak to the King James Bible: A Contemporary Response to the King James Bible" Oberon Books, 2012-05-02. * * * * * * * 2011 plays 400th anniversary of the King James Version {{2010s-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King James Bible
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I. The 80 books of the King James Version include 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of what Protestants consider the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament. Noted for its "majesty of style", the King James Version has been described as one of the most important books in English culture and a driving force in the shaping of the English-speaking world. The KJV was first printed by John Norton and Robert Barker, who both held the post of the King's Printer, and was the third translation into English language approved by the English Church authorities: The first had been the Great Bible, commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535), and the second had been the Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Dramatists And Playwrights
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British Male Dramatists And Playwrights
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
