Simon Stephens - Stephens Plays, 4

Simon StephensPlays: 4Three Kingdoms, The Trial of Ubu, Morning, Carmen Disruption Olivier-Award-winner Simon Stephens is one of the most prolific contemporary playwrights and his work is produced across the world. The author of more than twenty stage plays, he is a former tutor on the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. His plays for theatre include Bluebird (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1998); Herons (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2001); Port (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2002); One Minute (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2003, and Bush Theatre, London, 2004); Christmas (Bush Theatre, 2004); Country Music (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2004); On the Shore of the Wide World (Royal Exchange Theatre and National Theatre, London, 2005); Motortown (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2006); Pornography (Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hanover, 2007; Edinburgh Festival/Birmingham Rep, 2008, and Tricycle Theatre, London, 2009); Harper Regan (National Theatre, 2008); Sea Wall (Bush Theatre, 2008/Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2009); Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith, London, and Royal Exchange Theatre, 2009); The Trial of Ubu (Schauspiel Essen/Toneelgroep, Amsterdam, 2010); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (co-written with David Eldridge and Robert Holman: Lyric Hammersmith, 2010); Marine Parade (co-written with Mark Eitzel: Brighton International Festival, 2010); T5 (Traverse Theatre, 2010); Wastwater (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2011); I Am he Wind (a new English version of John Fosses play: Young Vic, London, 2011); Three Kingdoms (Teater NO99, Tallinn, and Die Kammerspiele, Munich, 2011; Lyric Hammersmith, 2012); A Dolls House (a new English version of Henrik Ibsens play: Young Vic, 2012); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (adapted from Mark Haddons novel: National Theatre, 2012); Morning (Traverse Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith, 2012); Blindsided (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2014); Birdland (Royal Court Theatre, 2014); The Cherry Orchard (a new English version of Anton Chekhovs play: Young Vic, 2014); Carmen Disruption (Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 2014; Almeida Theatre, London, 2015); Song from Far Away (Toneelgroep, Mostra Internacional de Teatro So Paulo and Young Vic, 2015); The Funfair (a new English version of dn von Horvths play Kasimir and Karoline: Home, Manchester, 2015); and Heisenberg (Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, 2015). His radio plays include Five Letters Home to Elizabeth (BBC Radio 4, 2001) and Digging (BBC Radio 4, 2003). His screenwriting includes the two-part serial Dive (with Dominic Savage) for Granada/BBC (2009); and a short film adaptation of Pornography for Channel 4s Coming Up series (2009). by the same author Birdland Blindsided Christmas Country Music Herons Motortown One Minute Pornography Port T5 Wastwater STEPHENS PLAYS: 1 (Bluebird, Christmas, Herons, Port) STEPHENS PLAYS: 2 (One Minute, Country Music, Motortown, Pornography, Sea Wall) STEPHENS PLAYS: 3 (On the Shore of the Wide World, Marine Parade, Harper Regan, Punk Rock) with Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with David Eldridge and Robert Holman A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky Three Kingdoms: An inconsolable mood of dread, abandon, violence and suspicion lurks beneath the shows skin of arty insouciance, and at times the script attains a lyrical pitch of accusation against the West that quite overrides the flippancy. by the same author Birdland Blindsided Christmas Country Music Herons Motortown One Minute Pornography Port T5 Wastwater STEPHENS PLAYS: 1 (Bluebird, Christmas, Herons, Port) STEPHENS PLAYS: 2 (One Minute, Country Music, Motortown, Pornography, Sea Wall) STEPHENS PLAYS: 3 (On the Shore of the Wide World, Marine Parade, Harper Regan, Punk Rock) with Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time with David Eldridge and Robert Holman A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky Three Kingdoms: An inconsolable mood of dread, abandon, violence and suspicion lurks beneath the shows skin of arty insouciance, and at times the script attains a lyrical pitch of accusation against the West that quite overrides the flippancy.

Theres something of value here. Daily TelegraphThe Trial of Ubu: The play certainly gets at the banality of evil, and evokes the slow, sometimes dull, often uncertain slog of justice. Sunday TimesMorning: Its power comes from its absolute authenticity... atmospheric and grimly compelling. IndependentCarmen Disruption: You cant help but be moved by the circumstances facing the five main characters. Theres an understanding and a compassion amid the bleakness.

And a fierce sense that something needs to change. Guardian SIMON STEPHENS Plays: 4Three KingdomsThe Trial of UbuMorningCarmen Disruptionwith a foreword by Sebastian Nbling,
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