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BETTE BOURNE
(1939 - )Nationality: English
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Literary Agent: Sangwin Associates
Born in Hackney in London's East End, Bette Bourne is a British actor, activist, and drag queen. Onstage since childhood, as a teenager he worked backstage at the Garrick, before going on to study drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then adopting his drag persona. In the 1970s he took a break from acting to join the equal rights campaigns of the Gay Liberation Front. In 2009 the Traverse Theatre hosted A Life in Three Acts, a dramatic telling of his life story written in collaboration with Mark Ravenhill.
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Belle Reprieve Life In Three Acts, ABelle Reprieve
Synopsis:
Four characters from "a Streetcar Named Desire". Blanche and Stanley arrive in packing cases that are opened by StElla and Mitch. there is some verbal sparring, a few songs, a dance or two.
Notes:
written by Peggy Shaw, Bette Bourne, Paul Shaw, Lois Weaver
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1st Published:
Gay & Lesbian Plays Today published Heinemann (US), 1993
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Genre:
full legth Comedy. - - Gay, full length
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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With honesty, humour and occasional anger, performer Bette Bourne tells the playwright Mark Ravenhill about his life. the story moves from a post-war childhood, to the Gay Liberation Front, life in a drag commune and on to the creation of the ground-breaking Bloolips company and beyond. the piece, in three parts, marks a different series of events in Bette's life to reveal a portrait of an amazing individual and celebration of the momentous struggles and achievements of gay liberation. each part can be enjoyed as self-contained stories or seen together for a fuller picture. the performance is a reading of edited transcripts of a series of long, private conversations, a recreation on stage of two friends reminiscing about one of their lives. 'Bette' and 'mark' will be played by the real individuals. But at some performances guest artists will recreate the original conversations, finding their own path through the extraordinary life of Bette Bourne.
Notes:
Written by Mark Ravenhill And Betty Bourne
1st Produced:
Edinburgh: Traverse Theatre, Scotland, Eur >>>
01 Aug 2009
Organisations:
London artists Projects Production in Collaboration With De Koninklijke Schouwburg
1st Published:
Methuen Drama
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: guests
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