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LAURENT GAUDE (1972 - ) |
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Nationality: French Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Laurent Gaude is an acclaimed French playwright and novelist. His first play, Onysos le furieux, was premiered at the Theātre National de Strasbourg in June 2000 under the direction of Yannis Kokkos. After this first success, Pluie de cendres was premiered in 2001 at the studio de la Comedie Francaise, directed by Michel Favory. Gaude's third play, Combats de possedes, won him European recognition when it opened in April 2000 at the Schauspiel of Essen (directed by Jurgen Josse), and was then translated into English by David Greig for a reading at the National Theatre, before being staged at the Scene Nationale de Chāteaugontier in 2003. Laurent Gaude's most recent plays, Medee Kali and Les Sacrifiees, premiered respectively at the Theātre du Rond-Point (under the direction of Philippe Calvario) and at the Theātre NanterreAmandiers (directed by Jean-Louis Martinelli), Laurent Gaude has also written three novels, Cris, La Mort du roi Tsongor (The Death of an Ancient King), which won the Goncourt des lyceens 2002 and the 2003 prix des libraires, and Le Soleil des Scorta. The latter proved a tremendous success, as it won Laurent Gaude the Goncourt Award in November 2004 (the equivalent of the booker prize in France).
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Laurent Gaude
Onysos The Wild | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre 503, London | 2005 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45254 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Laurent Gaude. Translated by Dominique Chevallier and Adrian Penketh | |||||
Synopsis: | Where has Dionysos been all these years? In 2000AD, we find him sleeping on a bench in the New York subway; a point of faceless, empty transit. He is filthy. He reeks of booze. Blinks into the blue neon lights. Once the subway's been locked up for the night, he beckons us into his world and re-enacts his furious story. So we step out, for one night, from the frantic race of time, only to be hurled from Babylon to Jericho, Egypt to Troy. We smell the smells, hear the cries, rich in violence and thumping with desire. For he is Onysos: half man, half god, the guardian of our baser instincts. | |||||
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Onysos The Wild | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre 503, London | 2005 | ||||
Organisations: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45255 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Laurent Gaude. Translated by Dominique Chevallier and Adrian Penketh | |||||
Synopsis: | Where has Dionysos been all these years? In 2000AD, we find him sleeping on a bench in the New York subway; a point of faceless, empty transit. He is filthy. He reeks of booze. Blinks into the blue neon lights. Once the subway's been locked up for the night, he beckons us into his world and re-enacts his furious story. So we step out, for one night, from the frantic race of time, only to be hurled from Babylon to Jericho, Egypt to Troy. We smell the smells, hear the cries, rich in violence and thumping with desire. For he is Onysos: half man, half god, the guardian of our baser instincts. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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