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Edward Kemp

EDWARD KEMP

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  

Edward Kemp is a writer, director and Dramaturg. He has adapted Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire and Dom Juan for the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the medieval Mysteries for the RSC and BBC Radio, W.G. Sebald's the emigrants for BBC Radio, and Nathan the Wise and Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita for Chichester Festival Theatre. His adaptation of Faulkner's as I Lay Dying has been seen at the Young Vic, London, and in Louisiana and Los Angeles. Work with his own company, the Table Show, has played at the National Theatre, London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Budapest and Wellington, New Zealand. He has also written over a dozen short opera libretti. For his own company the Table Show he co-wrote and directed the RePRIeVe (BAC); Coventry (NT education); WanteD MAN (BAC, Edinburgh, Leeds, New Zealand, Budapest) and MISSING ReeL (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Traverse, Radio 4). He also co-wrote WORD ON the STReeT, a mile-long text work for Lavender Hill. He is the current Artistic Director at RADA.

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         5/11         As I Lay Dying         Counterparts         Creator         Don Juan         Hypochondriac, The         Iron And the Oak, The         King James Bible         La Tulipe Noir         Master And Margarita, The         Missing Reel         Mysteries, The         Nathan the Wise         Passion         Proper Place, A         Reprieve, The         Six Pictures Of Lee Miller         Turandot         Wanted Man         Wild Orchids         Word On Word         Yellow Sofa, The

5/11

5/11
It's 1605, and england is riven between Catholic and Protestant. an aristocratic group of young religious fanatics has recruited a mercenary, Guy Fawkes, to strike at the heart of the english Government. But under the ambivalent rule of the new King, James I, fresh from Scotland, no-one can be trusted and their plot is going to be turned against the very people it was meant to save. This incendiary thriller weaves together the lives of kings and terrorists, priests and spies in a play of epic proportions, which has the sweep and scope of the very best historical Drama.

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Nick Hern Books, London >>>, 2005   978-1854599001

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As I Lay Dying

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An epic journey undertaken by a family who travel across the 1930's Depp South to fulfill their mother's dying wish. the book is a modern classic.

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from Faulkner novel

1st Produced:
Young Vic Theatre, London >>>     22 May 1998

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adaptation

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Counterparts

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Creator

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Versions Of Mystery Plays

1st Produced:
The Pit, London     1998

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Don Juan

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From Moliere

1st Produced:
Quarry, West Yorks     1997

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Hypochondriac, The

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From Moliere

1st Produced:
Courtyard, West Yorks     1996

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Iron And the Oak, The

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King James Bible

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For the 400th anniversary celebrations for the King James Bible an ensemble of leading NT actors, directed by Nicholas Hytner, James Dacre and Polly Findlay, will read twelve extracts (edited by Edward Kemp):

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edited by

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La Tulipe Noir

Synopsis:
Romance and foul deeds in 17th century Holland. A race to grow the first black tulip.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Alexandre Dumas fils

1st Produced:
Turtle Key Arts, London     18 Feb 1997

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Master And Margarita, The

Master And Margarita, The
Moscow in the age of Stalin and a mysterious stranger appears in a park . . .Soon he and his retinue have astonished the locals with the magic show to end all magic shows and have quite literally set the town alight. But what's the real purpose behind their visit? and what the devil has it to do with the gorgeous and sensual Margarita? Or with her lover the Master, a writer whose masterpiece has been silenced by earthly powers. and will anyone solve the mystery before the night of the spring full moon?

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Original Playwright - Mikhail Bulgakov, Adapted by Simon McBurney, edward Kemp And the Company Complicite

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Missing Reel

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A true story from the fictionalisation of London. In the intermittent summer of 1998 Toby Jones was trying to find somewhere to live in the vicinity of Notting Hill. He had also been cast in the film Nottingham Hill. In the event he failed to appear in either. Flickering images of London lives from the estate agents' windows to the reflection in Julia Roberts' eye.

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Mysteries, The

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written with Katie Mitchell

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Nathan the Wise

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Jerusalem, 1192. an uneasy stalemate exists between the Muslim forces of Saladin and the western Crusaders. Caught in the middle are the Jews. all sides respect Nathan for his wisdom and his wealth. But in a war-zone, no one is secure. Banned by the Nazis, Lessing 18th-century masterpiece is a passionate plea for religious tolerance.

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Original Playwright - Gotthold ephraim Lessing

1st Produced:
Minerva, Chichester     26 Apr 2003

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Passion

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Versions Of Mystery Plays

1st Produced:
The Pit, London     1998

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Proper Place, A

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Jeannetta Cochrane, London     1986

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NYT

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Reprieve, The

Synopsis:
In a superbly inventive piece Toby Jones explores loneliness, alienation and various plastic mouthpieces as he attempts to two step his way to happiness. the Reprieve was the first storytelling project by Jones and ed Kemp and the duo have since gone on to win great critical acclaim for the domestic epic Wanted man and adaptations of the Moliere classics Don Juan and the Hypochondriac.

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written by edward Kemp and Toby Jones

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the table Show

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Six Pictures Of Lee Miller

Synopsis:
musical version of the extraordinary life of war photographer Lee Miller

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musical by Jason Carr book by edward Kemp

1st Produced:
Chichester, Minerva     01 Jul 2005

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Turandot

Synopsis:
Brecht's version of the old oriental story unfinished at the time of his death in 1956 - "finished" by Edward Kemp

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Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht

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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  doubling and extras

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Wanted Man

Synopsis:
Wanted Man is a domestic adventure - 'I have realised that the story of my life is being written by someone else. Someone I have never met. This is the story of how I found him.' In a lost corner of Isleworth Derek Smallwood has spotted signs of life in his next door neighbour's potting shed. When he goes to investigate he discovers that his neighbour, John Jump, has been transformed. Where has he been? And how can Derek help him now?

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written by edward Kemp and Toby Jones

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Wild Orchids

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elegant, humorous and steeped in the glamour of the 1930s, Wild Orchids is the story of a prince who continues to mourn for Leocadia, a beautiful Parisian singer who died tragically after only three blissful days of love. Written in 1940, this stylish romantic comedy was first performed in London in the 1950s, where it ran successfully for two years under the title Time Remembered.

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Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

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Word On Word

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a mile-long text work for Lavender Hill

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Yellow Sofa, The

Synopsis:
This is a story of love and loss, of betrayal and deception, of sex and a city, of wounded pride and attempted retribution - of plumply inviting sofa cushions. Godofredo is naturally indolent, adequately successful in his working life and quite happy with his seemingly comfortable marriage to Ludovina. When he discovers her in an extremely compromising position on his favourite yellow sofa with his business partner Machado, he doesn't know how to react but knows he must do something. His honour has been off ended, he will have to challenge Machado to a duel, but he would much prefer life to return to normal.

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Music Julian Philips. Lyrics edward Kemp.

1st Produced:
Glyndebourne, Lewes     15 Oct 2012

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Genre:
operetta

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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