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Malachi Bogdanov

MALACHI BOGDANOV  

 Nationality:    USA
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Malachi Bogdanov is an award winning Director, Writer and Producer. He has directed over seventy professional productions and has recently directed his first feature film The Mandrake Root for European Drama Network for which he also wrote the screenplay. The Mandrake Root was was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for best drama.

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below is a list of Malachi Bogdanov's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Bill Shakespeare's Italian Job         Homer's The Odyssey : From Ithaca With Love         Macbeth, Kill Bill Shakespeare         Mandrake Root, The

Bill Shakespeare's Italian Job

Synopsis:
Thou art only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!' quoth Charlie Croker as he leads Shylock, Juliet, Falstaff, Caesar, Titus. . . and THREE FULL-SIZE-MINI-COOPERS in the world's biggest gold heist. . . Perhaps the bard's finest comedy caper???

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1st Produced:
Metro Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Festival    2003

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Genre:
Comedy Caper

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Homer's The Odyssey : From Ithaca With Love

Synopsis:
The Gods, the Greek Secret Service, are trying to help Ulysses return home after being captured by the beautiful drug baron Calypso. Now pursued by the shipping magnet Poseidon for killing the tycoon's son Polyphemus the Cyclops, Ulysses, the Secret Service agent must battle against the odds and the temptation of the Sirens to return home to his beloved wife Money-Penelope. This fast moving spectacular takes Homer's epic and transports it from 8008C to modern times. Complete with speedboat chase, helicopter sequence and original score this visual, funny and highly entertaining theatrical event is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. www.homerstheodyssey.co.uk

Notes:
from Homer. Video of extract of 1st production http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWPXmbQK3Aw

1st Produced:
Birmingham School of Acting    2006

Organisations:
New Generation arts

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Genre:
adaptation

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Macbeth, Kill Bill Shakespeare

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1st Produced:
Germany    -

Organisations:
Wales Theatre Company

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Genre:
Comedy Caper

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mandrake Root, The

Synopsis:
A bawdy carry on up the Renaissance, The Mandrake Root is a faithful adaption of Machiavelli's comedy La Mandragola. Witten in 1518 and a huge hit when first performed it is a hilarious tale of cunning, deceit and desire, providing an alternative view of a man whose name has become synonymous with political intrigue and treachery. The fast paced story takes place over 24-hours and its main theme is deception, with each character believing that he or she is shrewder than the next. A young man Callimaco is overcome by the beauty of the young and virtuous wife of an old and foolish lawyer and with the help of his servant and a dubious, self-interested fixer he is determined to bed her. Knowing that the couple are desperate for a child he masquerades as a doctor suggesting that the surest way for the wife to conceive is through taking a potion of Mandrake Root, but the treatment has a fatal side effect and the first man to sleep with her will die, therefore an unsuspecting soul must be kidnapped, to sleep with her and of course, that man will be a disguised Callimaco.

Notes:
Movie adaptation of Niccolo Machiavelli's play La Mandragola produced in UK and shot in Italy. Screenplay subsequently performed on stage in USA

1st Produced:
American Conservatoire of Theater, San Francisco    2012

Organisations:
As movie: www.europeandrama.com

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  4

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