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Michael Bogdanov

MICHAEL BOGDANOV

  (1938 - )
Nationality:    British
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You can contact Michael through his publishers, Capercaillie Books on: 01312 208310. Michael Bogdanov is a Theatre director and has directed Shakespeare in many of the world's leading Theatres and with major Theatre companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was associate Director of the Royal National Theatre for eight years and he cofounded the English Shakespeare Company in 1986 with actor Michael Pennington. He was also Chief executive of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus (National Theatre) in Hamburg, from 19891992. He has won numerous awards at home and abroad including the Society of West end Theatres, Best Director for his production of the Taming of the Shrew and the Laurence Olivier award for Best Director for his seven-play history cycle the Wars of the Roses. Michael now lives and works in Cardiff.
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         Amazing Grace         Ancient Mariner         Betty In Bodgerland         Billy Bodger's Magic Circus         Bodger's Jubille Circus         Bootleg Gentleman, The         Broad And Narrow         Canterbury Tales, The         Christmas Carol, A         Comedy Of the Changing Years         Dracula Or A Pain In the Neck         Elwyn         Fantastical Legend Of Dr Faust, The         God Say Amen         Government Inspector,the         Hiawatha         Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The         Hypochondriac, The         Orwell's England         Quick One 'ere And Out the Other, A         Sir Gawain And the Green Knight         Speakeasy or the Bootleg Gentleman         Three To One         Would Anyone Who Saw the Accident

Amazing Grace

Synopsis:
In 1904, following a young firebrand miner the "Welsh Revival" caused the young men of Wales suddenly to give up drinking, swearing and wife-beating. the tap rooms emptied and the male population started singing' bread of heaven' at rugby matches as a great epidemic of righteousness raged through the land.

Notes:
book by Frank Vickery, director - Michael Bogdanov, lyrics by Mal Pope

1st Produced:
Swansea: grand Theatre    25 Mar 2005

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Ancient Mariner

Synopsis:
fast moving spectacle but the albatross still dies

Notes:
poem by Coleridge

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Betty In Bodgerland

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1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre Plus National Tour    -

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Billy Bodger's Magic Circus

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1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre Plus National Tour    -

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Bodger's Jubille Circus

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1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre Plus National Tour    -

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Bootleg Gentleman, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)

1st Produced:
Playhouse, Oxford    1968

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Genre:
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Male:  11            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Broad And Narrow

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Terry Brady

1st Produced:
Atv Series    -

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Genre:
TV

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Canterbury Tales, The

Synopsis:
Tales retold in the form of an annual Tales telling competition.

Notes:
written with Phil Woods; music by Chris barnes

1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, Leicester    1975

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1st Published:
Iron Press, 1980   -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  with doubling

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Christmas Carol, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
adapted From Charles Dickens

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Comedy Of the Changing Years

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Dracula Or A Pain In the Neck

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Phil Woods

1st Produced:
Albery, London    1981

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Elwyn

Synopsis:
Directed and adapted by the renowned director Michael Bogdanov, 'elwyn' is a hilarious tale of two men adjusting to living in the outside world, after years spent in institutions. Best described as the 'Odd Couple of the Valleys', the two main protagonists are 40 something Mummy's boy elwyn (played by Russell Gomer) and his room-mate, the uncouth, reluctant virgin Kelly (Ieuan Rhys). Moving into an apartment with the gentle support of social services, their mission is to re-assimilate themselves into society. all they have to do is convince their social worker that they really are 'normal', even if it does feel safer sleeping in a wardrobe. . . 'elwyn' charts their bumps and stumbles as they make their way back into a world others take

Notes:
elwyn is based on the cult Oscar nominated Norwegian film elling, derived from the novel Blood Brothers by Ingvar Ambjornsen. the original stage version received An Olivier Nomination And A Stage Award for the best Comedy 2007, And now Michael Bogdanov has created A version of the play set in Wales. It is produced by Wales theatre Company, in Association with Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

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Fantastical Legend Of Dr Faust, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Shaw, London    1993

Organisations:
eSC

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God Say Amen

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Michael Pennington. From Shakespeare

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Government Inspector,the

Synopsis:
Revival

Notes:
Gogol Revival

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Hiawatha

Synopsis:
fast moving spectacle displays his quest for MinniHaHa

Notes:
poem by Longfellow

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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1981   -

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Genre:
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Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The

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Hypochondriac, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere (Imaginary Idiot)

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Orwell's England

Synopsis:
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Notes:
devised for the NT Education Department, toured to schools and colleges throughout England and Scotland that autumn, sponsored by IBM.

1st Produced:
schools tour    1974

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Genre:
TYA

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Quick One 'ere And Out the Other, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Terry Brady

1st Produced:
Dublin    1966

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Genre:
entertainment

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Male:  17            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sir Gawain And the Green Knight

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Genre:
adaptation

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Speakeasy or the Bootleg Gentleman

Synopsis:
Prohibition is coming to an end. A Chicago gangster decides to get some culture so that he can bed a famous movie star

Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere. Original Title - "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff    14 Feb 2003

Organisations:
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

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Adaptation

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Three To One

Synopsis:
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Notes:
BBC2 programme

1st Produced:
On Tour    -

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Would Anyone Who Saw the Accident

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Terry Brady

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Genre:
Revue Show

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