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Daniel Buckroyd

DANIEL BUCKROYD

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Berlin Associates  represented by Julia Wyatt

Daniel joined the Mercury Theatre, Colchester as Artistic Director in 2013 and has since directed THE HIRED MAN, THE HISTORY BOYS and THE BUTTERFLY LION there. Current projects include the regional premiere of BETTY BLUE EYES (a co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Playhouse, and Salisbury Playhouse) and a new production of MACBETH. Previously he was Artistic Director of New Perspectives Theatre Company (2003-2012); Associate Director of the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton (1996-2003); Artistic Director of Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company (1992-1996); and Community & Education Director of the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester (1988-1992). He has adapted THE BUTTERFLY LION, FARM BOY, FRIEND OR FOE AND THE IRON MAN for stage. For New Perspectives directing includes: THE BUTTERFLY LION, FARM BOY (which transferred to New York), LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD ; DOLLY; THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN; THE FALLING SKY; FAITH HEALER; SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT; THE FARM; IN SEARCH OF PONTIFLUNK; THE HIRED MAN (which also transferred to New York); ON SATURDAYS THIS BED IS POLAND; SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING; THE IRON MAN; THE ALLOTMENT; NOT NOW, BERNARD & OTHER MONSTER STORIES; THE EVIDENCE; THE GHOST DOWNSTAIRS and THE LONG WAY HOME. Other directing includes: the first ever staging of Seamus Heaney's BEOWULF; a tour of BILL's NEW FROCK that included the National's Olivier Theatre; Freddie Jones as Charles Dickens; Yeat's KING OEDIPUS; the original stage production of QUADROPHENIA; Roger Lloyd Pack in THE CARETAKER; PETER PAN at Polka Theatre; and FRIEND OR FOE for Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace.

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

         Aladdin         Butterfly Lion         Farm Boy         Friend Or Foe         Lark Rise To Candleford         Sir Gawain And the Green Knight

Aladdin

Synopsis:
Come with us to Old Peking where Aladdin dreams of marrying the beautiful Princess Jasmine and providing a better life for his mother, Widow Twanky, and brother, Wishee Washee. With the promise of an inheritance to make him as rich as a prince, the wicked magician Abanazar has tricked Aladdin into helping him find a magic lamp hidden in a secret cavern high in the hills. Aladdin soon finds himself trapped with only a battered old lamp for company. It's only when he rubs the scruffy lamp that his adventure really begins! Will Widow Twanky find romance? Will Wishee Washee prove his worth? Will Aladdin finally marry Princess Jasmine? All will be revealed at the Mercury Theatre this Christmas! Aladdin will need the help of all his pals in the audience if he's going to win the princess's heart. So prepare to boo, hiss, cheer and sing! Are you ready? We can't hear you. . .!

Notes:
written by Fine Time Fontayne and Daniel Buckroyd

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Genre:
pantomime

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Butterfly Lion

Synopsis:
the play tells the tale of an orphaned white lion cub which is sold to a circus owner and shipped off to europe. Young Bertie who rescued the cub vows to see his friend again. Little does he realise the adventurous, romantic, shocking turns his life will take before the momentous day arrives.

Notes:
adapted from Michael Morpurgo's book of "friendship, separation And suffering".

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Organisations:
New Perspectives Theatre Company

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Farm Boy

Synopsis:
a moving account of the changing faces of the english countryside and the bonds between grandfathers and grandsons

Notes:
from Michael Morpurgo's compelling sequel to his Acclaimed novel War Horse

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Organisations:
New Perspectives Theatre Company and Scamp Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Friend Or Foe

Synopsis:
an exciting tale of friendship set at the height of the Second World War, as two boys prepare to be evacuated from London. after settling into a new life in the countryside, the war seems a long way away. then one night the skyline lights up with gun flashes and the distant sound of bombing, shattering their new-found peace. When a German plane crashes, the next stage of their adventure begins. . .

Notes:
By Michael Morpurgo, Adapted by Daniel Buckroyd

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Organisations:
Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace Theatre

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  with doubling

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Lark Rise To Candleford

Synopsis:
When young Laura Timms sets out from the tiny village of Lark Rise to start a new life in the nearby market town of Candleford she finds herself torn between her love of the countryside and the lure of the town, past traditions and the promise of the future.

Notes:
by Flora Thompson in A new stage Adaptation by Daniel Buckroyd

1st Produced:
Ashford War Memorial Institute, Ashford In The Water, Derbyshire     02 Mar 2011

Organisations:
New Perspectives Theatre Company and Scamp Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation 100 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sir Gawain And the Green Knight

Synopsis:
narrative poem of arthurian myth and romance

Notes:
New Adaptation By Daniel Buckroyd from translation by Simon Armitage of the Anonymously Authored poem

1st Produced:
Huddersfield, Lawrence Batley     2008

Organisations:
New Perspectives Theatre Company

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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