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Nigel Gearing

NIGEL GEARING

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Blake Friedmann  represented by Conrad Williams

Nigel Gearing is a Dramatist and translator whose work has been produced in the UK, the USA and europe. This work includes collaboration on award-winning films, translations of plays both classic and modern (French into English, English into French) and Theatre pieces which have been staged in London, Edinburgh, Paris, Copenhagen and America. He is the author of numerous plays for BBC Radio and television pieces for Channel Four. He is published by Oberon Books and Methuen and lives in London.

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         Agnes         Berlin Days, Hollywood Nights         Blue Heart Afternoon         Crossfire         Dickens In America         Don Juan         Down And Out In Paris & London         Elgar's Tenth Muse         Embouteillage         Emperor Self, The         High Wire         Janis In the Chelsea         Le Grand Meaulnes         Meetin Mr Wilde         My Song Is Free         Queen Of Spades         Snap         This Child

Agnes

Synopsis:
play that gradually reveals the details of a father's obsession for his daughter and the way he emotionally blackmails her into satisfying his lust

Notes:
Original Playwright - Catherine Anne

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Frontline Drama 6 - New French Plays, Methuen,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Berlin Days, Hollywood Nights

Synopsis:
about Ruth Fischer, the sister of Hans eisler, Brecht's sometime collaborator. Ruth, the dedicated party member who recanted went over to the Hearst press and died in Paris.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Place, London    17 Nov 1987

Organisations:

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol VII (1987) Page 1473

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Blue Heart Afternoon

Blue Heart Afternoon
1951. Hollywood. Songwriter ernie Case has an Oscar on the shelf, an aspiring actress in his bed, and a screenplay getting the green-light from Studio. Life, it seems, is looking up. Only two hurdles lie ahead: he needs the mysterious Diva as his leading lady and he needs to keep well clear of Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch hunt. But, as his relationship with Diva deepens, he realises that some things are more important than hit songs sung by Sinatra.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Oberon Books (2012) >>>    978-1849431392

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy of betrayal

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Crossfire

Synopsis:
characters are caught in the crossfire, tumbling through the checkpoint between life and death

Notes:
Original Playwright - Michel Azama

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Organisations:

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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  17 characters

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIII (1993) Page 1025

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Dickens In America

Dickens In America
Dickens in America is an imaginary lecture given by Charles Dickens on his travels to America in the nineteenth century. Drawn from his many letters, speeches and his book American Notes, this play - first produced at Bristol Old Vic in 1998 - is a gripping journey into Dickens' life and work.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>, 1999   978-1840020663

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Don Juan

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere

1st Produced:
aTC    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Down And Out In Paris & London

Synopsis:
from dish washer to tramp George Orwell's description of life at the bottom.

Notes:
From book by George Orwell

1st Produced:
Riverside, London >>>    12 Mar 1992

Organisations:

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XII (1992) Page 0317

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Elgar's Tenth Muse

Elgar's Tenth Muse
Is public adulation always accompanied by private disappointment? Is creative fulfilment necessarily at odds with personal happiness? What is the price of fame? In these three biographical scenarios - about Janis Joplin, Edward elgar and Oscar Wilde repectively - Nigel Gearing explores the often droll disparity between the satisfying structures we call art and the infinitely more messy rag-and-bone shop of the heart

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>,    978-1840021615

Music:
-

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Genre:
biographical scenarios Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 12+

Further Reference:
-

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Embouteillage

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Based on the book by Alan Fournier

1st Produced:
Theatre de la Ville, Paris    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Emperor Self, The

Synopsis:
the emperor Self is a Lehrstuck production that challenges traditional theories of performance. Molded into a tale bursting with spectacle and adventure, from the Norwegian slopes of the troll mountain to the egyptian Sphinx in the great dessert, Henrik Ibsen the poet, playwright, director and painter shares with us his eternal quest for beauty through his works.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
enkephale Theatre.

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dramaturgy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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High Wire

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Husets Theatre, Denmark    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Janis In the Chelsea

Janis In the Chelsea
Is public adulation always accompanied by private disappointment? Is creative fulfilment necessarily at odds with personal happiness? What is the price of fame? In these three biographical scenarios - about Janis Joplin, Edward elgar and Oscar Wilde repectively - Nigel Gearing explores the often droll disparity between the satisfying structures we call art and the infinitely more messy rag-and-bone shop of the heart

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>,    978-1840021615

Music:
-

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Genre:
biographical scenarios Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 2

Further Reference:
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Le Grand Meaulnes

Synopsis:
Based on the book by Alan Fournier - this fable-like story tells the tale of augustin Meaulnes from the village of St agathe in provincial Central France, who when out alone accidentally stumbles across an old chateau 'a lost domain'. Far from being deserted, the chateau is teeming with life - young people and children - who have gathered to attend the wedding of Franz de Galais. augustin is welcomed by the group as an old friend and although the wedding is mysteriously cancelled and the group leaves - he meets Yvonne, the sister of Franz and falls madly in love with her. This obsession never leaves him and the play charts his attempt to understand the nature of this 'lost domain' and his life-long search for the woman of his dreams.

Notes:
Based on the book by Alan Fournier

1st Produced:
Drama Centre London    28 Jun 2007

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Meetin Mr Wilde

Meetin Mr Wilde
Is public adulation always accompanied by private disappointment? Is creative fulfilment necessarily at odds with personal happiness? What is the price of fame? In these three biographical scenarios - about Janis Joplin, Edward elgar and Oscar Wilde repectively - Nigel Gearing explores the often droll disparity between the satisfying structures we call art and the infinitely more messy rag-and-bone shop of the heart

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>,    978-1840021615

Music:
-

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Genre:
biographical scenarios Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 3

Further Reference:
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My Song Is Free

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jorge Diaz

1st Produced:
Monstrous Regiment    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Queen Of Spades

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol VIII (1988) Page 1602

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Snap

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Foco Novo Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol I (1981) Page 0110

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This Child

This Child
This child will give me strength Im going to show them just who I am Im going to show them that Im not who they think I am. everyone is someones child; every family has its own story. Drawing on interviews with real parents bringing up their children on a housing estate in Normandy, this play is remarkable in its intensity and truth. In a series of conversations and confrontations This Child exposes the complexities of parent/child relationships. Scenes of passion, blame and awkwardness are followed in quick succession by moments of tenderness and understanding in a poignant examination of this most fundamental of human bonds. I didnt choose you. I didnt choose to have a Father like you. I didnt choose you either. I didnt choose to have a son like you. a major critical success in the original French, This Child won the Critics association award for Best Play in 2006

Notes:
Original Playwright - Joel Pommerat

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Company of angels / Pilot Theatre and Junction Cambridge

1st Published:
in Theatre Cafe Plays One, Oberon Books Ltd (10 Nov 2008)   978-1840028935

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVIII (2008) Page 1292

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