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John Goodwin

JOHN GOODWIN

  

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John Goodwin is the author of the best-selling book a Short Guide to Shakespeare's Plays and editor, among other books, of Peter Hall's Diaries. He ws the Head of the Press and Publication department at the National Theatre, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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

        Losing My Marbles         Most Sweet Poison, A



Losing My Marbles

Synopsis:
Losing My Marbles is a series of hilarious true stories from Trader Faulkner's varied life describing his extraordinary encounters with Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Vivien Leigh, his involvements with the tearaway, womanising Peter Finch, his poignant meeting with Picasso and his unforgettable appearance on stage with the great flamenco dancer antonio. 'Losing My Marbles is a series of true stories. these are events in my life wherein the heartache, error and folly of my youth are transformed into comedy and tragedy, if you can call the heartbreak of youthful idealism tragedy! the result has become an evening in the theatre where people can forget their troubles and laugh at mine. Marbles can be played anywhere there is an audience who like a good story, and there are many more from my picaresque life yet to be told.' Trader Faulkner

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Most Sweet Poison, A

Synopsis:
a play about sexual obsession. Set in nineteenth-century Paris and the French countryside, it centres on a passionate love affair between a young man and an older woman. the novel on which the play is loosely based was published in 1884, hugely popular in its day and notorious for its supposed immorality

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Based on the novel Sappho by Alphonse Daudet. the story - or An Approximation to it - has been filmed in england (1922), in America (1931) And twice in France (1934 And 1970). It Also gave rise to the libretto of An opera by Massenet.

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adaptation

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  1c

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