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David Haig

DAVID HAIG

  (1955 - )
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  

Theatre credits include King Lear in King Lear and King George inThe Madness of George III (Theatre Royal Bath), Truscott in Loot (Tricycle Theatre), Pinchwife in The Country Wife and Hatch in The Sea (Theatre Royal Haymarket Productions), Headingly in Donkeys' Years (Olivier Award Nomination) and Osbourne in Journey's End (Comedy Theatre), Mr Banks in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre. Olivier Award Nomination), Alex in Hitchcock Blonde (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Henri in Life x 3 (Rio Delta Ltd), Philip in Gasping (Kenneth Wax Productions), Teddy Platt in Garden andHouse, Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards and antiochus in Berenice(National Theatre), Ivan in Art (Broadway), Rudyard Kipling in My Boy Jack (Hampstead), Marc in Art (Wyndham's Theatre), Richard inDead Funny (Hampstead and West End), Rudolph Rassendyl/The King in The Prisoner of Zenda (Greenwich), Angelo in Measure for Measure (Young Vic and Tour), Ralph Clark in Our Country's Good(Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play), Plume in The Recruiting Officer and Paul in Greenland (Royal Court Theatre), Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream,, Joaquin in Worlds Apart, Brianworm inEvery Man in His Humour, Dudley Bostwick in Time of Your Life and Corvino in Volpone (RSC) and Maurice in Tom and Vic (RSC and Broadway). Television includes The Wright Way, Strike Back, The Thick of It, MO, Midsomer Murders, Dustbin Baby, The 39 Steps, Marple - Murder Made Easy, Dickens' Dark Secret, My Boy Jack, A for Andromeda, Hustle, Crime and Punishment, Station Jim, Talking Heads - Playing Sandwiches, Keeping Mum, The Jane Horrocks Special, The Thin Blue Linek Wycliffe, The Bill, Love on the Branch Line, Cracker, The Darling Buds of May, Inspector Morse - Dead on Time, Inspector Alleyn Mystery, Boon, Soldier, Soldier, Portrait of a Marriage, Campion, Badger - Dramarama, Hannay, Chessgame, A Flame to the Phoenix andDiamonds. Films include Two Weeks Notice, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Lady Jane and Morons from Outer Space.

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

         Good Samaritan, The         My Boy Jack         Pressure         Who Shall Return Us Our Children

Good Samaritan, The

Synopsis:
Alan is a loving husband, a responsible parent and an experienced Samaritan. a good man trying to create a kinder world. But good intentions aren't always enough and, with an unlikely companion, he embarks on a reckless flight of fantasy that rocks the moral foundations of his life.

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  1g

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My Boy Jack

Synopsis:
the year is 1913. War with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling, the British empire's greatest apologist, is at the peak of his literary fame. This play explores the nature of a man who loses his balance when devotion to family and country clash. World War I breaks out, and Kipling's son, Jack, is determined to fight, but the army and the Navy both reject him because of his extremely poor eyesight. Undaunted, Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards, sparking off a bitter family conflict. Jack goes to war and is reported missing, believed wounded, in his first action. the Kipling family live in vain hope for two years, before finally learning of Jack's death. the effect on Kipling is profound and irrevocable, as he struggles to confront his appalling sense of guilt and loss. the play is a powerful and moving account of the anguish at the heart of a man whose storytelling continues to delight millions throughout the world.

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Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  doubling possible

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Pressure

Pressure
In 21 hours I have to give the order for 5,000 naval vessels harboured around these islands to leave their ports and sail south. They're waiting in Belfast, Grimsby, Liverpool, Greenock and Scapa Flow. You gotta help me here guys. Do I give the order to sail or not?'' June 1944 and the nation is looking to the skies. Everything is in place for the biggest invasion ever known in Europe - D-Day. Only one last crucial question remains: will the weather be right on the day? Problematically there are two definite forecasts. American celebrity weatherman Colonel Krick breezily predicts sunshine, while Scot Dr James Stagg, Chief Meteorological Officer for the Allied Forces, forecasts a storm. As the world watches and waits, General Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander, must decide which of these bitter antagonists to trust. The decision will seal not just the fates of thousands of men, but could win or lose the entire war. Seventy years on from the D-Day landings, this little known true story thrillingly explores the responsibilities of leadership, the challenges of prophecy and the personal toll of taking a stand.

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Male:  12            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Who Shall Return Us Our Children

Synopsis:
First play based on Rudyard Kipling's relationship with his son

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