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Robin Hooper

ROBIN HOOPER

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  represented by Giles Smart

Formerly the Literary Manager for both Paines Plough and the Royal Court Theatre, Robin Hooper is also an actor. Recent work includes Malcolm in 'the Office', 'Monarch of the Glen' , 'Mr Harvey Lights a Candle' and to be released 'Riot at the Rite' all for the BBC.

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

         Astonish Me         Free From Sorrow         I'm In the Caravan         Love Your Soldiers         Move, The         Not the Love I Cry For         Queer Fish         Zip Up Your Mouth
Astonish Me

Synopsis:
the artist Jean Cocteau in an opium induced reverie reflects on his efforts to astonish

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Not The Rsc Festival At The Other Place And Almeida Theatre, London >>>     1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Free From Sorrow

Synopsis:
a man with a dark past can only purge his sorrow with brutal action.

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Organisations:
Living Pictures Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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I'm In the Caravan

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Writers' Block - A week of new work

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Organisations:
Operating Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Love Your Soldiers

Synopsis:
Intensely moving drama about two soldiers and the girl they both love and asks the question: when those you love are halfway across the world, how impossible is it to tell the truth?

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  some doubling

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Move, The

Synopsis:
Mother and Daughter dwell on their past while the present feels uncertain and frightening

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1st Produced:
National Theatre Platform And Tour     1982

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 actors

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Not the Love I Cry For

Synopsis:
Robin Hooper's play is about being rejected, about the things that keep people apart, suspicious and hostile. This sounds cliched, but it isn't. Hooper has a subtle insight into hearts and minds. Danny Worters, looking like one of Caravaggio's beautiful boys, lost and dangerous, plays Craig, a young gay artist who loves emin (aykut Hilmi), an older Turkish student, but lives with Joe (Nicolas Tennant). emin, who is married but can't have children, loves Craig as Muslim men sometimes love each other; intensely, but not erotically. the point about Craig is that his mother, who was a nurse, died years ago, and he needs care and protection, but also freedom. the tragic explosion comes from his father: racist, homophobic and lonely, both destroyer and victim.
John Peter, Sunday Times

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Look Theatre Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Queer Fish

Synopsis:
Three men luxuriate by a poolside in Brighton unaware of the danger that will eventually overwhelm them.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
BAC , London >>>     1991

Organisations:
Look Theatre Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Zip Up Your Mouth

Synopsis:
an issue based Drama handling diversity in the work place

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Garnett Foundation     2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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