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Adam Long

ADAM LONG

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Sheil Land Associates Ltd  

Adam Long (Founding Member/Writer/Performer) began his professional life as an accountant for an anti-nuclear political action committee by day and bassist for an acoustic punk band by night. then he put on a skirt and wig and became a founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Adam toured with the RSC, spent five years following the Grateful Dead, performed stand-up comedy in Canada, became a Buddhist, and finally settled in england where he lives in London with wife Alex, son Joe, daughter Tilly, friend John, four guinea pigs, a fish, two tortoises, a cat, and a small grey rabbit called Willard.

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         Bible, The: the Complete Word Of God (Abridged)         Complete History Of America, The (Abridged)         Complete Works Of William Shakespeare, The (Abridged)         Dickens Unplugged -the Complete Works Of Charles Dickens (Abridged)         His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley In the Zam Zam Room         Satan Sings Mostly Sondheim

Bible, The: the Complete Word Of God (Abridged)

Synopsis:
It's apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company set their reductive sites on the good book with the Bible: the Complete Word of God (abridged). Can bolts of lightning be far behind? Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological questions: Did adam and eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? and why isn't the word 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds? Whether you are Catholic or atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People eater, you will be tickled by the RSC's romp through old time religion. Remember. . . Someone is watching.
- company website

Notes:
written by Long, Martin, And Tichenor, with Additional material by Croke

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Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

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Genre:
Comedy

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Complete History Of America, The (Abridged)

Synopsis:
From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order - the Complete History of America (abridged) is a ninety minute rollercoaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History, reminding us that it's not the length of your history that matters - it's what you've done with it! the three cultural guerillas of the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackle such controversial questions as: Who really discovered America? Why did abe Lincoln free the slaves? How many Democrats does it take to screw in a lightbulb? History is normally written by the winners. . . now it's the RSC's turn.
- company website

Notes:
1993: the RSC premieres its second stage show - the Complete History of America (abridged) (written by Long, Martin, And Tichenor). they perform America At Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival, the American Repertory theatre, And the Serious Fun Festival At Lincoln Center in New York. Tours of the U.S., Britain, And Israel.

1st Produced:
Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal     1993

Organisations:
Reduced Shakespeare Company

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Complete Works Of William Shakespeare, The (Abridged)

Synopsis:
all 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! an irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy - 10 years in the West end at the Criterion theatre - and is NOW ON TOUR! Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders and/or people inclined to motion sickness. the RSC cannot be held responsible for expectant mothers!
- company website

Notes:
the first, one-hour version of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (written by Winfield, Long & Singer) premieres And the company performs it At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. the company thinks that this will be its swan song. Instead, interest in the RSC begins to snowball. Full length show has Additional material by Reed Martin

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Reduced Shakespeare Company

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Genre:
Comedy

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Dickens Unplugged -the Complete Works Of Charles Dickens (Abridged)

Synopsis:
a hilarious musical rollercoaster through 35 classic books and 2324 amazing characters.

Notes:
aka "Dickens Abridged"

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Organisations:
Unplugged Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley In the Zam Zam Room

Synopsis:
His Royal Hipness, Lord Buckley. A big hearted, mystic, self-ennobled aristocrat who valorized and satirized the "great and the good" with the hip, egalitarian be-bop language of his "Church of the Living Swing". A man who lived in between the world of Jazz Greats such as Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk and Frank Sinatra, also a life-long friend of Ed Sullivan appearing on his show many times. Campaigning against the stupidity of racism in a segregated America, Buckley's vernacular was the ultimate word jazz and without him there would have been no Lenny Bruce, no Robin Williams, no Dick Gregory, no Richard Pryor. His death, in 1960, is shrouded in mystery, because of the draconian 'Cabaret Card' laws in NYC in the50s, which required performers to register with the police before they could be licensed to do their act. Anyone that the police found objectionable, for any reason could be silence. . .

Notes:
written by Jake Broder and Adam Long

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Organisations:
Les Gendarmes des Fleures

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Genre:
comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Satan Sings Mostly Sondheim

Synopsis:
Everyone knows of Satan 'the Dark Lord', but Satan Sings Mostly Sondheim tells the story of Satan the multi-talented, award-winning singer/dancer/actor who came to Earth in the early 1960s because he was very excited about what was happening in the world of musical theatre. It is a chronicle of Satan's desperate attempt to secure the rights to Sondheim's music for a one-night musical extravaganza at the London Palladium. With the help of his New York manager, Robert Schifrin, Satan attempts to sing, dance and schmooze his way into Sondheim's heart - a difficult task, as Sondheim is sceptical of having his name associated with Satan.

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Genre:
short musical piece

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