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Claudio Macor

CLAUDIO MACOR

  
Nationality:    South African
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Literary Agent:    Eric Glass Ltd  

Claudio Macor was born in South Africa to Italian parents. His career as an actor began at the Library Theatre in JohAnnesburg. He moved to London in 1983 where he found his true love in writing and directing. Writing and directing credits: The Tailor-Made Man - The Musical Showcase (Charing Cross), The End of Innocence (Hen and Chickens), Santa Cruz (Westminster Theatre), The Other Man (Baron Court), the first stage adaptation of Gabrielle D'Annunzio classic novel L'Innocente (Barons Court), "Venetian Heat" 1999 (Barons Court), In The Dead of Night (Barons Court), The Man Inside (Hen and Chickens), The Love of An Angel (Mermaid), 1993 BAC (Cockpit), The Tailor-Made Man (Hen and Chickens, Off-Broadway New York and San Diego California), Casanova (Hen and Chickens), Burning Rhythm (Etcetera Theatre),Venetian Heat (Etcetera Theatre). Writing credits: Venetian Heat Steam Industry (Finborough), Summer Madness the Musical (Hen and Chickens), Open Secret (Etcetera) and the adaptation of Somerst Maughm's The Letter (Etcetera Theatre). Awards and Nominations: The Tailor-Made Man nominated Best New Play 1995 and nominated writer of the year, Casanova runner up for Best New Play. Screenplay credits: The Tailor-Made Man, Burning Rhythm and Out of The Night. In 2002 he shot a short film Night of the Clowns. Claudio is Artistic Director of Torchlight Theatre Company and founder of Torchlight Pictures LTD.

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         Burning Rhythm         Casanova         End Of Innocence, The         In the Dead Of Night - He Gets His Man         In the Night         L'Innocente         Love Of An Angel, The         Man Inside, The         Open Secret         Other Man, The         Out Of the Night         Santa Cruz         Savage         Summer Madness         Tailor Made Man, The         Tailor-Made Man, The         Venetian Heat

Burning Rhythm

Synopsis:
La Boca, Buenos aires' shanty town, where dockers danced with sailors giving birth to the tango and its sexually charged reputation. elvira domintes this underworld from her Bar Tangueros, where opium deals are struck, corrupt officials extort favours and where the gigolo, Massimo, re-kindles his love for the passionate and rich englishman Leonard. Murder, love, power and the tango, mixed into a compelling atmosphere of danger and raw emotion. a sultry play presented in the gothic shadows and style of the classic film noir.

Notes:
aka In the Night

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Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Casanova

Synopsis:
His presence transformed the greatest houses in europe into orgies. His name still stands as the definition of promiscuity. His love-making defied gender. On the night of a Venetian carnival, Giacomo Casanova seduces a young man by licking melted chocolate off his maked body. He escapes imprisonment at the Doge's Palace only to enter and conquer Parisian society with his stories, extravagance and charm laced with erotic danger. It takes imagination to be a great lover. Casanova spent the last decade of his life as a librarian in Bohemia where he wrote his autobiography. Before his death he edited out the incidents revealing his homosexual exploits. these pages were recently discovered in cardboard boxes hidden during World War II. It's this source that the play uses to reveal his love for men and women. Opulent, revealing and imbued with sinister eroticism

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Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

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Music:
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End Of Innocence, The

Synopsis:
Venice 1901- behind the gilt masks at a Venetian carnival, a Catholic priest re-kindles his love for the handsome Count egano. Tullio, a debauched libertine, flits between his wife, Giuliana and his sensual mistress Teresa. Betrayed, Giuliana, strong and vibrant, falls for the romantic novelist Filippo arborio. as rumours abound amongst Venice's decadent aristocratic society the stories entwine culminating in a passionate and shocking climax. a provocative story of love, betrayal, murder and of a homosexual priest struggle with his love

Notes:
based on L'Innocente by Gabriele D'annunzio

1st Produced:
Hen and Chickens, London >>>     27 Feb 2001

Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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In the Dead Of Night - He Gets His Man

Synopsis:
Murder, love power and the tango in a Buenos Aires shanty town.

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Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

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In the Night

Synopsis:
La Boca, Buenos aires' shanty town, where dockers danced with sailors giving birth to the tango and its sexually charged reputation. elvira domintes this underworld from her Bar Tangueros, where opium deals are struck, corrupt officials extort favours and where the gigolo, Massimo, re-kindles his love for the passionate and rich englishman Leonard. Murder, love, power and the tango, mixed into a compelling atmosphere of danger and raw emotion. a sultry play presented in the gothic shadows and style of the classic film noir.

Notes:
aka Burning Rhythm

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Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

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Music:
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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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L'Innocente

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Love Of An Angel, The

Synopsis:
ever experienced the loneliness of cruising a bar without success to suddenly feel the excitement and passion of a new found lover? Stephen did. What would it be like packing it all in, marriage, job, suburbia, everything - to take a cabaret act on the road? Kathy and alec did. If there is life after death, could you cope with watching your partner fall in love again? Gregory tried. Have you ever experienced the love of an angel? Now you can.

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1st Produced:
Mermaid Studio, London     1994

Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Play/Drama

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Man Inside, The

Synopsis:
H.M.Prison - Wormwood Scrubs. theatre Director Tom Braden stages a classic comedy starring the inmates from D. Wing. the wing reserved for homicide cases. their routine changes, memories are recalled, laughter and comedy re-enters their lives. Inmate Donald Brawner suppressed desires are unleashed when he falls in love with Michael, a fellow actor. Inside the Prison warden lies conflict and prejudice. Inside the system lies a flaw: emotions cannot be locked up. a shattering play that depicts a prisoners passion held within the justice system. Based on a true story.

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Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Open Secret

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Oxford Arms, London     1988

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Other Man, The

Synopsis:
Soho London. the Present. On a roof top of Bar Luna, Daniel's desire for Steve leads to a modern romance. Gulf of Venice. Italy 1918. On the terrazzo of Villa alba the Countess de Luca reveals her passion for the handsome Lieutenant Badolin in the dying days of World War I. as the two parallel stories unfold, Daniel discovers his family ties through the Countess' explicit diary. an extraordinary story of wartorn love, betrayal and of a gay son's understanding of his dead father's past.

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Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

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Out Of the Night

Synopsis:
Italy September 1943. the country is in a shambles. the fascists have surrendered and Nazi Germany is invading. On a isolated farm a married couple hide two army deserters in their cellar. In the jitchen they eat, drink wine, play cards and allow passion to take control. In one of the hottest summers Italy has ever seen, hidden desires are revealed as adriano's marriage to Caterina breaks down and he falls in love with the deserter, Franco. This is a play about the eroticism of fear. Based on a true story.

Notes:
aka Venetian Heat

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Parts:
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Santa Cruz

Synopsis:
We're deep in noir territory here. We have gangsters, soiled innocents and femmes fatales holed up in the old plantation house in Bolivia, waiting for destiny and the rains.they havesomething of 'Key Largo', spiced with a Tennessee Williams like sense of decadence. elvira is the lynch-pin, the ageing blonde on the run for murder, growing cocoa leaves under cover of a timber business and attracting the usual selection of parasites, lovers and revengers to her flame. Presented with flowers, she puts them in a flask of tequila, because 'they'll die quicker that way'. She may control her men, but she cannot escape tragedy - especially seeing as every single person turning up on her doorstep has an angle on everyone else. Passionate love, or deadly hate, there is no other motivation.
Jonathan Gibbs, Time Out

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1st Produced:
Westminster Theatre, London     04 May 2000

Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Savage

Savage
Copenhagen 1940. Zack and Nikolai are happy in love and enjoy a blissful lifestyle on the gay scene until they are arrested during the Nazi invasion of Denmark. Zack, an American attaché with diplomatic immunity goes free. But Nikolai is handed over to the notorious Dr Carl Vaernet who claims to have discovered a "cure" for homosexuality. Encouraged by the Nazis to conduct cruel experiments on homosexuals, Vaernet left them mutilated for life. The choice was to suffer this torture or die in a concentration camp. A Holocaust story which resonates through history.

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1st Published:
Oberon Books (2016) >>>    978-1783197798

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  with doubling

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Summer Madness

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Genre:
Musical

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Tailor Made Man, The

Synopsis:
the TAILOR-MADe MAN is the true story of William Haines, the silent screen star who was fired by Louis B Mayer of MGM Studios because he was gay and refused to marry and give up his lifelong partner Jimmy Shields. In 1930, William Billy Haines was one of MGM's most idolised male stars, second only to John Gilbert. On screen he was tailor-made to get the girl in the last reel. On the back lot he cruised every bit player and stagehand in sight. Billy lived openly with his lover and former stand-in Jimmy Shields. This was tolerated by the studio until rumours started to seep out into the wider world. Louis B Mayer ordered him to marry the sultry silent screen vamp Pola Negri. Billy refused and so Louis B Mayer fired him. Billy's defiance of the studio led to his second and even more successful career as an interior designer to the stars. the TAILOR-MADe MAN is a powerful story about Hollywood and its system and hypocrisy, but above all it is the story of Billy and Jimmy's turbulent, passionate love affair that survived and lasted over 50 years.

Notes:
Based on a play by Claudio Macor, book by Amy Rosenthal with Claudio Macor, music by Duncan Walsh Atkins and Adam Meggido, lyrics by Adam Meggido

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Stephen McGill Productions

1st Published:
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Tailor-Made Man, The

Synopsis:
By 1930 William Haines was one of MGM's most idolised male stars, second only to John Gilbert. On screen he was tailor-made to get the girl in the last reel. On the backlot he cruised every bit player and stage hand in sight. Billy openly lived with his ex-stand-in and lover Jimmy Shields. He was tolerated by the studio until rumours started erupting. Louis B. Mayer ordered him to marry the sultry silent screen vamp Pola Negri. Billy refused. William Haines's defience of the studio led to his second and even more successful career. It's a powerful story about Hollywood, its system and hypocrisy, but above all it's the story of Billy and Jimmy's turbulent, passionate love affair that survived it all and lasted over 50 years. an unforgettable true love story.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Venetian Heat

Synopsis:
Italy September 1943. the country is in a shambles. the fascists have surrendered and Nazi Germany is invading. On a isolated farm a married couple hide two army deserters in their cellar. In the jitchen they eat, drink wine, play cards and allow passion to take control. In one of the hottest summers Italy has ever seen, hidden desires are revealed as adriano's marriage to Caterina breaks down and he falls in love with the deserter, Franco. This is a play about the eroticism of fear. Based on a true story.

Notes:
aka Out Of the Night

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Torchlight Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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