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Stephen Morris

STEPHEN MORRIS

  (1935 - )
Nationality:    British
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(drawing by Eamonn Robbins). Stephen Morris was born 14 July 1935 in Smethwick, near Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. He attended Moseley Art School, Fircroft College, Marieborgs Folkhighschool, in Sweden and the Universities of Cardiff and Leicester. He has published ten books of poetry, stories and poems for children and one play. He worked as a research worker for two years in a Mental Hospital and for eighteen years in the faculty of Art and Design at Wolverhampton Polytechnic which later became a University. Since, he has worked in his home in the South of France as a full time writer. He has given numerous performances of his poetry in Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium, Malta, all over the U.K. the U.S.A., India and in the Far East.

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

         Drooler         In Summertime         Lord of Death, The         Once Around the Sun

Drooler

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 47/5

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In Summertime

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the play although written in a lighthearted vein it deals with the serious subject of class conflict, This is Dramatically covered retains a high level of interests as the characters react with one another bring many class issues to the fore.

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Student Union Theatre Cardiff.    01 Mar 1963

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Cardiff University Drama Society

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Lord of Death, The

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the play takes place on the last night of a condemned man who is to be hung the following morning. the title of the play comes from the poem 'the Ballad of Reading Jail by Oscar Wilde. the play explores the issue of capital punishment which was still in force at the time the play was first produced.

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the Arts Block. Cardiff University    08 Nov 1962

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University of Cardiff, Drama Group

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Broadsheet Publishing, March 1963   -

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Once Around the Sun

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A singer in a rock band is given the chance of hitting the big time - but he must ditch his group

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Music And lyrics by Robert Morris, Steven Morris; Joe Shane; book by Kellie Overbey

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Zipper Theatre, New York    2005

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