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Braham Murray

BRAHAM MURRAY

  (1943 - )
Nationality:    British
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Went to Clifton College and Oxford University. Artistic Director of Century Theatre 1966-68, a founding director of the '69 Theatre Company and of the Royal Exchange Theatre which came into being in 1976

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         Court In the Act!         Fall Guy, The         Hang Down Your Head And Die         Have You Anything To Declare         Keep An Eye on Amelie         La Presidente         Marriage of Figaro, The         Miser, The         Three Musketeers, The         Triumph Of Love, The

Court In the Act!

Synopsis:
no man can resist Mademoiselle Vobette leading to a series of seductions, cover ups and mistaken identities

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written with Robert Cogo-Fawcett, play by Maurice Hennequin And Pierre Veber

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Fall Guy, The

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Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau, Trans Braham Murray, Robert Cogo-Fawcett. Revival

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Farce

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Hang Down Your Head And Die

Synopsis:
It was improvised at a workshop, developed into a script by David Wright. It was first performed by the Experimental theatre Club of Oxford University in 1963, at the Oxford Playhouse. It was experimental theatre; included songs, dance, mime, Punch & Judy, folklore -- anything appropriate. the theme was capital punishment; the format was a circus, with ringmasters as the Establishment, strongman as Hangman, clown as Condemned, carpet clowns as vox pop.
with many thanks to Hazel Bell for the information.

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Have You Anything To Declare

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written with Robert Cogo-Fawcett

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Keep An Eye on Amelie

Synopsis:
Marcel will inherit on his wedding day meanwhile he persuades a coquette to act as his fiancee for the benefit of his Godfather

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Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau; Written in collaboration with Roger Cogo-Fawcett, Aka She's In Your Hands

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Samuel French, London, 1991   -

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Genre:
Farce

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Male:  13            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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La Presidente

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written with Robert Cogo-Fawcett, play by Maurice Hennequin And Pierre Veber

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Marriage of Figaro, The

Synopsis:
This celebrated and humane comedy by Beaumarchais takes place on one mad day when the valet Figaro keeps trying to marry the maid Suzanne despite all obstacles. This is one of the great plays of the 18th Century and of course the basis for Mozart's opera.

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Original Playwright - Beaumarchais. Written with Robert Cogo-Fawcett

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Miser, The

Synopsis:
An old moneybagas buys a young wife for himself. A young woman, using her body for barter, rescues her mother - and herself- from poverty

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Original Playwright - Moliere. Translated & Adapted by Robert Cogo-Fawcett & Braham Murray

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Adaptation

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Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Three Musketeers, The

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Written by Derek Griffiths And Braham Murray. Based on the book by Alexandre Dumas

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Royal Exchange, Manchester    -

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Triumph Of Love, The

Synopsis:
In the tightly-structured, erotically-charged fable the Triumph of Love, a young princess, conscious that her claim to the throne is less than honourable, disguises herself as a man in order to dupe her enemies and persuade the rightful ruler to return.

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Original Playwright - Marivaux. Translated And Adapted by Braham Murray And Katherine Sand

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Genre:
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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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