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Steve Newman

STEVE NEWMAN

  (1947 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    n/a

I am a playwright, director, sometime actor, historian, publisher, reviewer and writer living and working in Shakespeare's Stratford

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

         1651: An Evening With Oliver Cromwell         Across the River         Am I Blue?         Ancient Pinnacles         Black Car - A Story of T.E. Lawrence, The         Doughboy         Fighting is a Soldier's Job         Great Fire of London Remembered, The - An Evening with Samuel Pepys         My Grandfather Sleeps - A Story of Genghis Khan         October 1914         October 1917         Portrait of the Artist         Summer Garden, A         Tamarind

1651: An Evening With Oliver Cromwell

Synopsis:
A 'dinner theatre' piece where the Diners are joined by Oliver Cromwell, plus a few friends and relatives.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Shrieves House, Stratford-Upon-Avon     2003

Organisations:
the Bird of Prey Theatre Company with Historic Productions

1st Published:
Amazon ebook (2013)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
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Across the River

Synopsis:
A piece about Ernest Hemingway.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon     2000

Organisations:
the Bird of Prey Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
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Am I Blue?

Synopsis:
A play set in 1930s USA featuring a female jazz band.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rsc Fringe Stratford College, Stratford-Upon-Avon     1997

Organisations:
Mouthpiece

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical Play

Parts:
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Ancient Pinnacles

Synopsis:
A two-hander about the American poet Walt Whitman.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon     1998

Organisations:
the Bird of Prey Theatre Company

1st Published:
Amazon ebook (2013)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Black Car - A Story of T.E. Lawrence, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon     2015

Organisations:
Trinity Players

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
A Visual Radio Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Doughboy

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1987

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
play for voices

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Fighting is a Soldier's Job

Synopsis:
A 'visual radio play' based upon the Korean War Memoirs of Gerald Farmer.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dirty Duck, Stratford-Upon-Avon     2011

Organisations:
the Bird of Prey Theatre Company

1st Published:
Amazon ebook (2013)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Great Fire of London Remembered, The - An Evening with Samuel Pepys

Synopsis:
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Notes:
This dinner play was commissioned by The Worshipful Company of Bakers to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. It was performed at the Bakers Hall, London, on the 20th - 24th June 2016, featuring Steve Devey as Samuel Pepys with Steve Newman, Hilary Newman and Kay Whittaker. Directed by Steve Newman.

1st Produced:
Bakers Hall, London     20 Jun 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
dinner play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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My Grandfather Sleeps - A Story of Genghis Khan

Synopsis:
A 'priest' from Holy Trinity Church seeks out the Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon     2013

Organisations:
Trinity Players

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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October 1914

Synopsis:
centred around the siege of Antwerp in October 1914

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon     01 Oct 2014

Organisations:
Trinity Players

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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October 1917

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dirty Duck, Stratford-upon-Avon     15 oct 2017

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Visual Radio Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Portrait of the Artist

Synopsis:
A two-hander about two artists and their stormy relationship. Set mainly in the 1930s.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon     2000

Organisations:
the Bird of Prey Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Summer Garden, A

Synopsis:
A dramatization of the meeting, in 1933, between Sir Edward Elgar and Frederick Delius.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon     1999

Organisations:
the Bird of Prey Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
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Tamarind

Synopsis:
A two-hander set in post British India. Based on a short story by Rosemary Taylor.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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