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SIMON ARMITAGE (1963 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: DGA (David Godwin Associates) |
Simon Armitage (born in Huddersfield on May 26, 1963) is a British poet, playwright, and novelist. Armitage studied at the University of Portsmouth, and has lectured on creative writing at the University of Leeds in West Yorkshire, where he lives, and at the University of Iowa's writers' workshop. He currently teaches at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published nine volumes of poetry, including All Points North (1999), a collection of essays on the north of England, and two novels, Little Green Man and The Dead Sea Poems (2001) and White Stuff (2004). He has also produced a dramatised version of Homer's Odyssey and a collection of poetry called Tyrannosaurus Rex vs The Corduroy Kid, both of which were published in July 2006. Most recently he wrote the libretto for an opera scored by Scottish composer Stuart MacRae, The Assassin Tree, based on a Greek myth recounted in The Golden Bough. The opera premiered at the 2006 Edinburgh International Festival on the 25th of August, before moving to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on the 6th of September
Plays by Simon Armitage
Eclipse | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Shell Connections | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41572 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | based around a total eclipse of the sun | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Homer's Odyssey | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Green Room, NY | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Handcart Ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102681 | |||
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Genre: | 110 min Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Handcart Ensemble presents Homer's Odyssey as adapted for BBC Radio by British poet Simon Armitage. The production incorporates acrobatics, puppetry, and shadow effects. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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House | ||
| 1st Produced: | Goldthorpe's Yard, H'field | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1082 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Jerusalem | ||
| 1st Produced: | Leeds, WYP Courtyard | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49788 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Radio Castle, the voice of Jerusalem. Your local news broadcast from the bed of housebound ex-fireman, John Edward. His son refuses to join the family business, and his wife is in love with the town's ex-policeman, but transmission never falters. And when the coveted position of Entertainment Secretary at the Jerusalem Social Club comes up, only one man stands between John Edward and his dream - a certain ex-policeman. Two old adversaries square up, but who will get the girl and who will get the job? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Killing of Sophie Lancaster, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Southwold, Sunrise Coast, Suffolk >>> | 14 Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | Black Roses | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127334 | |||
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Genre: | drama-documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | This radio play was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and has sparked debates about its subject matter since then | |||||
Synopsis: | in which the murder of teenager Sophie Lancaster is told through a series of emotional poems written by Simon Armitage and the reminiscence of her mother Sylvia | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mister Heracles | ||
| 1st Produced: | West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, UK | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1083 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Euripides | |||||
Synopsis: | a modern interpretation of the Euripedes play "Heracles". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95692 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A tale of temptation, romance and chivalry, shot through with rough-knuckled action and tall-tale humour brought to life with the help of puppets and live music. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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