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RONALD HARWOOD (1934 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Judy Daish Associates Ltd |
Ronald Harwood came to England from South Africa in 1951 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was an actor for seven years, and began writing in 1960. Since then he has written numerous plays for the stage, including 'After the Lions', 'Tramway Road', 'Interpreters', 'Another Time', 'Quartet', 'Equally Divided' and 'Mahler's Conversion', and an adaptation of Chekhov's 'Ivanov'. He also wrote the screenplay for the film of his West End and Broadway hit, The Dresser, which received five Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Screenplay, and the screenplay for The Pianist, the Palme d'Or-winning movie directed by Roman Polanski.
Plays by Ronald Harwood
After The Lions | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15826 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Another Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bath | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15827 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | In early 1950s Sea Point Town, Ike and Belle live with their son, Leonard, already a brilliantly gifted pianist who needs to study in Europe. When Ike dies, Belle is determined to further Leonard's studies whatever the cost. In Act II it is thirty-five years later in London where Leonard is a famous concert pianist. Belle and her brother and sister have travelled to London to see him, but Leonard has some shattering news for Belle. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Collaboration | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81284 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | about the moral entrpment of a famous musician in Nazi Germany. Richard Strauss was a jewel in the Nazis' cultural crown - until he chose the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig as his librettist. Their relationship is lovingly and brillianly sketched. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Country Matters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1969 | ||||
Company: | 69 Theatre Co | |||||
| 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 | #15828 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A committee of do-gooders view a country house in the hope of turning it into an institution for refugees. A refugee girl accompanies them and personal conflicts corrupt all charitable ideals | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deliberate Death Of A Polish Priest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15829 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | based on the transcripts of a trial and other material arising out of the murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dresser, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 06 Mar 1980 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Ambergate, Derbyshire, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978--0906399217 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15830 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Period 1942, Sir, the last of the great, but dying breed of English actor managers struggles through Lear with the aid of his dresser | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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English Tragedy, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978--0571233281 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79240 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| a gripping tale of conflicting loyalties and wartime treason, based on the true story of British Anti-Semite John Amery. Amery was arrested in 1945 and charged with high treason after making propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Equally Divided | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57625 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Equally Divided begins shortly after the funeral of Edith and Renata's mother. Edith, severe, embattled, unmarried, has sacrificed her life to nurse the bedridden old woman. Renata, glamorous and married several times, has spent her life doing what she pleases. When the contents of the will are made known, childhood rivalries re-emerge and the result is a moral tale both powerful and comic. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Family, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15831 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Individual freedom, apparently much prized, threatens to destroy the power of a family. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good Companions, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Her Majesty's, London | 07 Nov 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Chappell, London, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: DRG (15020) | doollee no | #15832 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Reworked as a musical in 2 acts based on the novel by J.B. Priestley. Book by Ronald Harwood. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Andre Previn Her Majesty's Theatre, London -November 7, 1974 | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Goodbye Kiss | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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 | #15833 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in Cape Town, Harwood's birth place, an evidently autobiographical account of a famous artist's return after 30 years overseas to track down the Cape Coloured nanny who brought him up. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Guests, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2" Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15834 | |||
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Genre: | Short Monologue One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The dinner table is laid for five but significantly only one of the places is provided with a wine glass, and only one character is named in the cast list, insofar as Woman can be considered a name, we are in some realm of fantasy, though the precise nature of Woman's fantasy takes some time to emerge. She knows she is to be the only diner. She scampers up the stairs to let the first two in, and chatters to them in a bright hostessy manner, sipping from an invisible glass (not the one on the table). But then the hand forgets it is meant to be holding a glass and clutches her arm, and it becomes certain that the guests, like the glass, are figments of her imagination. She is alone, and the interest of the play becomes one of deciding what sort of loneliness she is in. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Handyman, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15835 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Interpreters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Queen's, London | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15836 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | moving and comic complications in a tale of love across the Iron Curtain | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ivanov | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15837 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | |||||
Synopsis: | disillusioned Russian estate owner has fallen out of love with his wife, his land and his friends | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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JJ Farr | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bath | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Collected Plays" Faber, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15838 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mahler's Conversion | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15839 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | I belong nowhere.' Obsessed with power and fame, Gustav Mahler rejects his Jewish background and his friends with devastating consequences. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), a composer and conductor of passion and genius, was born in Bohemia and faced a lifetime of prejudice - 'I'm homeless. Not once but three times. First, a native of Bohemia in Austria. Second, an Austrian among Germans. And third, a Jew in the rest of the world'. But in 1897, in order to be granted the prestigious position of Director of the Vienna Court Opera, Mahler decided to convert to Catholicism. In time, however, as his world collapsed, he came to believe he was being made to pay a dreadful price for his ruthless ambition. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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March Hares | ||
| 1st Produced: | Liverpool | 1964 | ||||
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 | #15840 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Night Of The Day Of The Imprisoned Writer, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1981 | ||||
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 | #15841 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Hampton | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinfold, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0906399422 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15842 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | novel by Evelyn Waugh | |||||
| Middle aged write embarks on sea voyage and is victim to hallucinations which he believes to be real. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poison Pen | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2" Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15843 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quartet | ||
| 1st Produced: | Albery, London | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15844 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Each year, on 10 October, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva and refuses to sing. But the show must go on . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Reflected Glory | ||
| 1st Produced: | Darlington, Durham | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15845 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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See You Next Tuesday | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | Gate theatre | |||||
| 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 | #15846 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Francis Veber | |||||
Synopsis: | Wealthy Parisian publisher Pierre has the career, the wife, the friends and the mistress - and an unusual pastime. Once a week, his friends meet for dinner and invite the most idiotic person they can find. By chance, Pierre comes across the finest nincompoop ever. When the paths of these two unlikely dinner companions cross, it results in choas. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Taking Sides | ||
| 1st Produced: | Minerva, Chichester | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2" Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15847 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | story of Wilhelm Furtwangler, one of the great conductors of the twentieth century, who was at the height of his career when the National Socialists came to power in Germany. He remained there and was accused of being a Nazi collaborator. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tramway Road | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15848 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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