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ANTHONY MINGHELLA (1954 - 2008) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Judy Daish Associates Ltd (Estate of) |
Writer and theatre and film director Anthony Minghella died on Tuesday 18th March 2008 of a haemorrhage after having surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck in Charing Cross Hospital. He was 54. He was born in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, where his parents ran an ice-cream factory. His interest in drama was sparked at Fairway Grammar School in Sandown (IoW) by teacher Gareth Pritchard, who taught English and directed him in school plays and whom he thanked in his Oscar acceptance speech (for The English Patient in 1997). He began his TV/film career as a runner on Magpie and later became a scriptwriter and editor on the children's soap Grange Hill. At the same time he was also writing plays. In 1984 he won the Critics' Circle Award for the most promising new playwright, for A Little Like Drowning, Love Bites and Two Planks and a Passion and then, two years later, for the award for best new play for Made in Bangkok. He went on to write for radio (Hang Up) and TV, scrioting a number of the Morse episodes and the entire series of The Storyteller, which starred John Hurt. In 1990 he wrote and directed Truly Madly Deeply, which starred Alan Rickman and Juliet Stephenson and which won a BAFTA for best original screenplay. In 1993 came Mr Wonderful, followed three years later by his greatest success, the nine-Oscar-winning The English Patient. Three years after that came The Talented Mr. Ripley (Oscar for best adaped screenplay), then Play (2001) and in 2003 Cold Mountain which won Renee Zellweger the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for a further six awards. His latest work is an adaptation for television of Alexander McCall Smith's The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency which is due to be broadcast over the Easter weekend. His The Ninth Life of Louis Drax is still in production and he had a small cameo role in the film Atonement, playing the interviewer. In 2005 he made his opera debut, directing Madama Butterfly for Engish National Opera at the Coliseum. He was awarded the CBE in 2001.
obit from British Theatre Guide
Plays by Anthony Minghella
Child's Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | Humberside Theatre, Hull | 1978 | ||||
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 | #24334 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Coventry 1982 (revised) | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cigarettes and Chocolate | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
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 | #24335 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Gemma causes consternation among her cappuccino quaffing, chattering class mates by suddenly deciding to stop talking. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Days Like These | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays: Two" Methuen, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24336 | |||
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Genre: | Short monologue One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | for Comic Relief | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Driven To Distraction: A Case For Inspector Morse | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24337 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good Reason | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh, Traverse / touring | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Reeling & Writhing | |||||
| 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 | #54988 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Elspeth Murray and Timm Nunn, from Anthony Minghella's Mosaic | |||||
Synopsis: | Minghella's poem shows an affecting contemplation of infidelity from the perspective of two women - a mother and daughter - whose husbands have been unfaithful | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hangup | ||
| 1st Produced: | King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 1QN >>> | 2004 | ||||
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 | #42122 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a very brief telephone converstion between seperated lovers. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Interior: Room, Exterior: City | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24338 | |||
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Genre: | film scripts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Cigarettes and Chocolate; Hang Up; What if It's raining | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Like Drowning, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | CV--One touring Company, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Whale Music and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24339 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | suggests the visions of her life that pass through old Leonora's mind as she chats with her little granddaughter | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Living With Dinasaurs | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #24340 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love Bites | ||
| 1st Produced: | Derby Playhouse, Derby | 1984 | ||||
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 | #24341 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Made In Bangkok | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24342 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The setting is Bangkok, the message is a bleak indictment of commercial sex and the condemnation of human exploitation | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mobius The Stripper | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hull | 1975 | ||||
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 | #24343 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from story by Gabriel Josipovici | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mosaic | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #50988 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Politics of Passion: The Plays of Anthony Minghella | ||
| 1st Produced: | Atlantic Stage 2, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | The Potomac Theatre Project | |||||
| 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 | #75355 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Two Planks And A Passion | ||
| 1st Produced: | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24344 | |||
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Genre: | Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | set in York in 1392 tells of a performance of the Mystery Plays and the townspeople's efforts to impress Royalty | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Whale Music | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull, Hull | 1980 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24345 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | portrayal of the lives of a group of women - all fiends all bound by emotional ties - reflecting the attitudes and feelings of women today | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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