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MIKE BARTLETT (1980 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
Playwright Mike Bartlett's first professional theatre job was as an Assistant Director on Soldiers at the Finborough Theatre in 2004. He subsequently co-directed Lark Rise to Candleford with John Terry of Shapeshifter, and wrote three plays for the Finborough Theatre Fearing, Leaving and Falling in 2005. His plays include My Child, Contractions, Cock (Royal Court Theatre) and Artefacts (Bush Theatre, Nabokov and Off Broadway). His radio plays include Not Talking, The Steps (Radio 3), Love Contract, The Family Man, Liam (Radio 4). He has also directed Honest (Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton), Class (Tristan Bates Theatre) and co-directed King Arthur with John Terry (Arcola Theatre). Mike's play Cock won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre in 2010. He won the Old Vic New Voices award for Artefacts, the Writer's Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes for Not Talking, and was the Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007.
Plays by Mike Bartlett
13 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 25 Oct 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama (October 18, 2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408171912 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128908 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 13 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
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| Morning in London, Autumn 2011. Across the city, people wake up from an identical, terrifying dream. At the same moment, a young man named John returns home after years away to find economic gloom, ineffective protest, and a Prime Minister about to declare war. But John has a vision for the future and his ideas inspire an increasing number of followers. With conflict looming in the Middle-East, their protest takes them to the centre of the city, to the heart of government, where coincidences, omens and visions collide with political reality. I want you to work out what you long for and go for it with all your talent and all your conviction and don't give a shit if you seem outrageous or stupid, or unfashionable. . . All that's needed, in the end, is belief. From the writer of Earthquakes in London comes an epic new play. Set in a dark and magical landscape of singing pensioners, fanatical atheists and imminent apocalypse, it depicts a London both familiar and strange, a London staring into the void. In a year which has seen governments fall and hundreds of thousands take to the streets, 13 explores the meaning of personal responsibility, the hold that the past has over the future and the nature of belief itself. What I'm saying is, you're right, there is silence. . . But you can read something into it. | |||||
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Artefacts | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Jun 2006 | |||||
Company: | nabokov | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408106778 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80788 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award 2006. Co-production with nabokov | |||||
| Sixteen-year-old Kelly has never known her Dad. Turns out he's from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned, and he's brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn't want a vase. She wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It's not the reunion either of them expected and for Kelly, it's the beginning of an epic and dangerous journey. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bull | ||
| 1st Produced: | Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED >>> | 26 May 2010 | ||||
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 | #119319 | |||
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Genre: | short play 50 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's not the losing that matters, - it's the taking part . Faced with recession and cutbacks, the company has decided to lose someone from Thomas's team. He is determined it won't be him, but his two colleagues have other ideas. Written in the form of a bull-fight, with graphic language and imagery, Bull depicts ritual competition and bullying in the modern work place. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chariots of Fire | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 3EU >>> | 09 May 2012 | ||||
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 | #136403 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on the Enigma Productions Limited Motion Picture | |||||
Synopsis: | Bring me my Bow of burning gold; Bring me my Chariot of fire! 1924. The Paris Olympic Games. A devout Scottish Christian runs for the glory of God. The son of an immigrant Lithuanian Jew runs to overcome prejudice. Two young track athletes who live for the beautiful purity of running and who prevail in the face of overwhelming odds. Based on the extraordinary true story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, Chariots of Fire is an Olympic tale of hope, honour and belief. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cock | ||
| 1st Produced: | 18 Nov 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408127438 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99302 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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| takes a playful, candid look at one man's sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realise you have a choice | |||||
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Contractions | ||
| 1st Produced: | 29 May 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408108680 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55623 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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| "Come in. Sit down. How are you?" Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love. Her boss thinks she's in breach of contract. The situation needs to be resolved. An ink-black comedy about work and play, which invites the audience to a meeting at the centre of the Royal Court building. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Earthquakes in London | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 Aug 2010 | |||||
Company: | Headlong | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408132821 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #103856 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Mike Bartlett's new play is an imaginative investigation into the perils we currently face. Environmental disaster, economic meltdown and moral bankruptcy threaten to overwhelm a disperate group of individuals, united only in their growing sense of panic and of isolation. With wit, imagination and humanity, Bartlett investigates the potential for change and the possibility of hope. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Enemy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Commodity Quay, St Katharine Docks, London E1W 1AZ | 01 09 2011 | ||||
Company: | Headlong | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848422308 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132452 | |||
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Genre: | short piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Decade: Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays. Ten years after 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times. Published here are their individual plays, which woven together formed the basis of Decade, an immersive theatrical production from Headlong theatre company. The writers: Samuel Adamson, Mike Bartlett, Alecky Blythe, Adam Brace, Ben Ellis, Ella Hickson, Samuel D. Hunter, John Logan, Matthew Lopez, Mona Mansour, DC Moore, Abi Morgan, Rory Mullarkey, Janine Nabers, Lynn Nottage, Harrison David Rivers, Simon Schama, Christopher Shinn, Beth Steel, Alexandra Wood. | |||||
| No-one can forget the moment they heard the news. September 11th, 2001 sent shockwaves across the globe. It was a day that was supposed to change the world forever.Ten years on, a team of major writers and thinkers explore our responses to the defining event of our times in a new production from Headlong, creators of the multi award-winning ENRON. Rupert Goold's theatre company transforms a former trading hall into an immersive theatrical experience, taking you from the tranquil setting of St Katharine Docks on the River Thames to the bright blue skies of downtown Manhattan and beyond. | |||||
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Falling | ||
| 1st Produced: | Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED >>> | 2005 | ||||
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 | #119320 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Fearing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED >>> | 08 May 2005 | ||||
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 | #119321 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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He Said. . . | ||
| 1st Produced: | 39730 | |||||
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 | #89128 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Part of the Broken Space Season - plays that are performed either with domestic lighting or in semi-darkness | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Leaving | ||
| 1st Produced: | Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED >>> | 2005 | ||||
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 | #119322 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Lesson, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL >>> | 06 Jun 2007 | ||||
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 | #81469 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Eugene Ionesco | |||||
Synopsis: | Absurdist teacher/pupil relationship. In this power-play of verbal dominance, an old professor finds youth in a new pupil. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 22 Page 1176 | |||||
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Love At Last | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2002 | ||||
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 | #108411 | |||
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Love, Love, Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Oct 2010 | |||||
Company: | Paines Plough and Plymouth Drum | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-4081-4063-5 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119318 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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| 1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want some of it. Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, one couple journeys forty-years from initial burst to full bloom. The play follows their idealistic teenage years in the 1960s to their stint as a married family unit before finally divorced and, although disintegrated, free from acrimony. Their children, on the other hand, bitterly rail against their parents' irresponsibility and their relaxed, laissez-faire attitude. This play by Olivier award-winning writer Mike Bartlett questions whether the baby boomer generation is to blame for the debt-ridden and adrift generation of their children, now adults but far from stable and settled. | |||||
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My Child | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 May 2007 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-07143688047 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #66528 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
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| A father finds himself being phased out of his son's life. Denied access to his only child, he goes to extraordinary lengths to hold on to him. My Child throws us into a violent world where good intentions count for very little, and offers an incisive, honest look at what it means to be a good parent. | |||||
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Silent Charities | ||
| 1st Produced: | Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED >>> | 03 Jul 2005 | ||||
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 | #108412 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Thea has left everything behind to move to Earl's Court. Rob already lives there, collecting on the street for Amnesty, but has had enough and wants to leave. As old friends let them down, loved ones are abandoned, charities make profits and strangers stop to help, they begin to question their own ideals and to explore the real value of benevolence. | |||||
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Stuff I Buried In A Small Town | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Heat and Light Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors, Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408106730 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86156 | |||
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Genre: | Young Audiences | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
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| a traditional, naturalistic play that deals with a wide variety of issues in a convincing and authentic way | |||||
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Swimming For Beginners | ||
| 1st Produced: | Workshop Theatre, Leeds | 2002 | ||||
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 | #108413 | |||
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Thrown | ||
| 1st Produced: | 19 Jan 2008 | |||||
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 | #119323 | |||
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Genre: | Play with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Rough Cuts | |||||
Synopsis: | about surveillance, intrusion and identity | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Why People Really Burn | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2003 | ||||
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 | #108414 | |||
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