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John Barton

JOHN BARTON   (1928 - )

Nationality:   British    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

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John Barton is a director and an Advisory Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (which he helped found in 1959). He spent nearly 20 years developing his epic 'Tantalus', which is an extension of his earlier work, 'The Greeks' (1980). He has adapted some twenty texts for the theatre and has alsoo published, 'The First Stage', 'The Hollow Crown', 'The Wars of the Roses', 'The Greeks', 'La Ronde' and 'Playing Shakespeare'.

Plays by John Barton

JOHN BARTON

Cain: A Mystery

1st Produced:

The Pit, London

1995

Company:

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2311

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

from Byron

Synopsis:

Revival

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Danton's Death

1st Produced:

Eton College School Hall

03 Mar 1956

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#111457

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Georg Buchner. Translated and freely adapted by John Holmstrom and John Barton

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Dreamplay

1st Produced:

The Pit, London

1985

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2312

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - August Strindberg

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Greeks, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Heinemann, London, 1981

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2313

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

translation by Kenneth Cavander

Synopsis:

Ten Greek plays given as a trilogy

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Hollow Crown, The

1st Produced:

Aldwych Theatre, London >>>

1961

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1962

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2314

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Genre:

Theatrical Anthology

Parts:

Male

7

Female

1

Parts other:

musicians

Notes:

devised by

Synopsis:

Music, Poetry, Speeches, Letters and other writings in an entertainment by and about the Kings and Queens of England.

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

La Ronde

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Harmondsworth Penguin, London, 1982

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

5

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler; Translation by Sue Davies

Synopsis:

popular roundelay of love as practised in Old Vienna, each scene is interlinked

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Life's A Dream

1st Produced:

Other Place, Stratford

1983

Company:

Royal Shakespeare Company

1st Published:

in Three Plays, Oberon Books, London >>>,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#41297

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

extras

Notes:

Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca. Adapted by John Barton and Adrian Mitchell

Synopsis:

adapted in a multiplicity of verse forms

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Morte D'Arthur, The Poem By Thomas Malory

1st Produced:

Almeida Theatre, London >>>

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

#2315

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Genre:

Read by

Parts:

Male

1

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Workshop Performance by John Barton

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Shepherd's Play, The

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:

-

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#103311

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 5/2


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JOHN BARTON

Tantalus

1st Produced:

Center Theatre, Denver, Co

2000

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2317

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

Large Cast

Notes:

adapted and additional text by Colin Teevan

Synopsis:

When theatre began, two and a half millenia ago in ancient Greece, it drew from a well of even older myths, the Great Epic Cycle. These stories and characters from the beginning of our imagination inspired John Barton to write the great cycle of human life, Tantalus, an epic theatre myth for the new millenium, and one of the most ambitious theatrical ventures of our times

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

Waste

1st Produced:

The Pit, London

1985

Company:

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2318

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

by H Granville Barker

Synopsis:

Revival

Further Reference:

-


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JOHN BARTON

When Thou Art King

1st Produced:

- - -

Performed ca.1971-3

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#103312

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

National Library of Scotland ref: Lyceum - Dep.207/15


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