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JOHN BARTON (1928 - ) |
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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
Cain: A Mystery | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Pit, London | 1995 | ||||
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| 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 | #2311 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from Byron | |||||
Synopsis: | Revival | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Danton's Death | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eton College School Hall | 03 Mar 1956 | ||||
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 | #111457 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Georg Buchner. Translated and freely adapted by John Holmstrom and John Barton | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dreamplay | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Pit, London | 1985 | ||||
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 | #2312 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - August Strindberg | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Greeks, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1981 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #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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Hollow Crown, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1961 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #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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La Ronde | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Harmondsworth Penguin, London, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2316 | |||
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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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Life's A Dream | ||
| 1st Produced: | Other Place, Stratford | 1983 | ||||
Company: | Royal Shakespeare Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #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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Morte D'Arthur, The Poem By Thomas Malory | ||
| 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 | #2315 | |||
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Genre: | Read by | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Workshop Performance by John Barton | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shepherd's Play, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #103311 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 5/2 | |||||
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Tantalus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Theatre, Denver, Co | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #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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Waste | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Pit, London | 1985 | ||||
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| 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 | #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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When Thou Art King | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | Performed ca.1971-3 | ||||
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 | #103312 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Lyceum - Dep.207/15 | |||||
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