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PENNY BLACK |
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Literary Agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd |
Penny trained at drama school in Vienna and worked initially as an actor in Austria, returning to the UK in 1984. After a break to bring up her son, she started translating. In 1992 she was awarded a bursary by the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA, to finish translating DEATH AND THE DEVIL (Peter Turrini). This was followed by YES, MY FUEHRER*, INCONVENIENCE* and THE GALITZIAN JEWESS* (Brigitte Schwaiger), CIGGIE AND SWIGGIE and AS NIGHT FOLLOWS DAY (Christian Martin), the latter for the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill. The Arts Council commissioned her to translate SLAUGHTERING THE PIG (Peter Turrini), which was produced at the White Bear in 1995 (Time Out Critic's Choice). The 1995 Arts Council Theatre Translation Bursary enabled her to translate Erwin Reiss's HAWKING'S DREAM* and she was commissioned by the Goethe Institute to translate the 1995 Mulheim Festival runner-up YOU SHALL GIVE ME GRANDSONS (Thomas Jonigk), which premièred in Los Angeles in 1996. Three further translations of children's plays were published as MADE IN GERMANY - NINE CONTEMPORARY PLAYS. In 1997 Penny translated THE RECKLESS ARE DYING OUT (Peter Handke) for 606 at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (Time Out Critic's Choice) and MALARIA (Simone Schneider) for the Royal Court, published by Nick Hern Books. In 1999 again for the Royal Court, she translated KING KONG'S DAUGHTERS by Theresia Walser. Her translations of odon von Horvath's SLADEK* and RUND UM DEN KONGRESS* received readings at the RNT in 2001. She was commissioned by the National Theatre Connections to translate Christian Martin's STARSTONE for summer 2002 and by the Arcola Theatre to translate Helminger's VENEZUELA which they produced in 2003. Her first original play MAKING BABIES was premièred at Heilbronn's Komoedie Teater (Germany) in 2004 and her second play SUDDEN SILENCE received a rehearsed reading at the Arcola Theatre. She received an award from the Austrian Ministry of Culture for her contribution to the translation of Austrian literature.
Plays by Penny Black
As Night Follows Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gate Theatre, 11 Pembridge Road, Above the Prince Albert Pub, Notting Hill, London, W11 3HQ >>> | - - - | ||||
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 | #125354 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | translated from Christian Martin | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ciggie And Swiggie | ||
| 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 | #125353 | |||
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Death and the Devil | ||
| 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 | #46594 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Peter Turrini | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Galizian Jewess, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3436 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Brigitte Schwaiger | |||||
Synopsis: | based on real life stories of those betrayed by their own people and helped by the enemy | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hawking's Dream | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 May 2000 | |||||
Company: | Mammoth Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46597 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Erwin Reiss. sub titled The Grand Unified Quantum Theory Of Human Gravity | |||||
Synopsis: | Stephen Hawking - world famous professor and astro-physicist, but what does he dream about? Sex amongst the stars, inflatable whales and powerful, nightmarish figures from politics and industry campaigning to introduce euthanasia into Europe. Riess, himself confined to a wheelchair, takes a satirical look at recent social developments and the reappearance of policies from Europe's darkest hour. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heart of A Boxer, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL >>> | 06 May 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 | #125352 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Lutz Hubner. The Heart of a Boxer (Germany) - Theatre Cafe | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Inconvenience, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3437 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Brigitte Schwaiger | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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King Kong's Daughters | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Goethe-Institut, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76757 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Theresia Walser | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Making Babies | ||
| 1st Produced: | Heilbronn's Komoedie Teater, Germany | 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 | #125355 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Malaria | ||
| 1st Produced: | 06 Dec 1997 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "German Plays volume Two" published by Nick Hern, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76772 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Simone Schneider | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Play In The Mountain | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Absolute 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 | #86547 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Felix Mitterer | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Reckless are Dying Out, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 21 Oct 1997 | |||||
Company: | 606 | |||||
| 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 | #46593 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Peter Handke | |||||
Synopsis: | Humorous meditation on the narcotics of capitalism. [In listings this play sometimes appears as "The Unreasonable are Becoming Extinct"] | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rund Um Den Kongress | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading at the RNT | 2001 | ||||
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 | #125350 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Odon von Horvath | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sexual Congress, A | ||
| 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 | #46599 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 20 | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Odon von Horvath | |||||
Synopsis: | in Plays 1, Oberon, London | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sladek | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading at the RNT | 2001 | ||||
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 | #46598 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | cast of 6 | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Odon von Horvath | |||||
Synopsis: | in Plays 1, Oberon, London | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Slaughtering the Pig | ||
| 1st Produced: | White Bear Theatre, 138 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4DJ >>> | 1995 | ||||
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 | #46595 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Peter Turrini | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Starstone | ||
| 1st Produced: | 26 May 2002 | |||||
Company: | Hardenhuish School Chippenham (InterNational Connections) | |||||
| 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 | #46596 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | by Christion Martin (Sternfels) | |||||
Synopsis: | A story of love against a backdrop of conflict. Anna and Starstone are opposites but their lives are inextricably linked. Christian Martin spent 40 years living behind the Berlin Wall. Starstone is set during the thirty years war in the 17th century. Modern day conflicts inspired him to write a parable for the present. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sudden Silence | ||
| 1st Produced: | rehearsed reading Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL >>> | 25 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 | #125351 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Sudden Silence - No Problems/Up on the Roof/Three Hard Blasts/Oyster | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Venezuela | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL >>> | 04 Mar 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3438 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Guy Helminger | |||||
Synopsis: | In the night-time stations of inner-city Berlin, a gang of teenagers 'surf' trains. Theirs is an uncompromising world, where language is tough and the stakes are dangerously high -. But when the gang tries to cover up the violent death of their eldest member on the tracks, a bizarre fantasy emerges -set in Venezuela. This rebellious, darkly comic story by German-language writer Guy Helminger recently won the prestigious Baden-Wurttemburg award for youth drama. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Werfel vs Odets | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 July 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 | #76897 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Michaela Ronzoni | |||||
Synopsis: | In 1943 Clifford Odet and Franz Werfel were in conflict. Odets was abandoning his left wings views as he was now a highly paid Hollywood scriptwriter. Werfel had arrived in California from Europe warning what the Nazis were up to. A tale about a battle for Broadway. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Yes, My Fuehrer | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh: Fringe Festival, 180 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QS >>> | Aug 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3439 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Brigitte Schwaiger | |||||
Synopsis: | elderly woman remembers her time in the Hitler Youth as the best years of her life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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You Shall Give Me Grandsons | ||
| 1st Produced: | Los Angeles | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Goethe-Institut, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76437 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Jonigk | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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