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DONALD CAMPBELL (1940 - ) |
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Nationality: Scottish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Rosica Colin Ltd |
Born in Caithness in 1940, Donald Campbell grew up in Edinburgh where he still lives. A full-time writer since 1974, he is active as playwright, theatre historian, stage director, scriptwriter and poet. Among more than a score of stage-plays, the most successful have been The Jesuit (1976), The Widows of Clyth (1979), Blackfriars Wynd (1980), Till All the Seas Run Dry (1981), Howard's Revenge (1985), Victorian Values (1986), The Fisher Boy and the Honest Lass (1990), The Ould Fella (1993) Nancy Sleekit (1994) and Glorious Hearts (1999). As a director, his productions have included a revival of his own Biackfriars Wynd, two adaptations of Scott novels, The Heart of Midlothian (Edinburgh Old Town Festival, 1988) and St Ronan's Well (Border Festival, 1989), a touring revival of Tom Wright's There Was a Man (Capstride Theatre, 1994) and the first English language version of MaIm Lagerlof's The Lighthouse Prisoner (Northlands Festival, 1996). Campbell has published a substantial body of poetry, six full collections being represented in his Selected Poems: 1970-1990 (Galliard, 1990). Other work includes six television plays, some fifty radio programmes, three short films and two volumes of theatre history; A Brighter Sunshine (Polygon, 1983) and Playing for Scotland (Mercat Press, 1996). His most recent publications are Edinburgh: A cultural and literary history (Signal Books, Oxford, 2003) and Homage to Rob Donn (Fras Publications, 2007). Donald Campbell's stage drama has won three Scotsman 'Fringe Firsts' for productions during the Edinburgh International Festival and his radio work has been recognized by international awards on three continents: A Clydebuilt Man (New york, 1983), The Miller's Reel (Sydney, 1987) and The year of The Bonnie Prince (Monte Carlo, 1996). Formerly Writer-in-Residence to Lothian Schools (1974-77), Resident Playwright at the Royal Lyceum Theatre (1981-83), Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Dundee (1987-89) and William Soutar Fellow in Perth (1991-93), he was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Napier University in 2000-0 1 and Associate Fellow in 2001-02.
Plays by Donald Campbell
Audience for McGonagall, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1987 | ||||
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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 | #106973 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/11 | |||||
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Blackfriars Wynd | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1980 | |||||
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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 | #5787 | |||
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Genre: | Musical fantasy Musical | |||||
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Notes: | music by Robert Pettigrew | |||||
Synopsis: | set in subterranean Victorian Edinburgh | |||||
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Cutting-Off Piece, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wick Festival | 1980 | ||||
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 | #5788 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | On the theme of exile, based on characters originally created by Caithness writer, Donald Mackay | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/9 | |||||
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dundee Repertory Theatre | 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 | #80374 | |||
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Notes: | Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/3 | |||||
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Fisher Boy and the Honest Lass, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1990 | ||||
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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 | #73495 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/6 | |||||
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Glorious Hearts | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
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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 | #73497 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Heart of Midlothian, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1988 | ||||
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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 | #106974 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/7 | |||||
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Howards Revenge | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5789 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Come what may, the 1985 Edinburgh Festival will stand for me as a thing of joy and gold. I have seen Finlay Welsh's performance as the Irish actor who dominated Edinburgh theatre a century ago, in the one-man play by Donald Campbell, directed by Sandy Neilson. That is to say, I have seen one of the greatest theatrical experiences of my life.' | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth Estate Theatre Company - Acc.11443/12-14 | |||||
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Jesuit, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
Company: | The Heretics | |||||
| 1st Published: | Paul Harris, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5790 | |||
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Genre: | Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | a Jesuit priest was publicly hanged in Glasgow 1615 for refusal to acknowledge the divine right of kings; deals with principles of fanaticism and bigotry | |||||
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Long Story Short | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1989 | ||||
Company: | 7:84 Theatre 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: | - | doollee no | #82896 | |||
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Notes: | Written by Donald Campbell, James Graham, Tom Leonard, Aonghas Macneacoil, Ann-Marie Di Mambro, Gureet Mattu, Rona Munro, Ricky Ross and Ann Samuel. | |||||
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Nancy Sleekit | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | fairplay-nancy-sleekit | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5791 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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| People are forever claiming to be presenting undiscovered wee gems on the Fringe, but this really is an undiscovered wee gem. James Smith was a highly popular playwright in 19th-century Edinburgh, since sunk into unforgiving oblivion; but this completely delightful short comic monologue, exhumed and adapted by Donald Campbell, fully deserves the daylight. Nancy Sleekit is no woman to meddle with. She regales us, in rich and expressive Scots, with tales of her three husbands, their manifold failings and their, um, untimely ends. Along the way we get wonderful Hogarthian cameos of the low life of Auld Reekie, acerbic asides that would wither a stone, and a feisty proto-feminism. | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth Estate Theatre Company - Acc.11443/24 | |||||
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Old Age of Peter Pan or, The Man Who Could Not Grow Old, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | n.d. | ||||
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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 | #106975 | |||
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Genre: | Printed | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth Estate Theatre Company - Acc.11443/102 | |||||
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Ould Fella, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1993 | ||||
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 | #73496 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth Estate Theatre Company - Acc.11443/26 | |||||
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Somerville The Soldier | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Paul Harris 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5792 | |||
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Genre: | Political Thriller | |||||
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Synopsis: | Set in London in the 1830's, based on the memoirs of working class hero, Alexander Somerville | |||||
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St Ronan's Well | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1989 | ||||
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 | #106976 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/8 | |||||
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Strikers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #106977 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/4 | |||||
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Till All The Seas Run Dry | ||
| 1st Produced: | Riverview Theater, Norfolk, Virginia | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | fairplay-till-seas | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5793 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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| Describes the life of the poet Robert Burns, as seen through the eyes of his wife Jean Armour. "This is a splendid play - a rich tapestry of pointed dialogue blended with beautiful soliloquies from Jean Armour and embellished with Burns' own poetry and song. The subtlety of Campbell's style is also most impressive. At no point does he stress any particular line. Instead, he allows the contradictions that seem to have been inherent in Burns' personality to manifest themselves in front of the key women who knew him - and at the end of the day he invites us, the audience to judge the man for ourselves - assuming, of course, we have the nerve to." | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/2 | |||||
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Victorian Values | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1986 | ||||
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 | #73494 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/5 | |||||
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Widows Of Clyth, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
Company: | Viewforth Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #5794 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | fringe first at Edinburgh Festival 1979. National Library of Scotland ref: Donald Campbell - Acc.10606/1 | |||||
Synopsis: | Donald Campbell's powerful two-act play is based, he tells us, on history. In 1876 six fishers from Clyth, in Caithness, were lost, leaving five widows and twenty-six children in a state of acute poverty. Out of that plain and terrible history Mr Campbell has made a play that may be expected to grip the attention of an audience, not only through pity and terror (for it is not a tragedy so much as the story of how strong-minded people, and especially women, reacted to calamity), but through a simple story enacted in a straightforward way, a matter of fact heightened by skilful fiction . . . Placed within a context of their everyday life, the widows' story is likely to be almost unbearably moving. But it is true: those widows had to bear it. | |||||
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