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LENNIE JAMES (1965 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Agency (UK) Ltd |
Lennie James was born in 1965 in south London to Trinidadian parents. He wrote his first play Trial and Error at seventeen which was published by Faber and Faber. James trained as an actor at the Guildhalt School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1988. His television drama, Storm Damage which he wrote and starred in, received the 2001 Royal Television Society Award and a BAFTA nomination. His theatrical work includes leading roles in London's major theatres for productions such as: A Raisin in the Sun, This is a Chair, Fallout, Two Gentleman of Verona, Pericles and Macbeth. He has performed in numerous films, including Sahara, Snatch, Lucky Break and 24-Hour Party People. Lennie's television work includes: Cold Feet, Buried, Born with Two Mothers, Jericho, The State Within, Outlaw. He reprises his stage role of Joe in the televised series of Fallout in June 2008.
Plays by Lennie James
Havoc in the Garden | ||
| 1st Produced: | Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge, Auckland | 02 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | Auckland Arts Festival 201 | |||||
| 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 | #125646 | |||
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Genre: | 140 min Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | by Lennie James and Massive Company | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about families about the lies that parents tell, and children reveal; what holds families together and what tears them apart Havoc in the Garden unfolds in a small neighbourhood of five houses on an Auckland hillside where an act of violence and rage is about to shatter the community. In an ensuing police siege, five families are forced to confront the truths they have kept buried. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sons of Charlie Paora, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Herald Theatre, The Edge, Auckland, New Zealand | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Massive Company, NZ | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Hidden Gems edited by Deirdre Osborne, Oberon Books, London >>>, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17906 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | explores the themes of the transition from laddishness to uneasy manhood, of the rights and resposibilities of those whom Paora loved as his sons versus those who are his blood relations, all viwed through the prism of a complex intercultural lens. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Trial And Error | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Youth Theatre | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Plays Introduction, Faber, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49534 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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