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STEPHEN KEELING (1966 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: United Agents |
Born in 1966 in Staffordshire, England, he trained at Goldsmith's College, University of London, gaining an honours degree in music. In 1990 he was chosen by Sir Cameron Mackintosh to be one of 12 writers to study with Stephen Sondheim during the latter's year-long tenure at Oxford University as the Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre. During his time with Stephen Sondheim at Oxford, he composed the music for Maddie (book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Steven Dexter), which was subsequently workshopped at the Royal National Theatre Studio before receiving its first full production at the Salisbury Playhouse. The production then transferred to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End in 1997, produced by Kenny Wax Productions. He was the co-composer of the music for La Cava (book by Dana Broccoli, lyrics by John Claflin), which transferred from the Churchill Theatre, Bromley to the Victoria Palace Theatre, London in 2000 and then later transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End of London. He composed the music for a musical adaptation of Heidi (book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna), which combines the story of Johanna Spyri's first Heidi novel with the life of the author. Heidi opened in Switzerland in 2005. In 2007 a sequel, Heidi and Johanna (intertwining the second Heidi novel with the final years of Johanna Spyri's life and ending with her death), was nominated for a Prix Walo award. Stephen Keeling has also composed the music for My Father's Son, a musical set in nineteenth century Sheffield and based loosely on Shakespeare's Hamlet (book and lyrics by Stephen Clark, directed by Steven Dexter at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells). For children he has composed The Other Side, a musical about the Children's Crusade (book and lyrics by Peter Spafford) and written the music for a musical adaptation of The Amazing Mr. Blunden (book and lyrics by Edward Hardy). Keeling was a founding member of the Mercury Workshop, which merged with the New Musicals Alliance to become MMD, a UK-based organisation developing new musical theatre. In 1997, he appeared, together with Shaun McKenna, on BBC Radio 2's In Company With Sondheim in an edition devoted to Maddie.
Plays by Stephen Keeling
Amazing Mr. Blunden, The | ||
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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 | #108024 | |||
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Genre: | musical adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | book and lyrics by Edward Hardy; music by Stephen Keeling | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Devil And Mr Stone, The | ||
| 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 | #69761 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 5 neighbours / jury | |||||
Notes: | Book and lyrics by Dennis Pickford; music by Stephen Keeling | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the Faust legend. Set in the middle of the 19th century in the small, sleepy town of Cross Corners, New Hampshire. Before the night is over the devil's battle for the life and soul of Jabez Stone will involve Hanging Judge Hawthorne, one of the Salem witches, Dr Faustus, Teach the Pirate, Lucrezia Borgia and the Rakes of London Town. | |||||
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Heidi | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wallensee | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Gallissas, http://www.gallissas-verlag.de/ (publishers and rights holders) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108025 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 13 | ||
Parts other: | ensemble | |||||
Notes: | From the novel by Johanna Spyri. Book & Lyrics by Shaun McKenna. Music by Stephen Keeling. German translation by Anya Hauptmann | |||||
Synopsis: | The famous tale of the little Swiss girl who is transported from the Alps to Frankfurt and heals a broken family by her good nature and belief in the power of belief. The tale is framed by the story of its author, Johanna Spyri, whose loveless marriage and dying only son provoke her into healing her own life by writing Heidi's story. | |||||
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Heidi And Johanna | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Gallissas, http://www.gallissas-verlag.de/ (publishers and rights holders) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108026 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book & Lyrics by Shaun McKenna. Music by Stephen Keeling. nominated for a Prix Walo award | |||||
Synopsis: | a sequel to Heidi (intertwining the second Heidi novel with the final years of Johanna Spyri's life and ending with her death) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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La Cava | ||
| 1st Produced: | Churchill Theatre, Bromley | 02 May 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 | #108027 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | By Dana Broccoli, Laurence O'Keeffe, Stephen Keeling, John Claflin, Shaun McKenna | |||||
| if you want to learn about the founding of Sain and the import of its orange trees, then this is the musical for you. | |||||
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Maddie | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Warner Chappell, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | London cast recording: Dress Circle (CD 003) 1997 | doollee no | #66356 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic musical comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | ensemble | |||||
Notes: | Book by Shaun McKenna & Steven Dexter, Lyrics by Shaun McKenna, Music by Stephen Keeling. Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave 1997 | |||||
| When Nick and Jan Cheyney move into a new San Francisco apartment, they discover a message written in lipstick beneath layers of peeling wallpaper. The writer, Maddie Marsh, was a wannabe silent movie star who died just as her career was taking off. Maddie possesses the drab Jan, determined to have another crack at fame, and Nick falls in love with Maddie in his wife's body, causing all manner of mayhem. | |||||
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My Father's Son | ||
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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 | #108028 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by Stephen Clark; music by Stephen Keeling | |||||
Synopsis: | a musical set in nineteenth century Sheffield and based loosely on Shakespeare's Hamlet | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Other Side, The | ||
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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 | #108029 | |||
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Genre: | children's musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by Peter Spafford; music by Stephen Keeling | |||||
Synopsis: | about The Children's Crusade | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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