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Tom Morris

TOM MORRIS

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  

Tom Morris is Associate Director at the National Theatre

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below is a list of Tom Morris's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ben-Hur         Disembodied         Does My Society Look Big In This?         First To Go, The         Jason And the Argonauts         Juliet and her Romeo         Matter Of Life And Death, A         Midsummer Night's Dream, A         Nights At the Circus         St George And the Dragon         Wooden Frock, The         World Cup Final 1966

Ben-Hur

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Adapted from novel byLew Wallace By Carl Heap And Tom Morris

1st Produced:
BAC , London >>>     2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Disembodied

Synopsis:
Third part of the Body Cycle. This instalment is an idiosyncratic meditation on how age leads to loss of control

Notes:
by David Glass & Tom Morris

1st Produced:
BAC , London >>>     2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Does My Society Look Big In This?

Synopsis:
Recession. . . Riots. . . Revolution. the post-millennial glow of optimism may have dimmed, but our instinct to speak out burns bright. We wake in 2012 to a buckled economy, a fractured government and an increasingly bruised public sector struggling to keep up. Bristol Old Vic's Artistic Director Tom Morris joins forces with sharp-as-tacks writer Stephen Brown and the cast of Wild Oats to deliver a thudding piece of satirical polemic that sifts the biggest news stories of today and unearths the truth that lurks behind the headlines.

Notes:
written by Stephen Brown, Tom Morris and the Wild Oats Company

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Organisations:
Bristol Old Vic Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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First To Go, The

Synopsis:
Everyone knows about the millions of Jews who died in the Nazi extermination camps. Countless books, plays and films have been produced to ensure that we never forget and so remain vigilant against any likely recurrence. Yet until Nabil Shaban decided to do something about it, there has never been a play or film which seeks to tell the story of Hitler's Euthanasia program for disabled people. In fact, the FIRST TO GO, the First Victims, in Hitler's systematic drive to purify the Aryan race were people with physical, sensory, mental and psychiatric disabilities. Gas chambers were originally created to speed up the culling of such unwanted Useless Eaters, the term used by Hitler to describe disabled people. Nabil Shaban's play doesn't just tell the story of Disabled Victims, it also tells of Disabled Heroes and Disabled Villains. the Disabled Victims, Siegfried, Heide and Helmut. . ..it is their destiny to be given lethal injections. the Disabled Villain, Dr. Josef Goebbels, a man who so hated being crippled with a clubbed foot, he chose to hate all disabled people, he masterminded the propaganda campaign advocating Euthanasia. the Disabled Heroes, Claus von Stauffenberg, the one armed, one eyed "terrorist" who attempted to blow up Hitler And Brunhilde, the German Army nurse who becomes disabled and consequently joins the ranks of the persecuted but in doing so, helps thwart Hitler's plan to rid the world of so-called "imperfect" people.

Notes:
written by Nabil Shaban and Tom Morris (from an original script by Nabil Shaban)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Your Imagination

1st Published:
Sirius Book Works   978-0954829414

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Jason And the Argonauts

Synopsis:
An old prophecy. An overthrown King. And, under the watchful eyes and playful hands of the gods, a hero will rise to reclaim the throne. Jason is set a challenge. He must undertake the ultimate quest: to capture the Golden Fleece and win back his kingdom. On this perilous journey, Jason is joined by Hercules, Orpheus and a crew of heroes to rival the X-Men. Together they will face countless terrors and deadly monsters in the battle for survival. Can he reach his goal? What will happen if he succeeds? And who is that strange girl with lizards in her hair? Love, laughter, adventure and legend collide on this voyage of a lifetime.

Notes:
written by Tom Morris And Carl Heap

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

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Juliet and her Romeo

Juliet and her Romeo
a project that has been twelve years in the making: Juliet and Her Romeo, the story of a flourishing love affair in one generation, crushed by the financial and political concerns of another.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Shakespeare. Adapted by Sean O'Connor And Tom Morris from An idea by Sean O'Connor.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>    978-1849430814

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Matter Of Life And Death, A

Matter Of Life And Death, A
It is 1945. A young airman jumps to certain death from his burning aircraft. Following an angelic blunder, caused by a classic English pea-souper. Peter Carter miraculously survives and finds June in the flesh. But things are not so simple. To stay alive, Peter is forced to take himself, and the heavenlv authorities, to the Universal Court of Appeal.

Notes:
written by Tom Morris And Emma Rice

1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>, 2007   978-1840027815

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Midsummer Night's Dream, A

Synopsis:
n a midsummer's night Hermia and her lover Lysander flee from Athens and Demetrius - the man Hermia's father favours as a son-in-law. Demetrius follows, pursued by Helena who loves him in spite of being spurned in favour of Hermia. On the same night Bottom and his friends leave Athens to find somewhere quiet to rehearse their play which is to be performed at the wedding feast of Duke Theseus. Drawn into the woods they enter a world of magic, mystery and wonder. Tom Morris and Handspring Puppet Company join forces once again to realise one of Shakespeare's most popular and fantastical plays, in their first collaboration since the hugely successful War Horse. A shape-shifting Puck is conjured from a selection of workman's tools, an eight-foot-tall Titania presides over a troupe of malevolent fairies and a giant, controlling Oberon manipulates his fairy queen and meddles in the confusion of the squabbling lovers. This is a delightful production, a riotous display of irreverent comedy in which anything can come to life and be transformed.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Shakespeare, adapted by Tom Morris and Handspring Puppet Company

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  with doubling

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Nights At the Circus

Synopsis:
It's 1899 and all of Europe is agape at the arrival of the new century. the world crackles with possibilities and people dance to the irresistible rhythms of money, sex, love and freedom. Swinging above them all is a showbiz sensation: a fierce, vulgar, pant-droppingly sexy trapeze artist called Fevvers.

Notes:
In this dazzling homage to theatre Tom Morris And Emma Rice use A unique blend of story-telling, stage-craft And song to Dramatise Angela Carter's popular And highly-regarded novel.

1st Produced:
Lyric, Hammersmith, London >>>     20 Jan 2006

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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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St George And the Dragon

Synopsis:
England. the umpteenth century. A baby is born with curious birthmarks: a cross, and what appears to be a dragon. This strange boy is possessed of unusual powers and has one simple conviction: he must kill a dragon. So begins a quest that takes him to the extremities of the known world, taking on Saracen armies arid wading through blood and fire. Will he ever find the dragon he seeks?
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Notes:
written by Carl Heap And Tom Morris

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Beggarsbelief and Warwick Arts Centre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
storytelling Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

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Wooden Frock, The

Synopsis:
instead of a slipper, there is a ring - a far more potent sexual symbol.

Notes:
adapted by Tom Morris, Emma Rice And Kneehigh theatre from original sources

1st Produced:
Leeds Wyp Courtyard     2003

Organisations:
Kneehigh Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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World Cup Final 1966

Synopsis:
The team that brought you pirates, a chariot race, flying rams, gods and monsters, this year presents a story of real English heroes. From an era when football was all about the game; before footballers became mega-millionaires, before substitutes, red and yellow cards, and before the scandals. World Cup Final 1966 is a real-life adventure story of ordinary men with big dreams, destined to capture the imagination of everyone, across the generations. Feel the sweat; be a part of the surge as the crowd rises to its feet as one; dance on the pitch with Nobby Stiles and drink brown ale from the rim of the Jules Rimet Trophy.

Notes:
written by Tom Morris And Carl Heap

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Schtanhaus

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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