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Frederic Raphael

FREDERIC RAPHAEL

  (1931 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  represented by Alan Brodie

For all screenplay enquiries ring Steve Kenis & Co, 020 7434 9055. Frederic Raphael collaborated with the late Kenneth McLeish on many translations from Greek and Latin, including Catullus, and the works of Aeschylus, as well as Euripides- BACCHAE, AJAX and MEDEA, in which Fiona Shaw starred in London and on Broadway. Raphael's translation of Petronius- SATYRICA was published in 2003. His original screenplays include DARLING, for which he won an Academy Award and TWO FOR the ROAD. He also wrote the screenplays of FAR FROM the MADDING CROWD, DAISY MILLER and Stanley Kubrick's last film EYES WIDE SHUT. EYES WIDE OPEN, his account of working with Kubrick was translated into many languages. His autobiography A SPOILT BOY was published in 2003. He is also the author of twenty novels, including the LIMITS OF LOVE, LINDMANN, the GLITTERING PRIZES , HEAVEN AND EARTH, AFTER the WAR, A DOUBLE LIFE and COAST TO COAST (filmed in 2003 starring Judy Davis and Richard Dreyfuss). His volumes of short stories include OXBRIDGE BLUES and ALL HIS SONS. He has written biographies of Byron and Somerset Maugham, and several collections of essays, of which the BENEFITS OF the DOUBT is the latest. the latest volume of Raphael's notebooks, ROUGH COPY was published in 2004..

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

         Bacchae         Becket         Early Life, An         From the Greek         Hippolytos         Island, The         Lady At the Wheel         Libiation Bearers         Man On the Bridge         Medea         Oresteia, The

Bacchae

Bacchae
At the whim of Dionysos, a son is torn to pieces by his own mother during the famous women-only Bacchanalian ritual. the story of revenge by the half-man half-god on Pentheus, King of thebes, and all his people.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Translated by Kenneth McLeish, Frederic Raphael

1st Produced:
Athens    

Organisations:
Stanhope Productions

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London >>>    978-1854594112

Music:
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Translation

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Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  chorus and extras

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Becket

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Early Life, An

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1st Produced:
Haymarket Theatre, Leicester     27 Oct 1979

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Drama

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From the Greek

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1st Produced:
Arts Theatre, Cambridge     1979

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Hippolytos

Synopsis:
Greek epic of love, jealousy and revenge. Phaedra is sick. She is in love with her stepson, Hippolytos. The prince hates sexual passion and any mortal 'impurity'. He also hates women. Can Phaedra live with her secret? When Hippolytos finds out, his very essence is violated. Theseus - father to the prince, husband to the queen - returns from exile. But it's too late. They are forced to ask whether it is better to die or live a life of sullied reputation. But the gods have the final say.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Translated by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish

1st Produced:
The Colepit, Victoria & Albert Museum, London     01 Nov 2014

Organisations:
Antic Face

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Genre:
translation 90 min

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Island, The

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in "Eight Plays Book 2" Cassell, London, 1965   -

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Genre:
Historical Drama

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Lady At the Wheel

Synopsis:
Rivalry between the British and the South American drivers at the Monte Carlo Rally

Notes:
Music by Leslie Bricusse And Robert Beaurmont; lyrics by Leslie Bricusse And Robert Beaumont; book by Lucienne Hill; book by Frederick Raphael

1st Produced:
Arts, Cambridge     09 Nov 1953

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.10

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Libiation Bearers

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Aeschylus. Translated by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish

1st Produced:
Turtle Key Arts, London     13 Oct 1997

Organisations:
P J Productions

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Translation

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Man On the Bridge

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1st Produced:
Hornchurch, Essex     1961

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Medea

Synopsis:
the powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children to revenge her husband's infidelity

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides; Written by Frederick Raphael And Kenneth McLeish

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Organisations:
Abbey Theatre

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  11            Other:  4c

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Oresteia, The

Oresteia, The
a trilogy of plays concerning the bloody domestic aftermath of the Trojan War

Notes:
written with Kenneth McLeish

1st Produced:
Bbc Tv     1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "the Serpent Sun" Cambridge University Press, 1979   978-0521293440

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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