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Simon Reade

SIMON READE   

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Literary Agent:  United Agents  

Simon Reade is Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic where these adaptations and his adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (winner of the TMA Award for Best Show for Young People) were first performed. Other writing for the stage includes adaptations of Midnight's Children (with Salman Rushdie and Tim Supple) and Ted Hughes' Tales from Ovid (with Tim Supple), the play Epitaph for the Official Secrets Act (with Paul Greengrass) and an abridged version of Shaw's Back to Methuselah (with David Fielding), all for the RSC, where he was Literary Manager and Dramaturg.

Plays by Simon Reade

SIMON READE

Aladdin And The Enchanted Lamp

1st Produced:

Old Vic, Bristol, UK >>>

2005

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books >>>, 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Christmas Show

Parts:

Male

7

Female

4

Parts other:

doubling, extras

Notes:

adapted from the stories of Philip Pullman in new adaptation by Simon Reade and Aletta Collins

Synopsis:

a classic family show, with centuries of pantomime tradition as well as Arabian Nights' reinvention as its antecedent. The director Aletta Collins and I have taken Philip Pullman's retelling of it and retold it again as drama. It's fun to present a play that tells a story with which we think we're familiar and then surprises us.
Simon Reade

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SIMON READE

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

1st Produced:

Old Vic, Bristol, UK >>>

2004

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in Six Plays for Young Performers, Methuen Drama (December 15, 2010)

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1408128855

Music:

-

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#43640

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Genre:

Pantomime

Parts:

Male

6

Female

2

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

from book by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

white rabbits and caterpillars

Further Reference:

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SIMON READE

Back To Methuselah

1st Produced:

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon, London,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

20+

Notes:

Original Playwright - George Bernard Shaw. Abridged by David Fielding and Simon Reade

Synopsis:

Listen, I will tell you a great secret. I am very subtle; and I have thought and thought and thought. Back to Methuselah was first published in 1921 and first performed a year later. David Fielding's abridgement makes it possible to play this five-part visionary epic over one evening. It was specially commissioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2000 revival to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Shaw's death.

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SIMON READE

Epitaph for the Official Secrets Act

1st Produced:

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

- - -

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:

-

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written by Paul Greengrass and Simon Reade

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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SIMON READE

Midnight's Children

1st Produced:

Barbican, London >>>

2003

Company:

Royal Shakespeare 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:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

Large Cast

Notes:

Dramatised By Salman Rushdie, Simon Reade And Tim Supple. From novel by Rushdie

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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SIMON READE

Mozart Question, The

1st Produced:

Edinburgh: Fringe Festival >>>

2008

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

1

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

adapted from the stories of Michael Morpugo

Synopsis:

Paolo Levi, the greatest violinist in the world refuses to play Mozart. Why? Michael Morpurgo's extraordinary story takes us from Venice to the horrors of the Nazi gas chambers. A moving, inspirational tale for young and old.

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SIMON READE

Not The End Of The World

1st Produced:

Bristol: Old Vic, UK, EUR >>>

2007

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London >>>, 2007

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

6

Female

6

Parts other:

1c

Notes:

adapted from Geraldine McCughrean's novel Not the End of the World which was a winner of the Whitbread Award 2004.

Synopsis:

Forty days below the decks of a ship in relentless storms. Squalid conditions, a cargo of animals, and the man in charge claims he is acting on God's orders. Written for an ensemble cast, Not the End of the World tells the exhilarating and gripping story of the world's first natural disaster, and the making of the world's first Middle Eastern religious fanatic.

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SIMON READE

Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, The

1st Produced:

Old Vic Studio, Bristol, UK >>>

2003

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books >>>, 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#47933

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

2

Female

1

Parts other:

much doubling

Notes:

adapted from the stories of Jill Tomlinson

Synopsis:

is a play for young children from toddlers upwards. In its original production it also became something of a cult for older siblings, students and cool parents. Jill Tomlinson wrote it at the end of the 1960s, so it's a story which has been read by, or recited to, every generation now living. Like the owlet, Plop, we've all sought to overcome our fear of the dark at one time or another in our lives.

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SIMON READE

Pride And Prejudice

1st Produced:

Birmingham: Rep, England, EUR >>>

03 Nov 2009

Company:

heatre Royal Bath Productions

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1840029512

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

10

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Based on the novel by Jane Austen

Pride And Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. . .The ultimate romantic comedy, Jane Austen's story of the five Bennet sisters and their relentless pursuit of suitable husbands is one of the best-loved novels ever written. When feisty Elizabeth Bennet meets handsome bachelor Mr Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited. When she later discovers that he has scuppered the relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, the family's lives are turned upside down as Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and pokes gentle fun at the affectations and etiquette of provincial middle-class life.

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SIMON READE

Private Peaceful

1st Produced:

Old Vic Studio, Bristol, UK >>>

2004

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books >>>, 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

1

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

adapted from the stories of Michael Morpugo

Synopsis:

Set before and during the First World War, is a story that grips people of all ages. Michael Morpurgo's original novel has become part of the contemporary publishing phenomenon of cross-over literature, existing in an adult's as well as a children's cover. In this one-man play, it now takes on a different form again, as a play for everyone, however old or young. I've changed the ending from the original novel (with Michael's blessing): because we spend the performance with one young man as he lives through the last night of his life, while reliving his short but eventful past, I felt we needed to complete the journey with him.
Simon Reade

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SIMON READE

Scarecrow And His Servant, The

1st Produced:

Southwark Playhouse, London, EUR >>>

2008

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

9781840028997

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

extras

Notes:

Adaptation By Simon Reade From Book By Philip Pullman; music and lyrics by Chris Larner

Scarecrow And His Servant, The

Outrageously zany and filed with non-stop surprises, Simon Reade's theatrical adaptation of The Scarecrow and His Servant, renowned author Philip Pullman's fictional children's tale, is an enchanting play for young readers and performers. Delve into the magical world of Scarecrow as you accompany him as Jack, his trusty help-mate, and together you can embark on adventures that will make your head spin. From dodging dangerous bandits and surviving terrifying shipwrecks, to soaring through the skies with wild birds, this play is a roller-coaster ride of never-ending escapades. But when the river-polluting Buffaloni tyrants catch up with you for a final showdown, who will come to your rescue and save the day?

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SIMON READE

Strindberg's Apartment

1st Produced:

New Diorama Theatre, 15 - 16 Triton Street, Regents Place, London, NW1 3BF >>>

08 Feb 2011

Company:

the faction 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:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

By Simon Reade, after August Strindberg

Synopsis:

Staged on an architect's plan of an apartment block that occupies the full space of the auditorium, a 20-strong company create the entire community of Drottninggatan 85, Stockholm. Sit right at the heart of the action in this apartment-block-without-walls as the intertwining events unfold simultaneously. One moment we follow the kidnap of a young girl, then a chance encounter between two estranged brothers; we inspect the remains of the fire that has devastated the workers downstairs, then hear the confession of a woman who burns with passion for her son-in-law; yet we must all attend the chilling silence of the infamous Ghost Supper. This bold production weaves together August Strindberg's five mini-masterpieces The Storm, After the Fire, The Ghost Sonata, The Pelican and The Black Glove into an exhilarating spectacle. Featuring live music, the faction theatre co. creates a visually stunning evocation of lost love, death and desire, in the world premiere of a unique and radical adaptation by Simon Reade.

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SIMON READE

Tales from Ovid

1st Produced:

Stratford: The Other Place Theatre, England, Eur >>>

1999

Company:

Royal Shakespeare 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:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

5

Female

6

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

adapted from Ted Hughes's versions of The Metamorphoses by Simon Reade and Tim Supple

Synopsis:

takes 10 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, as translated by Ted Hughes, and adapts them for the stage. This is an evening that stands as astern warning about the dangers of excess and desire: Myrrha's illicit lust for her father, which sees her entombed in a tree like a mummy; the desire of both Echo and Narcissus, which is so strong that it destroys them; Midas's foolishness and greed; and Tereus's rape of Philomela, which leads to a gruesome revenge.
Lyn Gardner, Guardian

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SIMON READE

Twist of Gold

1st Produced:

Polka Theatre for Children, 240 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1SB >>>

16 Feb 2012

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:

-

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#136413

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Genre:

adaptation TYA

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

With famine gripping Ireland, Sean and Annie have just one chance of survival - they must find their father. Leaving their dying mother behind, they travel across rough seas to America. With only the gold torc that Annie wears as a necklace to protect them, they embark on a long and dangerous journey. But will they ever be reunited with their family?

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