Thursday, September 22, 2016
Arvind Ethan David is the co-writer behind the only stage adaptation of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency to be approved and supported by Douglas Adams himself. Now based in LA E…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 06:41AMThursday, August 25, 2016
Abi Zakarian is an exciting new playwright with previous works such as This Is Not An Exit produced for the RSC for The Other Place with transfer to the Royal Court and Swifter, Higher,…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 06:59AMThursday, June 30, 2016
This Much tells the story of Gar as he struggles through the decisions he has made in his life; his long-term relationship with Anthony and an exciting introduction to a young man called Alb…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 11:52AMMonday, June 20, 2016
Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process. Peter Shaffer Last Thursday Broadway dimmed its lights off in memory of British born revered play…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 10:08AMFriday, May 27, 2016
Peter Quilter’s plays have been presented in major theatres in 38 countries around the world. He has had a it show on Broadway which received 3 Tony Nominations, three succes…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 08:47AMWednesday, August 12, 2015
San Sebastian is a prequel to The Frontier Trilogy, three plays by Jethro Compton which debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. The white bell tower pierced the pure…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 05:58AMJethro Compton is the author of last year’s hit Western play, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. As his latest plays, The Frontier Trilogy, open in Edinburgh, we caught up with Jet…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 05:45AMFriday, July 10, 2015
Ross Howard is a difficult playwright to categorise. His plays are nothing if not eclectic, tackling themes from love and sanity in a psychiatric ward in Picture Ourselves in Latvia…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 12:00PMTuesday, May 26, 2015
Why we love it Comedy is the most fickle of genres – what’s funny to one generation so often leaves the next at best baffled, at worst squirming with embarrassment. So when a com…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 12:10PMTuesday, April 14, 2015
There’s a famous one-liner, said to have been uttered to Mrs Lincoln after the events in Ford’s Theatre on 14th April 1865 – 150 years ago today. Apart from that, Mrs …
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 01:05PMThursday, April 2, 2015
To celebrate World Autism Awareness Day today, we talk to Stephanie Dawson, a member of the Samuel French licensing team. She was diagnosed with Aspergers when she was 7, and has been acting…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 08:15AMThursday, March 12, 2015
A genuine opportunity to be a part of theatre history is as rare as hens’ teeth, and rarer still that you get to salvage an almost unknown work from a figure as legendary as No&…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 07:58AMFriday, February 27, 2015
As a member of the licensing team here at Samuel French, it is my job to ensure that our customers have their licenses in place for their performances. Last week however, it was my turn to t…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 09:51AMTuesday, January 27, 2015
Why we love it We’re really excited to be able to release Visitors for performance so soon after its triumphant run at the Bush Theatre this winter, and on the very day its author…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 10:22AMFriday, January 16, 2015
Have you ever wondered what makes Shakespeare’s plays so timeless, so compelling – so unforgettable? Turns out science might have the answer. Take Othello for example. It…
SOURCE: pardonmyfrenchtheatreblog.wordpress.com at 08:08AMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Twelfth Night can seem the most dismal time of the year. The skies are grey, you’re back at work, and every street you walk down is a graveyard of mummified Christmas tr…
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