Solo Voices: Monologues 1987-2004

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Bloomsbury Academic, 2005 - 159 pages

Collected for the first time in print, over a decade of texts from one of British theatre’s fiercest and most individual voices, documenting the extraordinary site-specific solo performances which have run parallel to Bartlett’s acclaimed work as a mainstream director.

Neil Bartlett was Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith for a number of years. Many of his adaptations for the stage are published by Oberon Books, including Oliver Twist, The Prince of Homburg and Don Juan.

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A Vision Of Love Revealed In Sleep Part One
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Thats What Friends Are For
47
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Neil Bartlett is one of his generation's most respected and innovative theatre directors. His highly individual translations of French and German classical theatre, and charcteristically theatrical adaptations of Dickens, most of them originated while he was Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London, have been played around the world. His plays have premiered at the Royal Court, at the Manchester International Festival and at the National Theatre in London.

Bibliographic information

TitleSolo Voices: Monologues 1987-2004
Modern playwrights
Oberon modern playwrights
AuthorNeil Bartlett
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 2005
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized28 May 2008
ISBN1840024658, 9781840024654
Length159 pages
  
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