British director, performer, translator and writer
Neil Vivian Bartlett OBE |
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Born | 1958 |
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Occupation(s) | Director, Performer, Translator, Writer |
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Notable work | The Dispute, Pericles |
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Awards | - Perrier Award (1985)
- Time Out Dance Umbrella Award
- Writers Guild Award
- Time Out Theatre Award
- Special Jury Prize at the Cork Film Festival
- OBE (2000)
- Olivier Award nomination
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Neil Vivian Bartlett,
OBE, (born 1958) is a British director, performer, translator and writer. He was one of the founding members of Gloria, a production company established in 1988 to produce his work along with that of Nicolas Bloomfield, Leah Hausman and Simon Mellor.
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His work has garnered several awards, including the 1985 Perrier Award (as director for Complicite, for More Bigger Snacks Now), the Time Out Dance Umbrella Award (for A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep), a Writers Guild Award (for Sarrasine), a Time Out Theatre Award (for A Judgement in Stone), and the Special Jury Prize at the Cork Film Festival (for Now That It's Morning).
[1] His production of The Dispute won a Time Out Award for Best Production in the West End and the 1999 TMA Best Touring Production award.
[2] He was appointed an
OBE in 2000 for his services to the arts.
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His 2004 production of Shakespeare's Pericles was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Theatrical Achievement in 2004
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Career
Bartlett's first book, Who Was That Man, showed how the gay history of
London in the 1890s affected Bartlett's life as a
gay man in London in the 1980s. His fourth novel, The Disappearance Boy, was published in London by Bloomsbury Circus in January 2014; his most recent novel Address Book was published in London by Inkandescent in November 2021.
Bartlett's early performance work with Gloria included A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep, Sarrasine and Night after Night. He also served as artistic director at the
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith from 1994 until 2004.
[6] At the Lyric he directed productions of classic British plays, foreign classics which he translated or adapted, and a series of notable Christmas shows. The following are some of the plays he directed and translated:
Many of Bartlett's translations of classic plays have been performed throughout the world.
Since leaving the Lyric he has created work for leading cultural producers including the
National Theatre in London, the
Abbey in Dublin, the
Bristol Old Vic, the
Manchester Royal Exchange, the
Edinburgh International Festival, the
Manchester International Festival, the
Brighton Festival, the
Aldeburgh Festival, the
Holland Festival, the
Wellcome Foundation and
Tate Britain.
He also took part in the
Bush Theatre's 2011 project
Sixty Six Books, where he wrote a piece based upon a chapter of the
King James Bible
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In 2022, he adapted Virginia Woolf's novel
Orlando for a West End production that was directed by
Michael Grandage and starred
Emma Corrin.
Work
Fiction
- Who Was That Man: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (1988)
- Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall (1992)
- 'Caesar's Gallic Wars' (1996) (short story)
- Mr. Clive and Mr. Page (1996)
- Skin Lane (2007)
- 'When the Time Comes; or, the Case of the Man Who Didn't Know' (2008) (short story)
- The Disappearance Boy (2014)
- Address Book 2021
Theatre and radio
- More Bigger Snacks Now (1985), director for
Complicité
- A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (Part One) (1987)
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The Misanthrope (1988), translator for Red Shift
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Lady Audley's Secret (1988–89) for Gloria
- A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (Part Three) (1989–90) for Gloria
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Berenice (1990) for the
Royal National Theatre
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The School for Wives (1990) for the
Derby Playhouse
- Sarrasine (1990–91) for Gloria
- The Avenging Woman (1991) in Riga
- Let Them Call It Jazz (1991) for Gloria
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Twelfth Night (1992) for the
Goodman Theatre, Chicago
- A Judgement in Stone (1992) for Gloria
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The Game of Love and Chance (1992–93) for Gloria/Cambridge Theatre Co./Royal National Theatre
- Night After Night (Part One) (1993), musical
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1993), Lyric Hammersmith
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Romeo and Juliet (1995), Lyric Hammersmith/West Yorkshire Playhouse
- The Letter by Somerset Maugham (1995), Lyric Hammersmith
- Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw (1996), Lyric Hammersmith
- Cause Celebre by Terence Rattigan (1998), Lyric Hammersmith
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The Seven Sacraments of Nicolas Poussin (1998)
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The Verger Queen or Bette's Full Service (2000)
- In Extremis (2000)
- Does You Good (2001)
- Camille (2003), adaptation of
The Lady of the Camellias
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Pericles by
William Shakespeare (2003), Lyric Hammersmith,
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Don Juan by
Molière (2004), Lyric Hammersmith,
- Improbable (2004), radio
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Dido, Queen of Carthage by
Christopher Marlowe (2005), ART Boston,
- The Rake's Progress Auden/Stravinsky (2006), Aldeburgh Festival,
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Oliver Twist (2007), ART Boston,
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The Maids by Genet (2007), Brighton Festival,
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Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (2008), Royal Shakespeare Company,
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An Ideal Husband by
Oscar Wilde (2008), The Abbey, Dublin,
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (2008), Royal Shakespeare Company,
- Everybody Loves A Winner (2009), Manchester Royal Exchange,
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The Turn of the Screw by
Benjamin Britten (2009), Aldeburgh Festival,
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Or You Could Kiss Me (2010), with Handspring Theatre Company, National Theatre, London,
- The Queen of Spades by
Tchaikovsky (2011), Opera North,
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (2012), The Abbey, Dublin,
- The Canticles by Benjamin Britten (2013), Brighton Festival/Royal Opera House, London,
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (2013), The Bristol Old Vic,
- Owen Wingrave by Benjamin Britten (2014), The Edinburgh International Festival,
- Stella (2016), London International Festival of Theatre,
- The Plague by
Albert Camus (2017), Arcola Theatre, London.
- Medea (Written in Rage) by Jean-René Lemoine (2017), Birmingham Rep
- Twenty Four Hours of Peace (2019) Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2020) RADA, London.
- Tenebrae; Lessons Learnt in Darkness (2020) Brighton Festival.
- Orlando (2022),
Garrick Theatre, London.
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- As You Like It (2023), BA Acting CDT,
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London
Television
- That's What Friends Are For (1988) television, for After Image/Channel Four
- Where Is Love? (1988) television, for ICA/BBC2
- Pedagogue (1988) with Stuart Marshall
- That's How Strong My Love Is (1989) television, for Channel Four
- Now That It's Morning (1992) television, for Channel Four/British Screen
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