Trevor Griffiths

Oi for England at Edinburgh

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Oi for England is currently playing on the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival at Venue 13, in a new production by the Not Too Tame Theatre Company, directed by Jimmy Fairhurst. ”An energetic and fascinating revival” … “a master class in compression and texture, rounded off with a brilliant and unexpected twist” ( www.theatre-wales.co.uk/reviews )

The Wages of Thin

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This one-act black comedy, Trevor Griffiths’s first stage play, written in 1969, received its first revival in nearly 40 years at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington in May this year, in an acclaimed production directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah and starring Ryan Gage, Alan Francis and Richard Sandells, Read the reviews at www.whatsonstage.com and www.britishtheatreguide.info.

A New World

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A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine, written to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Paine’s death, played at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the summer of 2009. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, designed by Tim Shortall, with music by Stephen Warbeck, the company included John Light as Paine, Keith Bartlett as Ben Franklin, Laura Rogers as Marthe, James Garnon as Danton, Dominic Rowan as George Washington and Alix Riemer as Carnet.

“… big, bawdy, hugely ambitious, jaw-droppingly original and imbued with a tremendous sense of fun, it’s also executed, as everything always is under Dromgoole, with faultless professionalism.” Sunday Telegraph

” … a moving and informative tribute to the man Michael Foot once called ‘the greatest exile ever to leave these shores’ ….. Griffiths has the priceless ability to show the power of Paine’s ideas and to make history come alive ….. This is an intelligent historical spectacle packed with contemporary resonance.” The Guardian

A New World is the stage adaptation of the screenplay These Are The Times: A Life of Thomas Paine.

Out now …

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Bill Brand - the screenplays. “The most remarkable serial ever seen on the box” (Sunday Times). This latest volume published by Spokesman Books contains all eleven episodes of Trevor Griffiths’s celebrated 1976 Thames Television series Bill Brand, which was the fictional account of a young left-wing Labour MP entering Parliament for the first time at a time of great political and industrial unrest. The series starred Jack Shepherd as Bill Brand, Arthur Lowe, Alan Badel, Cherie Lunghi and many other distinguished actors. It has never been shown again, nor is it at present commercially available on dvd. This book is therefore a unique record of a unique television event. It is available from www.spokesmanbooks.com.

About “More Pics”

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These pages contain a selection of production pics, rehearsal pics, posters, programme covers etc. and have been included for extra interest and information. More will be added from time to time.

Double-click on images to see them full size.

Titles are in alphabetical order.

Photos have been credited wherever possible, but please let us know if you can correct any omissions.

Comedians - the first production (1975)

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Trevor Griffiths and Jimmy Jewel in rehearsal

Jonathan Pryce as Gethin Price, Jimmy Jewel as Eddie Waters, Stephen Rea as George McBrain, James Warrior and Dave Hill as Phil and Ged Murray. Photographs by Nobby Clark.

Comedians on Broadway (1976)

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: cartoon of the company by John Lithgow

Fatherland

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Food for Ravens (1997)

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Trevor Griffiths and Director of Photography Andrew Dunn

: Brian Cox as Aneurin Bevan and Sinead Cusack as Jenny Lee

Photos by Nobby Clark

Hope in the Year Two

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in rehearsal. Elijah Moshinsky, director; Jack Shepherd, Danton

: Jack Shepherd as Danton, Tom Bowles as Henry