http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:19:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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" ... http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2010/08/20/oi-for-england-at-edinburgh/ 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 ... http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2010/05/04/the-wages-of-thin-2/ 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 ... http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2009/10/12/a-new-world/ 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 ... http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2009/03/25/coming-soon/ 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 ... http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2008/10/20/about-more-pics/ [caption id="attachment_787" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Trevor Griffiths and Jimmy Jewel in rehearsal"][/caption] 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.        http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2008/10/18/comedians-the-first-production-1975/ cartoon of the company by John Lithgow http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2008/10/17/comedians-on-broadway-1976/ See also Cinema and Publications [caption id="attachment_665" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gerulf Pannach as Klaus Dritteman"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_661" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Fabienne Baba as Emma"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_659" align="alignleft" width="219" caption="Sigfrit Steiner as James Dryden"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_657" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ken Loach"][/caption]       http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2008/10/15/fatherland-3/ [caption id="attachment_708" align="alignnone" width="159" caption="Trevor Griffiths and Director of Photography Andrew Dunn"][/caption] Brian Cox as Aneurin Bevan and Sinead Cusack as Jenny Lee Photos by Nobby Clark http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2008/10/14/food-for-ravens-1997/ [caption id="attachment_804" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="in rehearsal. Elijah Moshinsky, director; Jack Shepherd, Danton"][/caption] Jack Shepherd as Danton, Tom Bowles as Henry http://www.trevorgriffiths.co.uk/site/2008/10/13/hope-in-the-year-two-2/