Writing, Theatre, Poster Design, Films, Education and Attempted Wit
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT is a fictionalised account of the hour before Guy Fawkes was tortured. The conspirator, housed in The Tower of London, is visited by the young writer William Shakespeare who has a remarkable conspiracy to reveal about the plot of one of his plays - but then King James appears...
The Autumn of Terror is a new play, a series of monologues about the women that were killed by "Jack the Ripper".
An extract from THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS, a monologue from the detective who failed to catch the killer.
In 2006 I had the immense pleasure of seeing a play of mine produced. The play was THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS, which was a documentary drama looking at the 1888 killings attributed to "Jack the Ripper". The play centres around the 5 women most commonly identified as victims of the Ripper. These "canonical" women were Polly … Continue reading The Whitechapel Murders – Annie
In 2006 I had the immense pleasure of seeing a play of mine produced. The play was THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS, which was a documentary drama looking at the 1888 killings attributed to "Jack the Ripper". I really enjoyed researching the play and had a great time writing it. The play centres around the 5 women … Continue reading The Whitechapel Murders
Guy Fawkes is visited in the Tower of London by William Shakespeare, who has news of a world-changing conspiracy... Intrigued by the very British phenomenon of "Bonfire Night" and the attempted assassination of King James (and the rest of the government) in 1605, I set out to research and create a little twisty-turny conspiracy play … Continue reading The Gunpowder Plot – A play
Just realised that 20 years ago TheatreFusion were getting ready to mount a production of my modern day adaptation of Julius Caesar (set in a contemporary U.S. Presidential campaign) at Cottiers, Glasgow. I also directed the production. 20 years! Despite some technical issues with the multimedia (clunking video players!) the adaptation was well-received, and was … Continue reading Caesar (1999)
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