Composers and their stage works 



Howard Brenton

Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, 13 December 1942

PLAYS

  1. Ladder of Fools (produced 1965)
  2. Winter, Daddykins (produced 1965)
  3. It's My Criminal (produced 1966)
  4. A Sky-Blue Life, adaptation of stories by Gorky (produced 1967; revised version produced 1971)
  5. Gargantua, adaptation of the novel by Rabelais (produced 1969)
  6. Gum and Goo (produced 1969)
  7. Revenge (produced 1969). 1970
  8. Heads, and The Education of Skinny Spew (produced 1969)
  9. Christie in Love (produced 1969)
  10. Fruit (produced 1970)
  11. Wesley (produced 1970)
  12. Scott of the Antarctic; or, What God Didn't See (produced 1971)
  13. Lay By, with others (produced 1971). 1972
  14. Hitler Dances (produced 1972). 1982
  15. How Beautiful with Badges (produced 1972)
  16. England's Ireland, with others (produced 1972)
  17. Measure for Measure, adaptation of the play by Shakespeare (produced 1972)
  18. A Fart for Europe, with David Edgar (produced 1973)
  19. The Screens, adaptation of a play by Jean Genet (produced 1973)
  20. Brassneck, with David Hare (produced 1973). 1974
  21. Magnificence (produced 1973). 1973
  22. Mug (produced 1973)
  23. Jedefrau, adaptation of a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (produced 1974)
  24. The Churchill Play: As It Will be Performed in the Winter of 1984 by the Internees of Churchill Camp Somewhere in England (produced 1974; revised version, produced 1988)
  25. The Saliva Milkshake, adaptation of the novel Under Western Eyes by Conrad (televised 1975; produced 1975). 1977
  26. Government Property (produced 1975)
  27. Weapons of Happiness (produced 1976). 1977
  28. Epsom Downs (produced 1977). 1977
  29. Deeds, with others (produced 1978)
  30. Sore Throats (produced 1979)
  31. Warwickgate, with others (produced 1979)
  32. The Life of Galileo, adaptation of a play by Brecht (produced 1980). 1980.
  33. The Romans in Britain (produced 1980). 1980; revised version, 1982.
  34. A Short Sharp Shock!, with Tony Howard (produced 1980)
  35. Thirteenth Night (produced 1981)
  36. Nail Poems: 32 Haiku (produced 1981)
  37. Danton's Death, adaptation of a play by Georg Büchner (produced 1982). 1982
  38. The Thing (for children; produced 1982)
  39. Conversations in Exile, adaptation of a work by Brecht (produced 1982)
  40. The Genius (produced 1983). 1983
  41. Sleeping Policemen, with Tunde Ikoli (produced 1983). 1984
  42. Bloody Poetry (produced 1984). 1985
  43. Pravda: A Fleet Street Comedy, with David Hare (produced 1985). 1985
  44. Dead Head (televised 1986). 1987
  45. Greenland (produced 1988). 1988
  46. Iranian Nights, with Tariq All (produced 1989). 1989
  47. H.I.D. (Hess Is Dead) (produced 1989). 1989
  48. Moscow Gold, with Tariq Ali (produced 1990). 1990
  49. The Wall Dog, with Jane Brenton, adaptation of the play by Manfred Karge (produced 1990)
  50. Berlin Bertie (produced 1992). 1992

SCREENPLAY:

  • Skin Flicker, 1973

TELEVISION PLAYS:

  1. Lushly, 1972;
  2. The Saliva Milkshake, 1975;
  3. The Paradise Run, 1976;
  4. A Desert of Lies, 1984;
  5. Dead Head serial, 1986.