British playwright and actor
Mark Burgess (born 1959)is a British playwright and actor who appeared in Brookside Gordon Collins . Burgess wrote and performed the one-man show The Man with the Golden Pen on the life of Ian Fleming .[ 1]
Selected works
Casting Shadows , centred on a discussion between Max Miller , Laurence Olivier and Terence Rattigan in 1962 (1999)[ 2] [ 3] The Man with the Golden Pen (original title: Fleming's Bond ), one-man play about Ian Fleming (2000)[ 4] Einstein in Cromer , with David Suchet in the title role about Albert Einstein 's stay in a small hut on Roughton Heath (2004)[ 5] From Father with Love , on Ian Fleming 's relationship with his son Caspar (2006)[ 6] Sam O'Bedlam , centred on Samuel Beckett , played by Jim Norton (2006)[ 7] [ 8] The Wrong Hero , on the wartime life and death of Leslie Howard (2008)[ 9] [ 10] A King's Speech , on Lionel Logue and George VI (2009)[ 11] Tales from Tate Modern , (A Modern Love Story) BBC Radio 4 Short Story (2010)[ 12] Two Halves Of Guinness Stage Play (2011)Eel Pie Island short story BBC radio 4 (2012)The Only Way , a one-act play to commemorate Bedford Modern School 's 10 years of co-education, starring Chris Edge and Elsa Keep (2013)With Wings as Eagles , a play celebrating 250 years of Bedford Modern School, starring Gregor Copeland
References
^ "Exclusive Interview with Mark Burgess, Playwright & Actor" . 14 September 2016.^ "Casting Shadows | Theatricalia" . theatricalia.com .^ "Casting Shadows" . www.radiolistings.co.uk .^ 'Theatre Review: Fleming's Bond', The Stage 30 November 2000, page 13
^ "Einstein in Cromer" . Radio Times Archive . Retrieved 14 November 2023 .^ " . CommanderBond.net . 30 December 2005.^ "Sam O'bedlam" . www.radiolistings.co.uk .^ Horsford, Simon; Morgan, Clive; Riley, Chris; Warman, Matt; Gibbs, Tessa; Reynolds, Gillian (13 April 2006). "Today's TV & radio choices" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 May 2012 . ^ "The Wrong Hero - Leslie Howard by Mark Burgess" . Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011 .^ Morgan, Clive; Warman, Matt; Davies, Patricia Wynn; Reynolds, Gillian (27 April 2007). "Today's TV & radio choices" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 May 2012 . ^ "Bedfordshire onsunday has closed" . www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk .^ "Tales From Tate Modern" . www.radiolistings.co.uk .
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