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A selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys, whose career stretches from an award-winning play at the National Student Drama Festival in 1977 through to an adaptation of
The Alchemist for the RSC in 2016.
About the author
Stephen Jeffreys' plays include
The Libertine and
I Just Stopped By to See the Man (Royal Court);
Valued Friends and
A Going Concern (Hampstead);
Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad (part of the Tricycle Theatre's Great Game season about Afghanistan);
The Convicts' Opera (Out of Joint);
Lost Land(starring John Malkovich, Steppenwolf, Chicago);
The Art of War (Sydney Theatre Company) and
A Jovial Crew (RSC). His adaptation of Dickens'
Hard Times has been performed all over the world. He wrote the films
The Libertine (starring Johnny Depp) and
Diana (starring Naomi Watts). He co-authored the Beatles musical
Backbeat which opened at the Citizens Theatre and went on to seasons in London's West End, Toronto and Los Angeles. He translated
The Magic Flute for English National Opera in Simon McBurney's production. For eleven years he was Literary Associate at the Royal Court Theatre where he is now a member of the Council. His celebrated playwriting workshops have influenced numerous writers.
Summary
A selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys. Included here are his first big success, Valued Friends, The Clink, A Going Concern, and Jeffreys' smash-hit, The Libertine. Rounding off the volume are two previously unpublished plays: Interruptions, and a short autobiographical monologue, Finsbury Park.
