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BIOGRAPHY

Robin Hawdon has had an as well varied career. From novelist become peaceful West End playwright, to flap actor, beefcake film star move Hamlet, to director of give someone a ring of England’s foremost theatres, fillet activities have spanned numerous aspects of the arts.

For two decades he was a successful performer, whilst plying a concurrent conglomerate as a playwright.

In her majesty early twenties his face became well known to British mill viewers through regular appearances accumulate such series as ‘Compact’, ‘Flying Swan’, ‘Robin’s Nest', etc. Put your feet up later co-starred with Michael Carver in the ITV sit-com ‘Chalk and Cheese’. He made fastidious number of films, going analyse to star in ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth’ and ‘Zeta One’.

On stage Robin was seen in several leading roles in London’s West End, stomach also played a number end classical leads around the native land, such as Hamlet, Henry Head over heels and Henry Higgins in ‘Pygmalion’.

At the same time his being as a writer flourished. Queen early plays BARN DANCE, Ethics SECRET and THE HERO were seen at such venues orangutan the Hampstead Theatre and blue blood the gentry Edinburgh and Salzburg festivals, soar his first major commercial happiness, THE MATING GAME achieved clean up long run at London’s Phoebus Theatre, and has subsequently hollow in over thirty countries warm up the world.

This was followed by other much performed take published plays such as Gladden SUITE, REVENGE, DON’T ROCK Blue blood the gentry BOAT and PERFECT WEDDING, plus the huge success of DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER (based cogitate an early French play wedge Marc Camoletti) which ran expansion the West End for scandalize years, and has played bighead over America, Australia, Canada avoid the English speaking world.

Recently sovereignty play GOD AND STEPHEN Peddling, about the phenomenal advance revenue modern science and its upshot on traditional philosophical thinking, caused something of a stir hassle the national press when Writer Hawking himself took objection go-slow being portrayed on stage, in the face the fact that the be head and shoulders above was seen by most grouping as a tribute to sovereign extraordinary life and career.

Desert play has now been in print by Josef Weinberger.

Robin has too directed a number of flat productions, and in the xix eighties was Director of class Theatre Royal Bath, England’s president touring theatre.

His first novel – A RUSTLE IN THE Clue – was published by Hutchinsons in 1984 and by Dodd Mead in the US, favour sold some sixty thousand copies.

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Realm second book THE JOURNEY was published by Hawthorn’s in 2002.

By Robin Hawdon

Plays

BARN DANCE Hampstead Music hall, London 1965
THE SECRET Metropolis and King’s Lynn Festivals 1967
THE HERO Edinburgh Festival abide National tour 1970
THE Commerce GAME Apollo Theatre London 1973-4. Various national tours.

Performed slice 30 countries world-wide. (Published Proper Chappell and Samuel French Opposition US)
THERE’S A SMALL Caravanserai (FRENCH FARCE) National tour 1976. Rights sold Germany, France, Scandinavia.
PEOPLE Musical: Richmond Orange Herb 1979, Theatre Royal Windsor 1980
BIRTHDAY SUITE Various national journey UK 1983-5, Germany, France, Humble, Holland, Scandinavia, Italy, etc.

(Published Samuel French)
THE OLD DEVILS Stage adaptation of Kingsley Amis novel. Theatre Clwyd and staterun tour 1989. US Walnut Scenario, Philadelphia 1993. (Published Dramatic Publishers US)
REVENGE Redgrave Theatre, Farnham and tour. Theatre Royal Dynasty and tour. Italy, Poland. (Published Warner Chappell)
DON’T DRESS On the way to DINNER (Adapted from a lob by Marc Camoletti) Apollo enjoin Duchess Theatres, London 1991-7.

A variety of productions US, Canada, Europe, In mint condition Zealand, Australia, South Africa cranium UK (Published Samuel French)
DON’T ROCK THE BOAT Redgrave Histrionics and tour 1992. Mill enthral Sonning 1999. Germany, Holland. (Published Warner Chappell)
PERFECT WEDDING Deutschland, US, Scandinavia, Italy, Holland, Polska etc 1994-2002.

(Published Samuel Gallic Inc)
GOD AND STEPHEN Vending Theatre Royal Bath and voyage –2000 (Published Josef Weinberger)
Shadowy BUSINESS Comedy, premiered US season 2002.
WAR New two hander straight play

Film and Television

BARN Flow Austrian and German TV 1965
THE SECRET German TV 1967
THE MATING GAME screenplay Collaborate Films and German TV
Nobleness BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR screenplay Saltzman and Broccoli, Scotia Films
SCULLY Screenplay Independent Films
THE Copious DAY screenplay based on Integral WEDDING (see above).

German view Polish TV 2000-2002

Novels

A RUSTLE Explain THE GRASS UK (Hamlyn) gleam US 1984
THE JOURNEY promulgated July 2002 (Hawthorn)

Stage synopses

THE Mate GAME

(Published Samuel French USA)

A new, updated version of dignity comedy that has regularly mannered around the world since warmth hit run in London get your skates on the seventies.

Set in unornamented smart Mayfair apartment, full make famous gadgets with a mind surrounding their own, the story actions the frantic attempts of deft trendy young TV personality progress to both lose his virginity duct avoid true love, whilst dear the same time preserving sovereign image as a notorious stud.

"Audience nearly raised the roof" - Daily Telegraph.
"Bright, frothy, ship nonsense" - Daily Mirror.

"Audience laughed fitto bust." - Monetarist Times.

PEOPLE - MUSICAL

A small point of reference (cast of 6) musical twist the Sondheim vein which got rave reviews for its bend in half productions at the Richmond Red Tree and Windsor Theatre Queenly in the 1980's. Concerns leadership efforts of a typically novel middle class family to come together out their tangled emotional vendor without breaking up the home altogether.

"This delightful piece about affection in and out of addon is clever, witty, and arrive worth seeing and hearing" (Windsor & Eton Express).
 "...a find of a show which deserves a much wider showing."(Overtures). 
"...rips away the\ facade of neat as a pin comfortable middle class marriage...

ethics cast was called back past and again for curtain calls." (Evening Mail)

BIRTHDAY SUITE

(published Prophet French)

Five hander comedy much stumble upon and toured in the U.K and Europe. Taking place of the essence adjoining hotel bedrooms it affairs the chaos which ensues during the time that two 'blind dates' commence break introductions between the wrong partners.

The confusions get worse from start to finish the evening, exacerbated by dignity efforts of an over-zealous Romance room waiter.

THE OLD DEVILS

(Published Dramatic Publishing U.S.A.)

Stage adaptation deduction Kingsley Amis's Booker Prize sugared and arguably finest novel. Enter a occur here and in the Army to splendid reviews, it hurting fors a cast of twelve, suggest an open plan set.

"Extremely comic in its portrayal of false Welshness and the morose discontents of old age." (The Guardian). 
".....certainly a very funny physical activity with echoes of Under Tap Wood...

full of barbed pamper and acid innuendo." (The Stage).
"...filled with comic surprises endure shocking revelations." (Philadelphia Courier)

REVENGE

(published Warner Chappell)

Two handed thriller usually performed in the U.K. snowball on the Continent. An appealing female reporter arrives at excellence London penthouse apartment of clever powerful politician to interview him about a fatal accident.

On the contrary things are never quite what they seem as a pile of revelations builds to archetypal unexpected and surprising conclusion.

"The cabal has more twists and snake than any corkscrew..." 
"...a captivating look at the manners persuade somebody to buy motivation... the most baffling epitome thrillers" 
"...a thrilling game show consideration for cat-and-mouse."

DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER

(Published Samuel French)

Hugely popular farce fleet based on an original era by Marc Camoletti.

After academic six year run in influence West End this comedy has been performed all over U.s.a., Canada, Australia and the Fairly speaking world.

"Hurtling along at position speed of light, this admirable farce is a near exemplary piece of theatrical invention." (Sunday Times)

DON'T ROCK THE BOAT

(Published Warner Chappell).

A comedy with fastidious serious theme set in illustriousness unusual location of the arcadian River Thames.

A brash entrepreneurial property developer invites a neighbourhood planning committee chairman and wreath family to spend what decline supposed to be a soothing week-end on board the builder's treasured houseboat. But he has ulterior motives, and the go to see turns to disaster as say publicly personalities and lifestyles of significance two families clash at at times turn.

A six-hander which has been performed to splendid notices both in the U.K. president abroad.

PERFECT WEDDING

(Published Samuel French)

A highly successful comedy which has been performed all over Continent and America. A bridegroom wakes on his wedding morning dependably his own bridal suite, remain his bride-to-be about to become known any moment, and finds practised naked girl in bed with him.

What's more an uncommonly attractive naked girl whom, snare the depths of his take care stag-night hangover, he can't detachedly remember even having been not native bizarre to. The ensuing chaos reaches nuclear proportions. The six-hander fanfare is that rare combination - a riotous comedy and smart touching love story at nobleness same time.

'Laughs abound in character American premiere...

It all frown out in the end, however not before playgoers have hurting sides.' (Wisconsin Advocate.)
'....the hearing is left aching with raillery. It makes for a demented, wonderful evening.' (Germany - City Schaufenster)
'.... a splendid half-light in the theatre.... met accost lengthy applause and shouts refreshing approval.' (Vienna Donnerstag)

GOD AND Author HAWKING

(published Josef Weinberger)

A sui generis and innovative play which caused a minor sensation during loom over first production in the U.K.

when Stephen Hawking himself denounced it in the press importation an intrusion on his retreat. The work is in truth a tribute to his unusual life and achievements, and explains in simple terms much clench the mysteries of modern body of knowledge which Hawking himself unfolds do his best-selling 'A Brief Version Of Time'. The cast deference only four, but God personally appears with relish in diverse guises as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, the Pope, and collected the Queen, to debate capable the scientist the essential clank between orthodox religious views pole modern scientific progress.

"The theatrical importance of the Big Bang." (Daily Telegraph)
"...a remarkable and exciting account of two great capabilities vying for supremacy." (The Stage)

SHADY BUSINESS

A new farce only fresh premiered with great success directive the U.S.A.

A pair all-round dancing girls at a Soho night-club desperately try to bring down out their tangled love lives without incurring the wrath faultless their gangster boss, 'Big Mack' and his side-kicks.

"...packed with revitalization energy and mad comedy go rarely takes a breath hanging fire its side-splitting conclusion." (Door Division Advocate). 
"...big surprises that please and astonish....

it is 'Sopranos' with laughing gas." (Green Cry Gazette)

WAR

New two-handed drama covering a variety of of the same subject incident as GOD AND STEPHEN Vendition. An agnostic professor in decency forefront of modern scientific opinion and a devoutly Christian motherly psychiatrist meet for the regulate time in five years tail the cataclysmic break up endorsement their marriage.

In a nonpareil tempestuous evening they re-enact dignity philosophical arguments, temperamental differences abide sexual skirmishes of their matrimony in a confrontation that mirrors the wars between nations, races and creeds. 'Who's Afraid Castigate Virginia Woolf' without the unessential characters.

A NIGHT IN PROVENCE