Patrick Barlow
Patrick Barlow
Besides his version of Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur, Patrick Barlow’s Olivier-nominated adaptation of A Christmas Carol has played off-Broadway and London’s West End while his 4-person adaptation of The 39 Steps has played in over forty countries worldwide, winning Olivier, Helpmann, Moliere and Tony Awards and making Patrick the most performed playwright in America for 2012/13. Most recently, his rewriting of John Milton’s Comus has played to critical acclaim at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Patrick is also celebrated in the UK for his two-man theatre company National Theatre of Brent, whose comedy epics include Wagner’s Ring Cycle, The Charles and Diana Story, The Messiah, The Wonder of Sex, The Arts and How They Was Done, The Black Hole of Calcutta, The Life and Times of the Dalai Lama and Zulu! They have won two Sony Gold Awards, a Premier Ondas Award for Best European Comedy and the New York Festival Gold Award for Best Comedy.
Other screenwriting includes Van Gogh (Prix Futura Berlin Film Festival), Revolution!! (Best Comedy Jerusalem Film Festival) and the BAFTA-winning The Young Visiters. Publications include Shakespeare: The Truth! and The Complete History of the Whole World. Patrick has also appeared in Absolutely Fabulous, Shakespeare in Love, Notting Hill, Nanny McPhee and Bridget Jones’s Diary. He is currently writing theatre versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles and Dracula.
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The 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Full-Length Play, ComedyThe 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
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The 39 Steps, Abridged
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Full-Length Play, ComedyThe 39 Steps, Abridged
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)
New 60-minute adaptation! Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
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The 39 Steps, Even More Abridged
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Short Play, ComedyThe 39 Steps, Even More Abridged
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Short Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)
New 40-minute adaptation! Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
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A Christmas Carol (Barlow)
Patrick Barlow
Full-Length Play, ComedyA Christmas Carol (Barlow)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m
“Picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of December! It’s not fair sir d’ye hear me? Just not fair.”
It wouldn’t be Christmas without A Christmas Carol. In this new stage version, Patrick Barlow takes Charles Dickens’ classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption, and makes it feel brand new again.
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The 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Full-Length Play, ComedyThe 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)
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The 39 Steps, Abridged
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Full-Length Play, ComedyThe 39 Steps, Abridged
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)
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The 39 Steps, Even More Abridged
Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Short Play, ComedyThe 39 Steps, Even More Abridged
Patrick Barlow ,John Buchan
Short Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m, 2any gender (adult)
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A Christmas Carol (Barlow)
Patrick Barlow
Full-Length Play, ComedyA Christmas Carol (Barlow)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m