Adam Long (American actor)
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Adam Long is an American writer, voice director, and voice actor based in London, United Kingdom. He is a founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company. From 1987 to 2003,[1] he co-wrote and performed The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),[2] The Complete History of America (Abridged),[3] The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show for the BBC World Service, and The Ring Reduced, a 30 minute condensation of Wagner's Ring Cycle for Channel 4 television.
In 1996, Long directed the Reduced Shakespeare Company's London production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) which was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1997,[4] and ran for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus. Stage production licensing in the U.S. and Canada is by Broadway Play Publishing.[citation needed]
Long left The Reduced Shakespeare Company in 2003. He then co-wrote and starred in The Barn,[5] an independent feature film which won a British Independent Film Award in 2004 - The Raindance Award, for the film which best embodies the spirit of independent filmmaking. In 2006, he wrote and performed Star Wars Shortened [6][7] for Sky Movies, and The Condensed History of Tony Blair for BBC Radio 4.[8] In 2007 he wrote and directed Dickens Unplugged, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[9][10] The show was brought to Guildford in February, 2007,[11] and made its West End debut on May 23, 2008 at the Comedy Theatre.[12] It has been published as Dickens (abridged) by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. In 2008, he wrote and performed The Condensed History of Political Parties for BBC Radio 4,[13] and in 2009 The Condensed History of George W Bush, also for BBC Radio 4.[14]
From 2008, Long has worked in animation, writing for Netflix, CBBC, CBeebies, Disney, Nickelodeon, and Sprout. He is the voice of Mr. Small in seasons 2 to 6 of the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning animated series The Amazing World of Gumball. He has also provided voices for Elliott from Earth.
Long resides in London.[citation needed]
