Mark Burgess (playwright)
British playwright and actor (born 1959)
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Mark Burgess (born 9 April 1959) is a British playwright and actor who appeared in Brookside as 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
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