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 Convict’s 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, and 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.
Interruptions is inspired by Stephen Jeffreys' interest in the collective aspect of politics and his fascination with the Japanese aesthetic principle of Jo-ha-kyu. The play was first performed at UC Davis, California, in 2001.'I had the great pleasure of working with Stephen Jeffreys...
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