Richard Stirling
Richard Stirling is a British writer and actor, who has appeared on film, television and the West End and American stage. He has written arts features for many newspapers and magazines, and drew attention for his 2009 play Seven Other Children, penned as a response to Caryl Churchill's controversial play Seven Jewish Children.[1]
Works[]
Books[]
- Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography (Sunday Times Top Ten best seller, UK Piatkus/Little Brown 2007; US St Martin's Press 2008; reprinted UK Little Brown 2013)
Plays[]
- Seven Other Children
- Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore (starring Al Pillay)
- Over My Shoulder: The Jessie Matthews Story (starring Anne Rogers)[2]
- Gay's the Word (revised version of the Ivor Novello/Alan Melville musical)
- Is She One of Us? in development 2014 [3]
- A Princess Undone (starring Stephanie Beacham as Princess Margaret) [4][5]
Selected roles[]
Film[]
- Scoop (Tinsley's Fan) 2006
- Mrs Dalloway (Receptionist) 1998
- War Requiem (Third Soldier; choreographer) 1989
- Little Dorrit (John Chivery) 1988
- Great Expectations (1999)
- Our Mutual Friend (1999)
- The Secret Agent (1992)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
References[]
- ^ Playwright counters anti-Israel play, Jerusalem Post, 10 May 2009, jonny paul, jerusalem post correspondent, london http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1241773214181&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""Over My Shoulder" by Richard Stirling at Wyndham's from 27 Oct to 8 Nov 03". 9 October 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "The 'lesbian' teacher scandal that shook society". The Scotsman. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ Barber, Richard (11 September 2016). "Stephanie Beacham: 'We need more difficult women like Princess Margaret'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (27 February 2018). "A Princess Undone, Park Theatre, London, review: Uneven, but worth a visit". Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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