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Greg Day (born 1957) is a former stage and television actor (Grange Hill, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em),and wrote a total of eight plays for radio and stage between 1983 and 2001. His 'nihilistic jocularity' led to his second play, The Arrangement, being described as the "the most disturbing bedsitcom since Polanski's The Tenant.[1]
Day was born in Aylesbury, grew up in Hastings and later attended the Arts Educational school of speech and drama. Day is now the head of Clout Communications, a PR company promoting film and TV and representing many notable clients from film and television sectors.
The Rocking Chair
Day's first play, The Rocking Chair, was performed at the Fountains Abbey pub theatre in Paddington. The two-hander revolves around Gary, a reclusive would-be writer, whose peace of mind is rudely interrupted by a new neighbour, who starts off making unwelcome advances. When he tries to 'borrow' Gary's rocking chair in which to commit suicide, the play develops into an interesting two-edged study of selfishness.[2] Directed by Murray Shelmerdine. Subsequently adapted for radio, it aired on BBC Radio Four (Thirty Minute Theatre) on 21 May 1983. Directed by David Johnston, it featured John Rye {The Troubleshooters, The First Churchills) and Richard Huw, who went on to numerous starring roles in TV productions such as Heartbeat, The Bill and Eastenders.
- Fountains Abbey Theatre, 1981
- BBC Radio Four, 21 May 1983
Tenderhooks
Following the lives of three flatmates all fixated on hard-to-get Bella, Tenderhooks exposes the 'surrealism of unprivate lines'. [3] Although never produced as a stand-alone play, Tenderhooks eventually saw the light of day as part of the Changing Rooms 'bedsitterland' trilogy
Changing Rooms
Changing Rooms was an umbrella title for three of Day's plays - The Rocking Chair, Tenderhooks and The Arrangement - each one examining games of sex and power in bedsit land.[4]. One of the actresses involved was Nicola Duffett, later to find wider acclaim in the BBC's EastEnders,
- Odyssey Theatre, 1984. Directed by David Robson & Greg Day
Behind The Clouds
Set in the golden age of Athens, this is a revealing expose of Socrates' 'cloudy' personal life, which eventually ended up with his trial for seducing young men. After spending his days on worthy philosophical debates, Socrates would spend his evenings in debauchery with young men, in particular Alcibiades, which led to the older man's trial for corruption and impiety. The play is a powerfully illumination of the power struggles and intrigues of ancient Athens.[5]
- Odyssey Theatre, 1984. Directed by Murray Shelmerdine
- Brussels University. 1994. Directed by Murray Shelmerdine
Bust
Bust is a contentious and disturbing play which traces a young man's journey into womanhood, by placing him on the front line in the battle of the sexes. Described as a new play on the subject of the gender gap. [6].
- Tabard Theatre 1986. Directed by Tony Craven
- The City Lit, 1987. Directed by Murray Shelmerdine
- University of Birmingham. 1988. Directed by Murray Shelmerdine
- Titten (German production), 1991. Theater Chaubiusky. Directed by Werner Schon. Translated by Frank-Thomas Mende
Stripped
Stripped, a major rewrite of Bust, centres on Leslie and Zoe, an American couple visiting London. After a row that leads to them splitting up, Leslie starts to realise that everyone thinks he's a woman. What follows is a struggle for sexual identity and the forming of new kinds of relationships. This 'genuinely black comedy'[7], was described as a 'genuine fringe find.'[8].
- Riverside Studios. Oct/Nov 1998. Direacted by Tony Craven
References
- ^ Time Out, 18 February 1983
- ^ Robert Cushman, The Observer, 16 June 1981
- ^ Hampstead & Highgate Express , 10 August 1984.
- ^ City Limits 14 August 1984
- ^ What's On In London, 14 November 1984.
- ^ The Observer (magazine), 9 November 1986
- ^ Comedian Kevin Day, Evening Standard, 21 October 1998
- ^ The Daily Mail, 10 October 1998
- Camden Advertiser, 15 February 1983
- Hampstead & Highgate Express, 11 February 1983
- Ms London, Nov 7 1986
- Volker Muller-Veitl, Volksblatt, 28 May 1991
- Independent On Sunday, 1996
- Media Guardian, 5 May 1997
- Daily Express, 12 Oct, 1998
- The Times, 24 Oct 1998
- Hammersmith Gazette, 23 Oct 1998
- Westminster & City Mail, 3 July 1998
- Hammersmith, Fulham & Chiswick Times, 3 July 1998
- The Stage (TV Diary), 29 April, 1999
- Mail On Sunday, 12 Sept 2004
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