Jeremy Noble (writer)
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Jeremy Noble | |
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Born | Jeremy Mark Noble 9 July 1960 Stanborough Park, Garston |
Occupation | Writer, screenwriter, playwright, actor |
Education | MA English Literature |
Alma mater | Magdalene College Cambridge |
Jeremy Mark Noble (born 9 July 1960) is an English writer, screenwriter, playwright and actor.[1][2]
Early life and education
Noble attended King's School, Bruton, and read English Literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was supervised by the poet Geoffrey Hill, and graduated with a 2:1 in 1987. He won a Half Blue for polo, playing for Cambridge University against Oxford University (Cambridge won 3-2, 7 June 1987). He was Honorary Treasurer for Cambridge University Polo Club.[3]
Career
Noble moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to become a writer.[4] He has since worked with various Russian cultural figures including Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sokurov, and Vladimir Bortko.[5]
Noble has written for The Washington Post,[6] St. Petersburg Press,[7] PN Review,[8] Literary Review,[9] Open Democracy Russia,[10] and Open Russia.[11] He has written extensively about Russian ballet, and for Dance Magazine.[12]
Noble has translated extensively from Russian into English, for major arts organisations and events,[13] the President of the Russian Federation,[14] and the Mayor of Moscow.[15]
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2005 film The Sun (directed by Alexander Sokurov). His play Marlene Made Me was shortlisted for the UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004. He was co-writer and guest historian for Glamour Puds, Series 2 Episode 9.[16]
He has been seen on Russian TV in the role of Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament, directed by Vladimir Bortko, and on Ukrainian TV in the role of President of the Council of Vampires in Split, directed by Vlad Lanne.[17]
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2015 film Dusha shpiona (in English The Soul of a Spy),[18] directed by Vladimir Bortko, starring Malcolm McDowell, Liam Cunningham, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fyodor Bondarchuk, and Andrey Chernyshov.
Noble co-wrote the book for Kingmaker the Musical, which received its premiere at the St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015.[19]
He is the editor of Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia,[20] a published account of the conversation in Red Square, Moscow, between opposition leader[21]Alexei Navalny and the Polish intellectual and former dissident Adam Michnik.
His first novel Villa Eilenroc was published in 2016.[22]
Writing and acting credits
Year | Title | Notes |
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1995 | The Glorious Tradition: A History of Russian Ballet | Video film in two volumes; written and narrated by Jeremy Noble |
1996 | Smith | Miranda Theatre, New York |
1998 | Tchaikovsky's Death | |
2004 | Marlene Made Me | Shortlisted UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004 |
2005 | The Sun (in Russian Солнце) | English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble
Premiere: Berlin Film Festival 2005 Screened: New York Film Festival 2005 Screened: Toronto International Film Festival 2005 Screened: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005 |
2008 | Дилер (in English The Dealer) | Created, and co-written by Jeremy Noble [23]
Episode 1 Портрет Императора (in English Portrait of an Emperor) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 2 Наследница (in English The Heiress) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 3 Memento Mori (in English Memento Mori) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 4 Осквернители Могил (in English Tomb Raiders) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 5 Подделка (in English Fake) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 6 Портрет Неизвестноо (in English Portrait by an Unknown Artist) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 7 Старуха На Обочине (in English An Old Woman on the Edge) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov Episode 8 Медные Всадники (in English The Bronze Horsemen) Writers: Jeremy Noble, Igor Shiritz |
2010 | Glamour Puds | Season 2, Episode 9; co-writer and guest historian Jeremy Noble |
2011 | A Drunken Foreigner in Streets of Broken Lights (in Russian Улицы разбитых фонарей) | Othello of the Northern Palmyra, Series 11 Episode 17 (in Russian Отелло Северной Пальмиры, 17 серия)[24] |
2011 | Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament (Петр Первый. Завещение. Rossiya TV, Russia) | Premiere: "Rossiya 1" TV channel on May 14, 2011 (parts 1 and 2), and May 15 (parts 3 and 4). |
2012 | President of the Council of Vampires in Split (in Russian Сплит) | Premiere: TET TV, Ukraine, 2011 |
2015 | Dusha shpiona (in English The Soul of a Spy) | English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble
2015 Montreal World Film Festival: Official Selection |
2015 | Kingmaker the Musical | Book by Jeremy Noble, Bill Robinson, Sophie Austin
Premiere: St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015 |
Bibliography
- Noble, Jeremy (2016). Villa Eilenroc. London: Egret Press.
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(help) ISBN 978-0-993386961 - Noble, Jeremy (2000). Millennium of Russian Ballet 2001: Desk Diary. London: Russian Steppes.
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References
- ^ "Biography Jeremy Noble", at kino-teatr.ru; retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Evgenii Shapovalov, "Hero: Jeremy Noble, in the past – a British millionaire, today – a Russian screenwriter" Sobaka magazine, November 2006; pp. 194-197; retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Cambridge University Polo Club".
- ^ Kristina Moskalenko, Jeremy Noble, Джереми Ноубл: о русской экзотике, русской душе и карьере в России (in English 'Jeremy Noble: A Russian exotic, a Russian soul, and a career in Russia'), Angliya, 31 August 2016; retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "The Soul of a Spy".
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "AFTER THE FALL; The Once-Elite Kirov Dancers Have Gained Artistic Freedom-But They May Have Lost Far More", The Washington Post, 6 March 1994; retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "Colours of Matisse Run Riot Inside The Hermitage", St. Petersburg Press, Number 20, 21–27 September 1993, front cover.
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "Soviet Facts and Russian Fiction", PN Review 94, Volume 20 Number 2, November - December 1993; pp. 8-10; retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "Strolls with Pushkin Abram Tertz", Literary Review, April 1994, p. 45.
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "Dear David", oDR, 2 September 2013; retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "Russian Propaganda is Sexually Transmitted", Open Russia, 18 January 2017; retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Jeremy Noble, "Power of St. Petersburg: Maryinsky Legends", Dance Magazine, June 1999, Vol. LXXIII No. 6,pp. 57-64.
- ^ "Catalogue of the exhibition Lexus Hybrid Art 2011" at Artplay Design Centre, Moscow; translated into English by Jeremy Noble; 17 July 2012; retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Catalogue for the Best of Russia 2010 photography exhibition, with introduction by Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation" at Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow; translated into English by Jeremy Noble; January, 2012; retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Catalogue for the Best of Russia 2011 photography exhibition, with introduction by Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow", at Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow; translated into English by Jeremy Noble; January, 2012; retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Careme in Russia"; Glamour Puds Season 2 Episode 9; first broadcast on Channel 4, 11 March 2010; guest historian, and co-written by Jeremy Noble; retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Сплит".
- ^ "Dusha shpiona".
- ^ "Kingmaker the Musical".
- ^ "Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia".
- ^ "Russia upholds ban on Putin's biggest rival Alexei Navalny from running in 2018 election".
- ^ "Villa Eilenroc".
- ^ "Дилер".
- ^ ""Улицы разбитых фонарей-11" (2011)".
External links
- Jeremy Noble at IMDb