Simon Robson
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Simon Robson is a British actor, director and writer.
Career
[edit]As an actor, he has appeared in Doctors, Tom & Viv, Bodywork, Trial and Retribution and EastEnders, playing Graham Stone.
Simon Robson studied Philosophy and Social and Political Science at Cambridge University and trained as an actor at RADA. He has worked extensively in the theatre, as well as appearing in Eastenders and Doctors.
His first play, The Ghost Train Tattoo, was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in 2001.
Since then he has published a book of short stories, The Separate Heart (Jonathan Cape),[1] which was shortlisted for the prestigious Frank O'Connor Prize in 2007.[citation needed] His first novel, "Catch" (Jonathan Cape) was published in 2010.[1] He wrote the libretto for the opera "Schoenberg in Hollywood", with music by Tod Machover, which received its premiere with Boston Lyric opera in November 2018. He also wrote the novel "Rant" in collaboration with Chuck Palahniuk.
Selected theatre performances
[edit]- Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1997)
- Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2002)
- Rupert Billings in The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2003)
- Chiltern in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2008)
- Elyot Chase in Private Lives by Noël Coward. Directed by Michael Buffong at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2011)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mantel, Hilary (9 January 2010). "Catch by Simon Robson". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Simon Robson at IMDb
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