Adam Long (American actor)

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Adam Long is an American writer, voice director, and voice actor based in London, United Kingdom. He is a founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company. From 1987 to 2003, [1] he co-wrote and performed The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) , [2] The Complete History of America (Abridged), [3] The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show for the BBC World Service, and The Ring Reduced, a 30 minute condensation of Wagner's Ring Cycle for Channel 4 television.

In 1996, Long directed the Reduced Shakespeare Company's London production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) which was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1997, [4] and ran for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus. Stage production licensing in the U.S. and Canada is by Broadway Play Publishing.[ citation needed ]

Long left The Reduced Shakespeare Company in 2003. He then co-wrote and starred in The Barn, [5] an independent feature film which won a British Independent Film Award in 2004 - The Raindance Award, for the film which best embodies the spirit of independent filmmaking. In 2006, he wrote and performed Star Wars Shortened [6] [7] for Sky Movies, and The Condensed History of Tony Blair for BBC Radio 4. [8] In 2007 he wrote and directed Dickens Unplugged, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [9] [10] The show was brought to Guildford in February, 2007, [11] and made its West End debut on May 23, 2008 at the Comedy Theatre. [12] It has been published as Dickens (abridged) by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. In 2008, he wrote and performed The Condensed History of Political Parties for BBC Radio 4, [13] and in 2009 The Condensed History of George W Bush, also for BBC Radio 4. [14]

From 2008, Long has worked in animation, writing for Netflix, CBBC, CBeebies, Disney, Nickelodeon, and Sprout. He is the voice of Mr. Small in seasons 2 to 6 of the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning animated series The Amazing World of Gumball. He has also provided voices for Elliott from Earth .

Long resides in London.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Reduced Shakespeare Company official timeline Archived July 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine accessed July 3, 2007
  2. ↑ Review, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The New York Times
  3. ↑ Review, The Complete History of America (abridged), (published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.), The New York Times
  4. ↑ The Nominees and Winners of The Laurence Olivier Awards for 1997 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine London Theatre Guide, accessed 3 July 2007
  5. ↑ BFI catalog entry, The Barn
  6. ↑ "Star Wars condensed to 20 minutes". August 8, 2006.
  7. ↑ "Shakespeare troupe take light sabre to Star Wars". August 9, 2006.
  8. ↑ "BBC - (None) - Comedy and Quizzes - Condensed History of Tony Blair".
  9. ↑ Dickens Unplugged, Assembly Ballroom, Edinburgh, review in The Stage, 9 August 2007
  10. ↑ Dickens Unplugged: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Abridged), review by Jo Caird of the UK review site "Culture Wars", 28 August 2007
  11. ↑ Dickens Unplugged: They did it to Shakespeare - now it's Dickens' turn Dominic Cavendish interviews Adam Long in The Daily Telegraph
  12. ↑ Dickens Unplugged to make West End debut at Comedy Theatre, The Stage, April 16, 2008
  13. ↑ "The Condensed History of Political Parties". November 4, 2008.
  14. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/7836673.stm
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