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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 |
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Jeremy Mark Noble (born 9 July 1960) is an English writer, screenwriter, playwright and actor. [1] [2]
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 upper second-class honours 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] [ failed verification ]
Noble moved to Saint 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] P. N. 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] His second novel A Russian Ending was published in 2022. [23]
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, Toronto International Film Festival 2005, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005 |
2008 | Дилер (in English The Dealer) | Created, and co-written by Jeremy Noble [24]
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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) [25] |
2011 | Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament (Петр Первый. Завещение. Rossiya TV, Russia) | Premiere: "Rossiya 1" TV channel on 14 May 2011 (parts 1 and 2), and 15 May (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 |
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