Mark Burgess (playwright)

For other people with the same name, see Mark Burgess.

Mark Burgess (born 1959) is a British playwright and actor who appeared in Brookside as Gordon Collins. Burgess wrote and performed the one-man show The Man with the Golden Pen on the life of Ian Fleming. ^[1]

Selected works

• Casting Shadows, centred on a discussion between Max Miller, Laurence Olivier and Terence Rattigan in 1962 (1999) ^{[2] [3]}
• The Man with the Golden Pen (original title: Fleming's Bond), one-man play about Ian Fleming (2000) ^[4]
• Einstein in Cromer, with David Suchet in the title role about Albert Einstein's stay in a small hut on Roughton Heath (2004) ^[5]
• From Father with Love, on Ian Fleming's relationship with his son Caspar (2006) ^[6]
• Sam O'Bedlam, centred on Samuel Beckett, played by Jim Norton (2006) ^{[7] [8]}
• The Wrong Hero, on the wartime life and death of Leslie Howard (2008) ^{[9] [10]}
• A King's Speech, on Lionel Logue and George VI (2009) ^[11]
• Tales from Tate Modern , (A Modern Love Story) BBC Radio 4 Short Story (2010) ^[12]
• Two Halves Of Guinness Stage Play (2011)
• Eel Pie Island short story BBC radio 4 (2012)
• The Only Way, a one-act play to commemorate Bedford Modern School's 10 years of co-education, starring Chris Edge and Elsa Keep (2013)
• With Wings as Eagles, a play celebrating 250 years of Bedford Modern School, starring Gregor Copeland

References

1. "Exclusive Interview with Mark Burgess, Playwright & Actor". 14 September 2016.
2. "Casting Shadows | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
3. "Casting Shadows". www.radiolistings.co.uk.
4. 'Theatre Review: Fleming's Bond', The Stage 30 November 2000, page 13
5. "Einstein in Cromer". Radio Times Archive. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
6. "'From Father With Love' on BBC Radio 4". CommanderBond.net. 30 December 2005.
7. "Sam O'bedlam". www.radiolistings.co.uk.
8. Horsford, Simon; Morgan, Clive; Riley, Chris; Warman, Matt; Gibbs, Tessa; Reynolds, Gillian (13 April 2006). "Today's TV & radio choices". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 May 2012.
9. "The Wrong Hero - Leslie Howard by Mark Burgess". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
10. Morgan, Clive; Warman, Matt; Davies, Patricia Wynn; Reynolds, Gillian (27 April 2007). "Today's TV & radio choices". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 May 2012.
11. "Bedfordshire onsunday has closed". www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk.
12. "Tales From Tate Modern". www.radiolistings.co.uk.

External links

• Mark Burgess at IMDb