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In
A Piece Of Monologue, written
in English in 1979, a speaker tells a fragment of a story about birth
and death, in which the narrative details almost match those visible to
us as the theatre set. The play dramatises a successive loss of company:
firstly in an account of the destruction of photographs and secondly in
the memories of a funeral in the rain. 'Birth
was the death of him.' Originally
an actor, Robin Lefevre started
directing with John Byrne's first play, Writer's Cramp. Subsequently he joined
the Hampstead Theatre where he directed Bodies
by James Saunders and Brian Friel's Translations,
among other plays. Later he directed Friel's Aristocrats, for which he won a New York Drama Desk nomination for
Best Director. Robin has worked extensively at several major British theatres
including the Bush Theatre and also in the West End, where in 1985 he
directed a production of Alan Bleasdale's
Are You Lonesome Tonight?, which won the Evening
Standard Best Musical award. Most recently he directed the revival
of the Gate's production of Krapp's
Last Tape starring John Hurt at the New Ambassador Theatre. His television
work includes Alan Bleasdale's major series Jake's
Progress, starring Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters, and a short film
for Channel 4, Self Catering. 'Beckett
burns images on your brain in the time it takes to make a sandwich.' |
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