Dan Rebellato Explained

Dan Rebellato (born 1968)^[1] is an English dramatist and academic born in South London.^[2]

He is Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London^[3] and has written extensively for radio and the stage. He has twice been nominated for a Sony Award,^[4] and writes regularly for The Guardian Theatre Blog.^[5]

Stage plays

• Chekhov in Hell. 4–20 November 2010 at the Drum at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth,^[6] before transferring to the Soho Theatre, London 20 April-14 May 2011 ^[7]
• Beachy Head. Written with Emma Jowett and Lewis Hetherington. Analogue: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009; National Tour, 2011.^[8]
• Static. 22 April-10 May 2008 at the Soho Theatre, London^[9]
• Theatremorphosis. Part of the CCA Glasgow's Stage Fright event 4 April-23 May 2009.^[10]
• Mile End. Analogue: Edinburgh Festival, 2007. International tour, 2007. Southwark Playhouse, 2008.
• Here's What I Did With My Body One Day. Lightwork: Pleasance Theatre, London. National Tour, 2006.

Radio plays and adaptations

• Negative Signs of Progress. BBC Radio 4, February 2013
• My Life is a Series of People Saying Goodbye. BBC Radio 4, April 2011) ^[11]
• And So Say All of Us. Written with Linda McLean and Duncan Macmillan.^[12] (First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 2 May 2010)^[13]
• Girlfriend in a Coma. Adaptation of a Douglas Coupland novel by the same name. BBC Radio 3, February 2008.^[14]
• Cavalry. BBC Radio 4, March 2008.
• Dead Souls. Adaptation of novel by Nikolai Gogol. BBC Radio 4, April 2006.
• The Midwich Cuckoos. Adaptation of novel by John Wyndham. BBC Radio 4, November 2003. [Released as a BBC Audiobook 2007]

Notable publications

• 1956 and all That, London: Routledge, 1999.^[15]
• Static, London: Oberon Books, 2008.^[16]
• Theatre & Globalization, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2009.^[17]
• Contemporary European Theatre Directors, co-edited with Maria M. Delgado, London: Routledge, 2010.^[18]
• Chekhov in Hell, London: Oberon, 2010 (rev. ed. 2011).^[19]
• Beachy Head, co-written with Emma Jowett and Lewis Hetherington. London: Oberon, 2011.^[20]
• The Suspect Culture Book co-edited with Graham Eatough, London: Oberon, 2011.
• Modern British Playwriting 2000-2009: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations London: Methuen Drama, 2013.

External links

• Royal Holloway profile
• Personal Site and blog
• Twitter profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dan Rebellato Radio Plays . Suttonelms.org.uk . 15 April 2012.
2. Web site: Milazzo . Franco . Theatre Interview: Dan Reballato . Londonist . 27 April 2011 . 15 April 2012.
3. Web site: Professor. Dan Rebellato . Royal Holloway, University of London . 15 April 2012.
4. Web site: Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Drama: My Life Is a Series of People Saying Goodbye . BBC . 4 April 2011 . 15 April 2012.
5. News: Profile: Dan Rebellato . The Guardian . 13 April 2010. 15 April 2012 . London.
6. Web site: Chekhov in Hell . Theatre Royal and Drum Theatre Plymouth . 15 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329050158/http://www.theatreroyal.com/prod-productions_details.asp?pid=1693 . 29 March 2012 . dead .
7. Web site: The Drum Theatre Plymouth present Chekhov in Hell . 15 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110306170417/http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl2038.html . 6 March 2011 .
8. Web site: Beachy Head . Analogue Productions . 15 April 2012.
9. Web site: Tron Theatre and Soho Theatre present Static . 15 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080719175822/http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl1471.html . 19 July 2008 .
10. Web site: Stage Fright . Centre for Contemporary Arts - Glasgow . 15 April 2012.
11. Web site: Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Drama, My Life Is a Series of People Saying Goodbye . BBC . 2011-04-04 . 2012-04-15.
12. Web site: Academic adds a bit of drama to the upcoming election . Royal Holloway, University of London . 19 April 2010 . 15 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919151253/http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Resources/Helper_apps/Message.asp?ref_no=2198 . 19 September 2012 . dead .
13. Web site: Radio 3 Programmes - Drama on 3: And So Say All of Us . BBC . 2 May 2010 . 15 April 2012.
14. Web site: Radio 3 Programmes - Drama on 3: Girlfriend in a Coma . BBC . 23 May 2010 . 15 April 2012.
15. Web site: Rebellato . Dan . 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama . Routledge . 11 February 1999 . 15 April 2012.
16. Web site: Static . 21 April 2018 .
17. Web site: Theatre and Globalization: Dan Rebellato . Palgrave Macmillan . 2 June 2009 . 15 April 2012.
18. Web site: Contemporary European Theatre Directors . Routledge . 24 February 2010 . 15 April 2012.
19. Web site: Chekhov in Hell . 21 April 2018.
20. Web site: Beachy Head . 21 April 2018 .