Mark Burgess (playwright) explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Exclusive Interview with Mark Burgess, Playwright & Actor. September 14, 2016.
2. Web site: Casting Shadows | Theatricalia. theatricalia.com.
3. Web site: Casting Shadows. www.radiolistings.co.uk.
4. 'Theatre Review: Fleming's Bond', The Stage 30 November 2000, page 13
5. Web site: Einstein in Cromer . Radio Times Archive . 14 November 2023.
6. Web site: 'From Father With Love' on BBC Radio 4. CommanderBond.net. 30 December 2005 .
7. Web site: Sam O'bedlam. www.radiolistings.co.uk.
8. Web site: Today's TV & radio choices . Simon . Horsford . Clive . Morgan . Chris . Riley . Matt . Warman . Tessa . Gibbs . Gillian . Reynolds . 2006-04-13 . . 2012-05-08.
9. Web site: The Wrong Hero - Leslie Howard by Mark Burgess . 2011-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715144525/http://www.radiodramareviews.com/id122.html . 2011-07-15 . dead .
10. Web site: Today's TV & radio choices . Clive . Morgan . Matt . Warman . Patricia Wynn . Davies . Gillian . Reynolds . 2007-04-27 . . 2012-05-08.
11. Web site: Bedfordshire onsunday has closed. www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk.
12. Web site: Tales From Tate Modern. www.radiolistings.co.uk.