Robert Forrest (dramatist) explained

Robert Forrest is a Scottish three-time Sony Award winning^[1] dramatist (playwright) who has created many radio shows for BBC Radio and a stage play 'Jason and the Argonauts' for children that toured internationally and on Broadway. He has also adapted The Exorcist for BBC Radio 4 (Feb 2014).

History and personal life

Forrest lives in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Radio adaptations

• The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, BBC Radio 4, February 2014
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, BBC Radio 4, 6–13 May 2012^[2]
• The Pillow Book by Robert Forrest, BBC Radio 4, 2009–2012^[3]
• Journey into Fear by Eric Ambler, BBC Radio 7, 28 February – 4 March 2011
• Adam Bede by George Eliot, BBC Radio 7, 3–17 July 2010
• The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré, BBC Radio 4, 24 January – 7 February 2010
• The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré, BBC Radio 4, 13–27 June 2010
• Smiley's People by John le Carré, BBC Radio 4, 11–25 April 2010
• The Voyage of the Demeter, BBC Radio 4, 23 February 2008, 31 October 2009^[4]
• Call for the Dead by John le Carré, BBC Radio 4, 23 May 2009
• Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, BBC Radio 7, 27–29 January 2009
• The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carré, BBC Radio 4, 5–19 July 2009
• The Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson, BBC Radio 7, 20 June 2009
• Parade's End by Ford Mattox Ford, BBC Radio 4, 2003^[5]
• The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, BBC Radio 4, 1996^[6]
• The Strange Case of the Man in the Velvet Jacket by Robert Forrest, BBC Radio 3, 2011^[7]

Stage shows

• Lucia, Fifth Estate, Edinburgh, 1994 ^[8]
• Jason and the Argonauts, Broadway, 2009 ^{[9] [10]}
• Poem in October, Glasgow and Edinburgh, 2009^[11]
• Curse of the Demeter, Glasgow, 2010^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – Classic Serial, The Complete Smiley – The Karla Trilogy, Book 3: Smiley's People, Part 3. BBC.
2. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – Classic Serial, F Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby, Episode 1. BBC.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 3 August 2021 . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803063252/http://ww25.radiodramareviews.com/id3.html?subid1=20210803-1631-3045-8dc6-0b9fc01e7c37 . dead .
4. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, The Voyage of the Demeter. 2021-08-03. BBC. en-GB.
5. News: The best plays you've never seen. 2003. The Guardian. Thorpe, A..
6. The casebook of Sherlock Holmes. 1996. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd..
7. Web site: BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3, The Strange Case of the Man in the Velvet Jacket. BBC.
8. News: . THEATRE: Lucia Edinburgh.
9. Web site: Jason and the Argonaughts. 2010. Humanities Outreach in Tennessee.
10. By Zeus! A wild and woolly quest for superheroes. 2009. Gelder, L.V.. The New York Times.
11. Web site: Theatre Review: Poem In October. www.scotsman.com.
12. Web site: "Curse of the Demeter" – November 2010.