Neil Bartlett, O.B.E. (born 1958) is a British director, performer, translator, and writer.

Contents 1 Career 2 Fiction 3 Dramatic works and adaptations 4 Sources 5 External links

[edit] Career

Who Was That Man shows how the gay history of London in the 1890s affects Bartlett's life as a gay man in London in the 1980s. His latest novel, Skin Lane was published in London by Serpent's Tail publishing in March 2007.

He also served as Artistic Director at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith from 1994 until 2004. At the Lyric he directed productions of classic plays, which he translated or adapted. The following are some of the plays he directed and translated:

• The first English production of Jean Genet's Splendid's
• Kleist's Prince of Homburg and Marivaux's La Dispute
• His recent adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist

Many of his translations of classic plays have been performed throughout the world.

[edit] Fiction

• Who Was That Man: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (1988)
• Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall (1992)
• Mr. Clive and Mr. Page (1996)
• Skin Lane (2007)

[edit] Dramatic works and adaptations

• Where Is Love? (1987)
• A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (Part One) (1987)
• That's What Friends Are For (1988) television
• That's How Strong My Love Is (1989) television
• Night After Night (Part One) (1993) musical
• The Seven Sacraments of Nicolas Poussin (1998)
• The Verger Queen or Bette's Full Service (2000)
• Does You Good (2001)
• Camille (2003) adaptation of The Lady of the Camellias
• Improbable (2004) radio

[edit] Sources

• Bartlett, Neil, adapter. 2003. Camille. By Alexandre Dumas fils. London: Oberon. ISBN 1840023600.
• Bartlett, Neil. 2005. Solo Voices: Monologues 1987-2004. London: Oberon. ISBN 1840024658.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Brief biography

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