Richard Morris
Playwright
After a varied career as footballer, builder's labourer, shop assistant, antique dealer, tour guide,
Lecturer in History, Religion and London for Wandsworth Adult Education
Richard gained an MA in Literature and Politics 1776 - 1830 in 1997
His twenty thousand word dissertation was titled
The Republic of James Fenimore Cooper
He is a qualified Blue Badge Guide, City Guide, Palace Of Westminster and York Minster Guide and is available for walking tours of areas of London
Formerly Visiting Tutor at Hillcroft College Surbiton
working on Enrichment Programme
Black History, Beliefs, Drama, Creative Writing
Richard Morris started writing in 1997 and attended the City Lit class run by Michelene Wandor.
Out of this workshop emerged
Grace Under Pressure directed by Matt Peover which was performed at The Old Red Lion Islington
for three weeks during summer 2000.
It gained a Critics Choice from TimeOut and subsequently played to sold out
houses.
It has been revived December 2004 by David Macfarlane a young and talented director at Edgehill Universirty
Poets Must Dance
based on the life of the poet John Clare has had two rehearsed readings.
Hannah and Arthur
a Victorian love story has had a rehearsed reading at
The Rosemary Branch Theatre, Islington.
Bitter Fruit Of Palestine
a play about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
The play ran for four weeks at Barons Court Theatre in November 2002
Bitter Fruit of Palestine
A Reflection On Dispossession
A Monologue performed and workshopped after its Oxford debut at
The Old Sorting Office Barnes on April 24 2008
History Quintet
are a series of short plays for children, historically accurate and written mostly in rhyme.
Four have been performed by local schools in both Wandsworth and Merton, and since then the plays have been performed all over the British Isles, Europe, Canada and America.
The Norman Conquest,
What Did You Do In The War?
We Are Not Amused,
The Tudor Times
Write It Down
are published by
lazybeescripts.co.uk
as is my first non-history play
Sticky Snail and The Fire Dragons.
Most recently published is Tribes United March 2008
All can be read on line before purchase
What Did You Do In The War latest performance to be in Belfast
as well as We Are Not Amused.
Write it Down performed in Florida USA in October 2007
Germany In March 2008
Golden Rules
are playlets for children about school behaviour and have been been performed at The Wandsworth DramaFest and by local schools
A Man Of Quality
A short play dramatising an important part of the events leading to the abolition of slavery
Paul of Tarsus
in workshop state
Bitter Fruit of Palestine
A Monologue
Written and Performed by Richard Morris
Performed in Oxford 2008
Performed in London at
The Old Sorting Office Barnes on April 24 2008
Palmy Balmy Days
concerns old age and its vagaries about which he is becoming an expert .
This play was performed in March 2007 at Old Sorting Office Barnes.
see Plays for Oldham Coliseum critique.
Richard worked for one year as an Arts Practitioner with Chicken Shed Children's Theatre.
He has attended workshops with Shared Experience, Complicite and London Drama
Richard worked as a volunteer for two years with St Mungo's, running discussion and news letter groups at The Cedars Clapham, a Reminiscence Class for alchoholics in St Pancras and a Play Writing Group at the North Lambeth Day Centre. He worked as a volunteer Arts Practitioner in Newham for Chicken Shed Inclusive Children's Theatre. He is a trustee of Plum Arts, a co-operative artists group. As a mentor for Sova. an organisation whch provides mentors for people just out of prison, he mentored Paul from Brixton.
In September 2002 he worked as a learning mentor for an autistic child and a class with some learning problems at Swaffield School Wandsworth.
For one year he was Writer In Residence
at St George's Hospital Tooting
At Swaffield Primary School where he has worked as an Arts Practitioner, he also ran the Drama and Cricket Clubs as well as working with children with Special needs. Recently he worked at Gloucester Primary School Peckham running Drama sessions for Kidsco, the charity for children,
He is a member of The Institute of Guides/Lecturers, A York Minster Guide, A Palace of Westminster Guide, City Guide. He is a member of Human Writes, an organisation for people who write to prisoners on Death Row in America. He writes to Horatio in Oregon who is on kidney dialysis and in solitary confinement. Horatio is a deeply devout Christian and is awaiting an appeal which will take about four years.
He was a Visiting Tutor at HillCroft College Surbiton
tutoring on the enrichment programme
Beliefs, Drama Workshop, Creative Writing and Black History
Currently Training with The East London Oral History Centre and at London Metropolitan University on the post graduate Life Skills modules
When the training is completed Richard will be recording ten oral histories for the project.
Contact
email morrismacavity@tiscali.co.uk
Tel 020 8870 6527
Blog is http//jephtharoad.blogspot.com/ego trip