Steve Gooch Biography (1945-)

Born July 22, 1945, in Surrey, England. Addresses: AGENT--c/o MargaretRamsay, Ltd., 14-A Goodwin's Court, London WC2N 4LL, England.

Famous Works

Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
Director, Night Shift, Theatre Venture, 1983.
Also directed plays by Writer's Workshop and West London Theatre Workshopstudents.
Writings;PLAYS
(Adaptor) Great Expectations, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, U.K., 1970.
(translator) Man Is Man, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1971.
(translator) Big Wolf, Royal Court Theatre, 1972, published by Davis Poynter, 1972.
(translator) The Mother, Half Moon Theatre, London, 1972, published by Eyre Methuen, 1978.
(translator) It's All for the Best, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on- Trent, U.K., 1972.
Will Wat: If Not, What Will, Half Moon Theatre, 1972, published by PlutoPress, 1975.
Nick, Northcott Theatre, Exeter, U.K., 1972.
Dick, Half Moon Theatre, 1973.
Female Transport, Half Moon Theatre, 1973, then New York City, 1976, published by Pluto Press, 1975.
(with Paul Thompson) The Motor Show, Dagenham, U.K., then Half Moon Theatre, 1974, published by Pluto Press, 1975.
(translator) Cock-Artist, Almost Free Theatre, London, 1974, published inGambit 39-40, John Calder, 1979.
(with Frank McDermott) Strike '26, Popular Theatre, tour of U.K.
cities, 1975.
(with Thompson) Made in Britain, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, U.K., 1976.

Our Land, Our Lives, 7:84 Touring Theatre Company, U.K. cities, 1976.
Back Street Romeo, Half Moon Theatre, 1977.
(translator) Rosie, Half Moon Theatre, 1977.
The Women-Pirates Ann Bonney and Mary Read, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1978, published by Pluto Press, 1978.
Floatsam, published in Gambit 39-40, John Caler, 1979.
Landmark, Essex University, Essex, U.K., 1980, published by Theatre Action Press, 1980.
Fast One, produced and published by Solent People's Theatre, 1982.
(adaptor) Fuente Oeujuna, Theatre Venture, Tom Allen Centre, London, 1982.
Taking Liberties, Theatre Venture, 1984.
Good for You, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, U.K., 1985.
Mister Fun, Metro Theatre Company, tour of U.K. cities, 1986.
Star Turns, Warehouse Theatre, Croyden, U.K., 1987.
Also wrote How the Peace Was Lost, Passed On, What Brothers Are For, In the Club, and translated Home Work, Trumpets and Drums, Public Relations, Future Perfect.
Writings;RADIO PLAYS; TRANSLATOR
The Kiosk, 1970.
Delinquent, 1978.
Santis, 1980.
If It's What They Want, 1984.
Bill of Health, 1987.
Writings;TELEPLAYS
The Women-Pirates Ann Bonney and Mary Read, Thames, 1974.
Writings;NONFICTION
(Translator) Wolf Biermann: Poems and Ballads, Pluto Press, 1977.
(translator) Wallraff: The Undesirable Journalist, Pluto Press, 1978.
All Together Now, Eyre Methuen, 1984.

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