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Biyi Bandele

1967-2022

Born: Nigeria, 1967

Biography

Nigerian born Biyi Bandele is an award winning playwright, director and novelist. He has worked with the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as writing radio drama and screenplays for television. He was the Arts Council Resident Dramatist with the Talawa Theatre Company at the Cochrane Theatre, London from 1993-94, and a Writer-in-Residence at the Royal National Theatre studio in 1995.

Productions

Marching for Fausa

Marching for Fausa

Year: 1993

Staged in: English Stage Company

Happy Birthday Mister Deka D

Happy Birthday Mister Deka D

Year: 1999

Staged in: Told by an Idiot

Oroonoko

Oroonoko

Year: 1999

Staged in: Royal Shakespeare Company

Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought

Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought

Year: 1994

Staged in: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986

Death Catches the Hunter

Death Catches the Hunter

Year: 1995

Staged in: Wild Iris

Brixton Stories (Or the Short and Happy Life of Ossie Jones)

Brixton Stories (Or the Short and Happy Life of Ossie Jones)

Year: 2001

Staged in: Royal Shakespeare Company

Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us

Year: 1998

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Year: 1997

Staged in: National Theatre Studio

Two Horsemen

Two Horsemen

Year: 1994

Staged in: Gate Theatre

Publications

Marching for Fausa

Marching for Fausa

Year: 1993

Publisher: Amber Lane Press

Two Horsemen

Two Horsemen

Year: 1994

Publisher: Amber Lane Press

Resurrections

Resurrections

Year: 1994

Publisher: Amber Lane Press

Death Catches the Hunter

Death Catches the Hunter

Year: 1995

Publisher: Amber Lane Press

Oroonoko

Oroonoko

Year: 1999

Publisher: Amber Lane Press

Brixton Stories and Happy Birthday Mr Deka D

Brixton Stories and Happy Birthday Mr Deka D

Year: 2001

Publisher: Methuen Drama

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