Graeme Fife

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Graeme Fife is a prolific English writer, playwright and broadcaster. His first career was as a schoolmaster.

Contents

[edit] Education

Fife was educated at schools in Durham and Durham University, where he gained a first class Honours degree in Greek.

[edit] Teaching Career

[edit] Writer

[edit] Books by Graeme Fife

  • Building the Trireme (with appendix: The View from the Oarbench) (Constable, 1988)
  • Polly Polestar (Ginn & Co., 1989)
  • The Wrong Side of the Bed (Ginn & Co., 1988) ISBN 0602284627
  • The Man in Black (1990)
  • Arthur the King: a study of mediaeval romance in its social, literary and historical context (BBC Books, 1990) ISBN 0563215100
  • George Francis: Trainer of Champions (with George Francis, Mainstream, 1998) ISBN 1840180595
  • Tour de France: the history, the legend, the riders (Mainstream, 1999) ISBN 1840189185
  • Tour de France: Tour de Suffrance (translated from the French of Albert Londres, Cycle Sport, 1999)
  • Inside the Peloton: Riding, Winning and Losing the Tour de France (2001) ISBN 1840186720
  • The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine, France 1792-1794 (2004) ISBN 0749950056
  • Bogota Bandit: The Outlaw Life of Charlie Mitten: Manchester United's Penalty King (with Richard Adamson, 2005) ISBN 1845960653
  • Bob Chicken: A Passion for the Bike (2005) ISBN 0955122503
  • Massif: Guide to the great climbs of the Pyrenees (Rapha, 2006)
  • The Beautiful Machine (2007 - in production) ISBN 1845962419

[edit] Plays by Graeme Fife

  • Praise Be to God (Graeae Company, Orange Tree, London, 1987)
  • Reg (1987)
  • The Great French Revolution Show
  • Lysistrata by Aristophanes (translated and adapted)
  • Horses
  • The Silver Nutmeg (musical, with Peter Thorne)
  • Grimaldi (musical drama, with Peter Thorne)
  • Once Upon a Time... (dramatic song sequence for narrator and singers, with Peter Thorne)
  • The Andria (translation from the Latin of Terence, with Sebastian Eden) (Gresham's School)
  • The Weaker Sex (Southampton)
  • Gesualdo (Gresham's School; Edinburgh, London, Melbourne)
  • Mr Shakespeare...Mr Liebowitz (Deya)
  • Jam (London, Edinburgh, Swindon)
  • The Door (opera) France

[edit] Screenplays by Graeme Fife

  • Chavasse Park (promotional film for architectural development in Liverpool)
  • Ghosts of Deptford (six short films about celebrated denizens of Deptford)

[edit] Radio Scripts by Graeme Fife

  • Elias Howe
  • Thirty Stories, Monologues and Duologues
  • Snipe 607
  • Earth to Earth
  • Vivaldi
  • The Whisper of the Axe
  • Arthur the King
  • La Mogador
  • The March of the Ten Thousand
  • The Misfortune at Seaham
  • A Breath of Fresh Air
  • Pearls Go with Pearls
  • Godslots
  • Surviving Wagner
  • St Cecilia of Sicilia
  • WILF
  • Cat’s Whiskers
  • The Figaro Letters
  • The Athenian Trireme
  • Doggett’s Coat and Badge
  • Revolutionary Portraits
  • The Night Stairs
  • The Mrichhakatikaa (with Roger Elsgood and Willi Richards)
  • Timbuktu: Drowning in Sand
  • Vegetarian Cyclists
  • Pause for Thought
  • Bikesongs
  • Bicycle Music
  • The Fighting Temeraire
  • Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila and the Lost Glory
  • The Fighting Temeraire, The Battle and the Breeze
  • In Search of Saint-Saëns

[edit] References

William Shakespeare  This article about a English writer, poet or playwright is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../g/r/a/Graeme_Fife_786d.html"