Roy Kift

Roy Kift (born 30 January 1943) in Bideford, Devon, is an English writer.[1]

Life

Roy Kift read French and Romance studies at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth, graduating with a BA in 1964. Between 1965 and 1968 he followed an acting course at the Drama Centre London. This was followed by acting seasons in Sheffield, Newcastle, London and Amsterdam. Since 1970 he has devoted his life mainly to writing and translating theatre plays and other texts, with a few excursions in directing and acting. His works include theatre plays, travel guides and children's books. He translates from French, German and Italian into English. Amongst the best-known authors he has translated are Molière, Goldoni, Patrick Süskind and Heinar Kipphardt. Roy Kift contributes regular articles and criticism to the New York theatre magazine "Western European Stages". Roy Kift was married to the social historian Dagmar Kift and has two daughters. He currently lives in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.

Prizes and awards

Works (Selection)

Theatre Plays [2]

TV plays

Several TV plays for the BBC, Thames Television and Granada Television.

Theatre translations

From French:

From Italian:

From German:

Other translations (selection): Books:

Children’s book

Travel guides [3]

Teaching activities

Roy Kift has lectured and taught at institutions like Tel-Aviv University, Glasgow University, the City University of New York (CUNY)in Geneseo, the Institut Francaise in London, Drama Centre London, the Fritz-Kirchhoff Theaterschule in Berlin, and the University of Cambridge (GB).

Articles and lectures on theatre

Film work

1984: ARD. Director: Unter deutschen Dächern. Teure Freunde (a film on the English occupying force in West Berlin)

2006: Narrator in Ilona Ziok's documentary film Kurt Gerrons Karussell (with Ben Becker, Ute Lemper and others)

2015: "The Cabaret of Death" (a Polish documentary film about Jewish humour in the holocaust: director Andzej Celinski), Gold Medal New York Arts Festival 2015. Prix Italia, 2015

References

  1. Arts, Center for Advanced Study in Theatre (2008). Western European stages. CASTA. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  2. http://www.roy-kift.com
  3. 1 2 http://www.klartext-verlag.de

External links

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