Plays, Books and Musicals by Gregory Motton

Where there are two dates given, the first date is that of writing.         
to read more about each one, click on the title

Plays
THE WHORE OF LIVADIA 1981-83
CAINS AND ABEL 1983
RAIN Loughborough Hotel, Kings Head Theatre Upper St.1984
MR JOHNSON GAINS WEIGHT Bear And Staff, Charring Cross Road 1984
THE LURE   College Arms, Royal College Street 1985
THE MOVER Bear And Staff  1985
CHICKEN (Penguin, Oberon) Portland Arms, Finborough Arms,1986 Riverside Studios  
1987
AMBULANCE (Penguin, Oberon) Royal Court 1987
DOWNFALL (Methuen, Oberon) Royal Court 1988
LOOKING AT YOU (REVIVED) AGAIN (Flood Books, Oberon) Leicester  1989
GRAINS OF SAND  1990
THE LIFE OF SAINT FANNY BY HERSELF 1992
MESSAGE FOR THE BROKEN HEARTED 1990 (Flood Books, Oberon)L'pool 1993
THE TERRIBLE VOICE OF SATAN 1991(Flood Books, Oberon) Royal Court 1993

CAT AND MOUSE (SHEEP)1992 (Flood Books, Oberon) Théâtre de L'Odéon 1995

  • The Forest of Mirrors (Methuen[38]) National Theatre Studio,
  • In Praise of Progress[39] (Oberon) Theatre de L'Odeon 1999,
  • A Little Satire (Oberon) Gate Theatre 1997,
  • God's Island[40] (Oberon) Theatre de La Tempête 2001,
  • You Need Some of This, Théâtre de Gennevilliers,
  • Gengis Amongst the Pygmies[41] (Oberon) Comedie Francaise 2004,
  • A Holiday In The Sun[42] (Oberon) Radio France Culture 2005,
  • Same as the Old Boss - How the Labour Party Betrayed the Working Classes, 2005, commissioned by The National Theatre (Levellers Press)
  • The World's Biggest Diamond[43] (Oberon) Royal Court 2005,[44][45]
  • The Rape Of Europe (Levellers Press 2011) Commissioned 2008, Calder Bookshop Theatre Jan 2013
  • Petrol (Levellers Press 2013) Gulbenkian Theatre March 2013
  • A Worthless Man (Levellers Press 2017)
  • Palm Sunday12th April 2024
  • All Abord, April 2024,
  • Listen to Me Now,12th April 2024, Soho Folk and Blues, 26th July 2024 (Levellers Press)
  • Burning House, 10th May 2024 Soho Folk and Blues, 26th July 2024
  • The Balcony, 17th April 2024, Soho Folk and Blues, 19th July 2024
  • Omphalos, 17th May 2024 Soho Folk and Blues, 26th July 2024
  • Car Door Handle, 17th May 2024 Soho Folk and Blues, 26th July 2024
  • Simeon, 24th May 2024, Soho Folk and Blues, 19th July 2024,& 15th April, Deal Angling club, 14th December 2024
  • People Get Ready, 3rd July 2024 Soho Folk and Blues 19th July 2024.
  • Wake up, 16th June 2024
  • Judas of the Field, 15th August 2024, Soho Folk and Blues 15th April 2025
  • No Fuss, 9th September 2024,
  • Two Women, 19th September 2024,
  • I wish I wish I wish in Vain, 2024,
  • First They Came For, 5th November 2024,(Levellers Press), Torriano Meeting House, October 2025.
  • This Isn't My vibe, This Isn't What I Meant, 13th Novernber 2024, Soho Folk and Blues, 15th April 2025
  • #17, 13th november 2024,
  • When a Tyrant is Dead, December 2024,
  • Help is on its Way, 5th December 2024 (Levellers Press) Torriano Meeting House October 2025.
  • Lazarus, 8th February 2025, Soho Folk and Blues 15th April 2025
  • Liberate yourself, 31st July 2025 (Levellers Press)Torriano Meeting House, October 2025
  • The Finger on the Pulse, 28th August 2025
  • Found Guilty, October 2025
  • The Extra Mile 27th November 2025
  • Welcome Mr Norris, November 2025
  • Yellow Warning, December 2025
  • No Room At The Inn, 20th December 2025
  • The Story of Mary and Joseph, 2025
  • You Think  January 2026
  • Roll  January 2026
  • When the Beggar  February 2026


Musicals
NEFERTITI AND AKHENATEN 2010
THE MYSTERY OF HILL STREET Royal Court commission 2010
DRACULA 2011
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE 2013


Short plays
THE JUG 1990 (BBC Radio)
LAZY BRÍEN 1991 (BBC Radio)
A MONOLOGUE (Oberon) Musée Dauphinoise 2000
THE MOTHER 2006
PIRATES   2006   


 Adaptations
 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Belgrade Theatre, Coventry 1992

Books
HELPING THEMSELVES- THE LEFT WING MIDDLE  CLASSES IN THEATRE AND THE
ARTS (Levellers Press) 2008,
A WORKING CLASS ALTERNATIVE TO LABOUR 2013
LETTERS ABOUT NOTHING 2014
A PRISONER OF PASSION - MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 2014
THE ICE FLOE GIRL 2015

  Films
The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah

Part One 2018
Part Two 2019

Part Three  2020

Part Four 2021

Dracula 2022

Lilith 2022
    

Film Scripts
A POET ASSASSINATED after Apollinaire 1991
CASTLE RACKRENT  1992   

 

Translations
from Swedish
THE GHOST SONATA
THE PELICAN
SWANWHITE
THE BURNED SITE
THE STORM
THE FATHER
MISS JULIE
COMRADES                { plays by Strindberg
CREDITORS                all published by Oberon}
THE GREAT HIGHWAY
THE BLACK GLOVE
THE DANCE OF DEATH
EASTER

from  Norwegian
THE NAME  by Jon Fosse (Oberon)
SOMEONE IS GOING TO COME  by Jon Fosse(Oberon)

from German
WOYZECK by Buchner  (Nick Hern Books)

Application for performance for all of the above can be made to the author via
levellerspress@yahoo.co.uk. CDs of the musicals are also available on application