Patrick Wilde
Encyclopedia
Patrick Wilde is an English
playwright
and screenwriter
for both television and film.
, Mark Antony
for ATC and Amnon
in Tirso de Molina’s Rape of Tamar at the Lyric in London. He directed several productions of Shakespeare, as well as the British Premiere of Schiller’s Cabal and Love at the Lyric. He directed for The British Council in Pakistan
, the production in question causing a near riot (including gunfire in the street) for its 'scandalous depiction of women through the ages'.
Festival, including productions of Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew
and most notably his collaboration with writer Jonathan Rich to construct and direct Sell Out! He has also presented one of his own plays in Edinburgh (You Couldn't Make It Up), and his first feature film, Get Real, won a prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Wilde wrote the play because he "was sick of being told by people — even gay people — that it's easier to be gay now... But [he didn't] believe it's easier than it ever was to come out." This age of consent drama began at a small fringe theatre in London, but moved from there to the Oval house, then BAC and eventually to a successful run at The Arts in Leicester Square. It has since played in Europe, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and was selected by readers of The Purple Circuit to be one of the most influential Gay & Lesbian plays.
On the back of this success, Wilde was commissioned to write the film version, Get Real, which was directed by Simon Shore and went on to win several major awards, including both jury and audience prizes at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema, The Sydney Mardi Gras
Film Award and the audience prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival. It was also selected to play at The Sundance Film Festival
.
Wilde has also written the screenplay for Paul Monette
's Becoming A Man: Half A Life Story, although it has yet to make it into production.
, Patrick’s directing and writing careers now continued in tandem, including a second feature film, Things To Do Before You're 30
and stage play, You Couldn’t Make It Up. The latter was produced by Shaw under the Wild Justice banner and played to sell out houses at The Gilded Balloon in 2002, and then transferred to the New End in London.
At the end of 2006, Wilde collaborated with Sir Tim Rice
on a new version of his musical, Blondel
, which he directed for at The Pleasance
in London. Despite the limited run, Wilde proved the show could find a new audience more than 20 years after it had been seen on a professional stage.
In 2009 Wilde revived and directed What's Wrong With Angry again, this time at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, to another successful run. The Stage
notes that "What’s Wrong With Angry played an important part in the development of gay theatre at the end of the last century. Whilst Wilde is keen to point out in his notes that intolerance is as strong as it ever was, this play’s edge has been lost."1. Wilde also found time to direct Scott Mills - The Musical for BBC
Radio 1 at the Pleasance
as part of their appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe .
In 2010 Wilde directed the West End run of Tribute to the Blues Brothers at the Arts Theatre, Leicester Square, produced by Hartshorn-Hook. He also directed a new musical by Toby Herschmann and Kelly Kingham at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe call Jump .
Recently Wilde started offering script workshops and drama tuition in London.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
for both television and film.
Early work
Most of Wilde's early work was centred around the classics. He played HamletHamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
, Mark Antony
Mark Antony
Marcus Antonius , known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general. As a military commander and administrator, he was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother's cousin Julius Caesar...
for ATC and Amnon
Amnon
According to the Bible, Amnon was the oldest son of David, King of Israel, with his wife, Ahinoam, who is described as "the Jezreelitess". -Rape of Tamar:...
in Tirso de Molina’s Rape of Tamar at the Lyric in London. He directed several productions of Shakespeare, as well as the British Premiere of Schiller’s Cabal and Love at the Lyric. He directed for The British Council in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, the production in question causing a near riot (including gunfire in the street) for its 'scandalous depiction of women through the ages'.
Edinburgh Fringe
Wilde has worked several times over the years at the Edinburgh FringeEdinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August...
Festival, including productions of Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
and most notably his collaboration with writer Jonathan Rich to construct and direct Sell Out! He has also presented one of his own plays in Edinburgh (You Couldn't Make It Up), and his first feature film, Get Real, won a prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
The Wild Justice Company
In 1993 he set up Wild Justice Company, originally to present his first play, What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry?
What's Wrong With Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film Get Real.-History:...
Wilde wrote the play because he "was sick of being told by people — even gay people — that it's easier to be gay now... But [he didn't] believe it's easier than it ever was to come out." This age of consent drama began at a small fringe theatre in London, but moved from there to the Oval house, then BAC and eventually to a successful run at The Arts in Leicester Square. It has since played in Europe, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and was selected by readers of The Purple Circuit to be one of the most influential Gay & Lesbian plays.
On the back of this success, Wilde was commissioned to write the film version, Get Real, which was directed by Simon Shore and went on to win several major awards, including both jury and audience prizes at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema, The Sydney Mardi Gras
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
The Sydney Mardi Gras is an annual LGBTQI pride parade and festival in Sydney, Australia, and draws in thousands of visitors from around Australia and overseas...
Film Award and the audience prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival. It was also selected to play at The Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
.
Television Scriptwriting
Patrick’s writing career took off, and alongside writing for such TV staples as Casualty, Holby City, EastEnders, Monarch of The Glen and Peak Practice he was also part of the creative team on more ground breaking shows such as City Central, As If and most notably, This Life.Wilde has also written the screenplay for Paul Monette
Paul Monette
Paul Landry Monette was an American author, poet, and activist best remembered for his essays about gay relationships.-Biography:...
's Becoming A Man: Half A Life Story, although it has yet to make it into production.
Recent work
Having linked up with producer Pete ShawPete Shaw
For the football player of the same name see Pete Shaw .Pete Shaw is a British author, broadcaster, programmer and theatrical producer.- Early life :...
, Patrick’s directing and writing careers now continued in tandem, including a second feature film, Things To Do Before You're 30
Things To Do Before You're 30
Things to Do Before You're 30 is a British film about a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang on to the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing them in different directions...
and stage play, You Couldn’t Make It Up. The latter was produced by Shaw under the Wild Justice banner and played to sell out houses at The Gilded Balloon in 2002, and then transferred to the New End in London.
At the end of 2006, Wilde collaborated with Sir Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
on a new version of his musical, Blondel
Blondel (musical)
Blondel, a rock opera musical by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver , was inspired by, and very loosely based on, the life of the eponymous French troubadour...
, which he directed for at The Pleasance
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
in London. Despite the limited run, Wilde proved the show could find a new audience more than 20 years after it had been seen on a professional stage.
In 2009 Wilde revived and directed What's Wrong With Angry again, this time at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, to another successful run. The Stage
The Stage
The Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. Covering all areas of the entertainment industry but focused primarily on theatre, it contains news, reviews, opinion, features and other items of interest, mainly to those who work within the...
notes that "What’s Wrong With Angry played an important part in the development of gay theatre at the end of the last century. Whilst Wilde is keen to point out in his notes that intolerance is as strong as it ever was, this play’s edge has been lost."1. Wilde also found time to direct Scott Mills - The Musical for BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Radio 1 at the Pleasance
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
as part of their appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe .
In 2010 Wilde directed the West End run of Tribute to the Blues Brothers at the Arts Theatre, Leicester Square, produced by Hartshorn-Hook. He also directed a new musical by Toby Herschmann and Kelly Kingham at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe call Jump .
Recently Wilde started offering script workshops and drama tuition in London.
Writing Credits
- The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
Television (Episode 415, 2006) - Family AffairsFamily AffairsFamily Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
Television (Episode 15th Nov, 2005) - Things To Do Before You're 30Things To Do Before You're 30Things to Do Before You're 30 is a British film about a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang on to the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing them in different directions...
Film (2004) - You Couldn't Make It Up Stage (2002)
- Monarch of the Glen Television (Episode #2.4, 2001)
- Monarch of the Glen Television (Episode #1.6, 2000)
- As IfAs IfAs If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...
Television (Episode #1.14, 2000) - As IfAs IfAs If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...
Television (Episode #1.3, 2000) - Peak PracticePeak PracticePeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
Television (Change of Life, 1999) - Peak PracticePeak PracticePeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
Television (Fighting Chance, 1999) - Peak PracticePeak PracticePeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
Television (Comrades in Arms, 1999) - Sunburn Television (1999)
- Casualty Television (Team Work, 1999)
- Casualty Television (Next of Kin, 1998)
- City Central Television (1998)
- Get Real Film (1998)
- This LifeThis LifeThis Life is a BBC television drama that was produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two. Two series were broadcast in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007....
Television (Brief Encounter, 1996) - This LifeThis LifeThis Life is a BBC television drama that was produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two. Two series were broadcast in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007....
Television (Family Outing, 1996) - What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film Get Real.-History:...
Stage (1993)