Play Without Words
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Play Without Words is a 2002 ballet by English choreographer Matthew Bourne
with music by Terry Davies
. The work is an adaptation of the Joseph Losey
film, The Servant after the Robin Maugham
novel of the same title.
Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne OBE is a British classical and contemporary ballet and dance choreographer.-Biography:Matthew Bourne was born in Hackney, London in 1960. He went to William Fitt and Sir George Monoux School in Walthamstow, London...
with music by Terry Davies
Terry Davies
Terry Davies was a Welsh international full back who played club rugby for Swansea and Llanelli. He won 21 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand...
. The work is an adaptation of the Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey
Joseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...
film, The Servant after the Robin Maugham
Robin Maugham
Robert Cecil Romer Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham , known as Robin Maugham, was a British novelist, playwright and travel writer.-Early life:...
novel of the same title.
External links
- Play Without Words official website at New AdventuresNew AdventuresNew Adventures is a British dance company, specialising in contemporary dance. Founded by the choreographer Matthew Bourne in 2002, the company developed from an earlier company Adventures in Motion Pictures, which was later dissolved....