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Christopher Webber

Christopher Webber (born 27 May 1953) is an English

dramatist, actor, theatre director and writer
.

Biography

Webber was born in

Music and Musicians Magazine.[2]

As a writer, his early work included Bluff Your Way at the Races (Ravette) as well as many opera translations into English. Play commissions soon followed, beginning with a new English version of

Glasgow Citizens' Theatre and on tour throughout Scotland[5]
); and Green Tea, shortlisted for a Guinness Prize.

He is an authority on the Spanish

Cambridge
History of Spanish Opera and Music Theatre.

He is also an advisory editor and contributor to the

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, having written over forty entries including those on his Manchester Grammar School contemporary Steven Pimlott,[17] Sir Jimmy Young[18] and Joyce Hatto.[19] Webber has since been featured on British TV's Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4, in documentaries about Hatto, "the fraudster pianist".[20][21]

As an actor, he has worked in England's West End and Repertory Theatre, creating the role of Owl in the first stage version of

roleplaying, especially noted for his work on development of feedback techniques, including his formulation of Advocate Feedback.[25]

Plays

Books

References

  1. ^ The Oxford Companion to Music (OUP, 2002 ed. Alison Latham; major contributors, biographical section)
  2. ^ Biographical profile, Opera Magazine (London, July 1992)
  3. ^ "Derek Barnes". Chiuni.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ^ Mull Theatre, July–September 1993
  5. ^ Glasgow Citizens Theatre May 1998, tour May–August 1998
  6. ^ "La zarzuela se hace inglesa · ELPAÍS.com". El País. Elpais.com. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  7. ^ "New Zarzuela book, December 2002". Zarzuela.net. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  8. ISBN 9781316856024, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-operetta/3DF7A4F1A63E892DA5E54273A507F44F
  9. ^ most recent, Opera Magazine (London, September 2019; October 2019 et al.)
  10. ^ 'Say Hola to Zarzuela' (London, March 2013)
  11. ^ Plácido Domingo, Royal Opera House Gala, London February 1999
  12. ^ "New York Philharmonic: Plácido Domingo and the New York Philharmonic". Nyphil.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Don Quichotte".
  14. ^ "La verbena de la Paloma", Kings Theatre Edinburgh, August 1997
  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Congreso Internacional Ruperto Chapí". Ivm.gva.es. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Steven Pimlott". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Sir Leslie Ronald (Jimmy) Young". Oxfordddnb.com. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Joyce Hatto". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  20. ^ "The Great Piano Scam". Channel 4. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Radio 4 Programmes – Who Was Joyce Hatto?". BBC. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  22. ^ "Alan Ayckbourn Plays: A Word From Our Sponsor". Awordfromoursponsor.alanayckbourn.net. 20 April 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  23. ^ "Talking Heads", Mull Theatre (UK Repertory Premiere, June–September 1993)
  24. ^ "Talking Heads", English Theatre Berlin, January–March 2001
  25. ^ Andrew Baguley, "RolePlays - for training". Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

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