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Berkoff the Inimitable: Steven Berkoff & Peter Howson, Poetry & Art // Hibrow

Join the great British actor, author, playwright and director Steven Berkoff at home as he introduces his personal collection of Peter Howson paintings and discusses what art means to him and his work. Additionally, enjoy a film of Steven's first ever public performance of his own poetry, recording his first impressions of the USA when travelling there as a young man (recorded live at the Club at the Ivy, London). Steven Berkoff was born in Stepney, London. After studying drama and mime in London and Paris, he entered a series of repertory companies and in 1968 formed the London Theatre Group. His plays and adaptations have been performed in many countries and in many languages. Among the many adaptations Berkoff has created for the stage, directed and toured, are Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Trial, Agamemnon after Aeschylus, and Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. He has directed and toured productions of Shakespeare's Coriolanus also playing the title role, Richard II, Hamlet and Macbeth, as well as Oscar Wilde's Salome. Berkoff's original stage plays include East, West, Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion, The Secret Love Life of Ophelia, Decadence, Harry's Christmas, Massage, Acapulco and Brighton Beach Scumbags. He has performed his trilogy of solo shows, One Man, Shakespeare's Villains and Requiem for Ground Zero, in venues all over the world. Films Steven has acted in include A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo, Under the Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners and The Krays. He directed and co- starred with Joan Collins in the film version of his play Decadence. He has published a variety of books on the theatre such as the production journals I am Hamlet, Meditations on Metamorphosis and Coriolanus in Deutschland. Berkoff's work has led him to traverse the globe, and his love for travel is apparent in his book Shopping in the Santa Monica Mall: The Journals of a Strolling Player. Watch "Steven Berkoff on the art of Peter Howson" in full and for free on Hibrow here: http://www.hibrow.tv/player.html?em=A... Watch "Berkoff's America" in full and for free on Hibrow here: http://www.hibrow.tv/player.html?em=B... ------- Click SUBSCRIBE for more high quality content Visit our website | http://www.hibrow.tv Follow us on all our social media: Facebook |   / hibrowser   Twitter |   / hibrowtv