Picturing the Composer
Gary’s chapter in The Composer on Screen: Essays on Classical Music Biopics, edited by Paul Fryer. available via bookshops or order direct from McFarland…
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Follies at the National Theatre
The official National Theatre programme Contents: Stephen Sondheim’s biographer David Benedict on the making of a musical dramatist; composer Gary Yershon on…
Melodrama, Parody and Paradox
Opera North 2010 programme essay to accompany Jo Davies’ production of Ruddigore.
A Brief History of Theatrical Juxtaposition
Garsington Opera 2007 programme essay to accompany Martin Duncan’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos.
The Taming of the Shrew
Kathryn Hunter as Katherine Janet McTeer as Petruchio picture: Donald Cooper all-female company directed by Phyllida Lloyd, new prologue by Gary Yershon.…
The Water Babies
Chichester Festival Theatre Book : Gary Yershon / Music & Lyrics : Jason Carr / Directed by Jeremy Sams
Robin Hood in Cheltenham
essay in Robin Hood in Popular Culture, edited by Thomas Hahn, published by D.S. Brewer
Ruslan and Lyudmila
a dramatisation of Pushkin’s poem starring Pam Ferris, Kate Fleetwood, Alex Jennings, Toby Jones, Chris Langham, Kevin McKidd, David Ryall and Donald Sinden. BBC Radio…
Alexander Pushkin – The Place of the Poet
Pushkin is the father of Russian literature and, arguably, the creator of modern literary Russian language. His poetry is still recited in…
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham Book, Music and Lyrics by Gary Yershon Directed by Sheila Mander
The Devil You Know
Acorn Young People’s Theatre (now Nottingham Youth Theatre) at Nottingham Playhouse Somehow, I came to the attention of Alistair Conquer, who ran Nottingham…
Looking for a Bluebird
by Joseph Wechsberg : abridged in seven parts by Gary Yershon : read by Peter Jones : produced by Susan Roberts
Independence Day
book, music and lyrics Everyman Youth Theatre, Cheltenham Among the staff at the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham was Sheila Mander. She ran the…
