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Robert Holman

Robert Holman

Robert Holman (1952–2021) was a British playwright whose work has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, as well as in the West End and elsewhere. He is celebrated for the passionate humanity and quiet intensity of his plays, especially for his triptych of short plays, Making Noise Quietly, which was first seen at the Bush Theatre, London, in 1986, and has since been revived and adapted as a film (2019).

His plays include: Mud (Royal Court Theatre, 1974); German Skerries (Bush Theatre, 1977, and revived at the Orange Tree Theatre, 2016); Rooting (Traverse Theatre, 1979); Other Worlds (Royal Court Theatre, 1980); Today (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1984); The Overgrown Path (Royal Court Theatre, 1985); Making Noise Quietly (Bush Theatre, 1987, and revived at the Donmar Warehouse, 2012); Across Oka (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1988); Rafts and Dreams (Royal Court Theatre, 1990); Bad Weather (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1998); Holes in the Skin (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2003); Jonah and Otto (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2008, and revived at the Park Theatre, 2014); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky, co-written with David Eldridge and Simon Stephens (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 2010); A Breakfast of Eels (Print Room at the Coronet, 2015); and The Lodger (Coronet Theatre, London, 2021).

He also wrote a novel, The Amish Landscape, published in 1992.

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Bad Weather

Bad Weather

By Robert Holman

A play about freedom, guilt and the possibility of redemption, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Holes in the Skin

Holes in the Skin

By Robert Holman

A gripping play about the nature of violence.

Lost

Lost

By Robert Holman

The second play in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly.

Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
    Making Noise Quietly (short play)

    Making Noise Quietly (short play)

    By Robert Holman

    The third in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, also called Making Noise Quietly.

    Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
      Being Friends

      Being Friends

      By Robert Holman

      The first of the three plays that make up Robert Holman's acclaimed dramatic trilogy Making Noise Quietly.

      Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
        Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

        Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

        By Robert Holman

        An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.

        Jonah and Otto

        Jonah and Otto

        By Robert Holman

        A humane, funny and ultimately haunting play that explores masculinity, identity and what it means to be English.

        A Breakfast of Eels

        A Breakfast of Eels

        By Robert Holman

        An intense, elusive, and quietly beautiful play about a family crisis.

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        German Skerries

        German Skerries

        By Robert Holman

        An uplifting portrait of human hope and vulnerability, weaving resonant drama out of a friendship, a marriage, a holiday, and a death.

        Robert Holman Plays: One

        Robert Holman Plays: One

        By Robert Holman

        Five plays from Robert Holman's first decade of playwriting.

        The Lodger

        The Lodger

        By Robert Holman

        An enlightening, cathartic and acerbic new play about identity, maturity and reconciliation.

        The Natural Cause

        The Natural Cause

        By Robert Holman

        A dark and disturbing portrait of mental illness, and its effects on a young family.