- Richard Peaslee
Richard Peaslee is a composer for the theatre in London, having written the music for:
*thePeter Brook /Royal Shakespeare Company productions of "Marat/Sade ", "A Midsummer Night’s Dream ", "US" and "Antony and Cleopatra ";
*Peter Hall /National Theatre "Animal Farm ";
*Terry Hands / RSC "Tamburlaine the Great ";
*and the musical "Moby-Dick ".New York City:
*Joseph Papp /New York Shakespeare Festival "Richard III ", "Henry IV ", "Troilus and Cressida " and "Antigone ";
*Martha Clarke andMusic Theatre Group "The Garden of Earthly Delights ", "Vienna Lusthaus ", "The Hunger Artist " and "Miracolo d’Amore ";
*Broadway "Indians", "Teibele and Her Demon ", "Frankenstein " and "Boccaccio ";
*children's / family theatre "The Snow Queen ", "The Children’s Crusade " and "Tanglewood Tales "; and an opera, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ".Dance:
New York City Ballet "Touch " andPilobolus "The Four Humours ",Twyla Tharp ,Lar Lubovitch ,Kathryn Posin ,Grethe Holby andElizabeth Keen .Concert works: the Philadelphia, Detroit, Seattle, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Buffalo Symphony Orchestras. Jazz, William Russo’s London Jazz Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Stan Kenton and Ted Heath Orchestras and Gerry Mulligan.
Awards
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American Academy of Arts and Letters Marc Blitzstein award
*Obie
*Villager Award
*NEA fellowships.
*NYFA fellowships.External links
* [http://www.richardpeaslee.com Richard Peaslee's website]
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