Graeme Fife

Graeme Fife is a prolific English writer, playwright and broadcaster. His first career was as a schoolmaster.

Education

Fife was educated at schools in Durham and Durham University, where he gained a first class Honours degree in Greek.

Teaching career

* Head of Classics for one year at a school in Lancashire
* Classics master at Gresham's School, Holt from 1970 to 1979
* Lecturer in Greek and Roman literature, University of Reading

Publications

Books

*Building the Trireme (with appendix: The View from the Oarbench) (Constable, 1988)
*Polly Polestar (Ginn & Co., 1989)
*The Wrong Side of the Bed (Ginn & Co., 1988) ISBN 0-602-28462-7
*The Man in Black (1990)
*Arthur the King: a study of mediaeval romance in its social, literary and historical context (BBC Books, 1990) ISBN 0-563-21510-0
*George Francis: Trainer of Champions (with George Francis, Mainstream, 1998) ISBN 1-84018-059-5
*Tour de France: the history, the legend, the riders (Mainstream, 1999) ISBN 1-84018-918-5
*Tour de France: Tour de Suffrance (translated from the French of Albert Londres, Cycle Sport, 1999)
*Inside the Peloton: Riding, Winning and Losing the Tour de France (2001) ISBN 1-84018-672-0
*The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine, France 1792-1794 (2004) ISBN 0-7499-5005-6
*Bogota Bandit: The Outlaw Life of Charlie Mitten: Manchester United's Penalty King (with Richard Adamson, 2005) ISBN 1-84596-065-3
*Bob Chicken: A Passion for the Bike (2005) ISBN 0-9551225-0-3
*Massif: Guide to the great climbs of the Pyrenees (Rapha, 2006)
*The Beautiful Machine (2007 - in production) ISBN 1-84596-241-9

Plays

*Praise Be to God (Graeae Company, Orange Tree, London, 1987)
*Reg (1987)
*The Great French Revolution Show
*Lysistrata by Aristophanes (translated and adapted)
*Horses
*The Silver Nutmeg (musical, with Peter Thorne)
*Grimaldi (musical drama, with Peter Thorne)
*Once Upon a Time... (dramatic song sequence for narrator and singers, with Peter Thorne)
*The Andria (translation from The Andria of Terence, with Sebastian Eden) (Gresham's School)
*The Weaker Sex (Southampton)
*Gesualdo (Gresham's School; Edinburgh, London, Melbourne)
*Mr Shakespeare...Mr Liebowitz (Deià, Majorca)
*Jam (London, Edinburgh, Swindon)
*The Door (opera) France

creenplays

*Chavasse Park ("promotional film for architectural development in Liverpool")
*Ghosts of Deptford ("six short films about celebrated denizens of Deptford")

Radio Scripts

*Elias Howe
*Thirty Stories, Monologues and Duologues
*Snipe 607
*Earth to Earth
*Vivaldi
*The Whisper of the Axe
*Arthur the King
*La Mogador
*The March of the Ten Thousand
*The Misfortune at Seaham
*A Breath of Fresh Air
*Pearls Go with Pearls
*Godslots
*Surviving Wagner
*St Cecilia of Sicilia
*WILF
*Cat’s Whiskers
*The Figaro Letters
*The Athenian Trireme
*Doggett’s Coat and Badge
*Revolutionary Portraits
*The Night Stairs
*The Mrichhakatikaa (with Roger Elsgood and Willi Richards)
*Timbuktu: Drowning in Sand
*Vegetarian Cyclists
*Pause for Thought
*Bikesongs
*Bicycle Music
*The Fighting Temeraire
*Saint-Saens, Samson et Dalila and the Lost Glory
*The Fighting Temeraire, The Battle and the Breeze
*In Search of Saint-Saëns

References

* [http://www.graemefife.com/work/ GraemeFife.com] - official site
* [http://www.biblio.com/author_biographies/2403166/Graeme_Fife.html Books by Graeme Fife at Biblio.com]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-author=Fife%2C%20Graeme/202-9995893-0743007 Books by Graeme Fife at amazon.co.uk]
* [http://www.bikepyrenees.com/hi/fifisms/Graeme_fife_cv.htm Graeme Fife at Bikepyrenees.com]
* [http://www.bikepyrenees.com/hi/articles/blazing1998.htm From Lourdes to Lisbon with the Blazing Saddles]