Adam Long

Adam Long was a founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company. From 1987-2003 [ [http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/timeline.php Reduced Shakespeare Company official timeline] accessed July 3, 2007] he co-wrote and performed "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" [ [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9906EEDD163EF934A25753C1A9679C8B63 Review, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)] , New York Times] "The Complete History of America (abridged)" [ [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=2&res=9F0CE0DA1139F937A15754C0A965958260&oref=slogin Review, The Complete History of America (abridged)] , New York Times] , "The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show" for the BBC World Service, and "The Ring Reduced", a 30 minute condensation of Wagner's Ring Cycle for Channel 4 television.

In 1996, Long directed the Reduced Shakespeare Company's London production of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" which was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1997 [ [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/winners/display?contentId=72656 The Nominees and Winners of The Laurence Olivier Awards for 1997] London Theatre Guide, accessed 3 July 2007] , and ran for 9 years at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus.

Long left The Reduced Shakespeare Company in 2003. He then co-wrote and starred in "The Barn" [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/826352 BFI catalog entry, The Barn] ] , an independent feature film which won a British Independent Film Award in 2004 - The Raindance Award, for the film which best embodies the spirit of independent filmmaking. In 2006, he wrote and performed "Star Wars Shortened" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5256380.stm] [http://arts.guardian.co.uk:80/news/story/0,,1840233,00.html] for Sky Movies, and "The Condensed History of Tony Blair" for BBC Radio 4 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/pip/o3odd/] . In 2007 he wrote and directed "Dickens Unplugged", which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/edinburgh/reviews/review.php/17728/dickens-unplugged Dickens Unplugged, Assembly Ballroom, Edinburgh] , review in The Stage, 9 August, 2007] [ [http://www.culturewars.org.uk/2007-08/dickens.htm Dickens Unplugged: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Abridged)] , review by Jo Caird of the UK review site "Culture Wars", 28 August, 2007] The show was brought to Guildford in February, 2007, [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/18/btdickens118.xml Dickens Unplugged: They did it to Shakespeare - now it's Dickens' turn] Dominic Cavendish interviews Adam Long in The Daily Telegraph] and made its West End debut on May 23, 2008 at the Comedy Theatre. [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/20424/dickens-unplugged-to-make-west-end-debut-at Dickens Unplugged to make West End debut at Comedy Theatre] , The Stage, April 16, 2008]

Adam Long currently resides in Chicago.

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* [http://www.bifa.org.uk/winners.php?ceremony=9 British Independent Film Awards 2004]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zv1HADbII Star Wars Shortened on You Tube ]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/6343569.stm The Condensed History of Tony Blair, BBC Radio Four ]
* [http://www.unpluggedtheatre.com/ Dickens Unplugged ]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518862/ Adam Long at IMDB ]