| Steven Berkoff
plays and DVDs are available in shops and
libraries. You can also buy them on-line from
Amazon.
Scroll down the page or click on the images to jump
direct to a section:
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| Plays |
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Plays
One.
East, West, Greek, Sink the Belgrano!, Massage, Lunch,
The Bow of Ulysses and Sturm und Drang.
Recommended for beginners, though
the language can be difficult. |
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Plays
Two.
Decadence, Kvetch, Acapulco, Harry's Christmas,
Brighton Beach Scumbags, Darling You Were Marvellous,
Pitbull and Actor. |
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Plays
Three.
Ritual of Blood, Messiah, Oedipus. |
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The
Trial / Metamorphosis / In the Penal Colony.
Kafka by Berkoff.
Recommended for beginners. The
English is easier. |
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| Agamemnon
/ The Fall of the House of Usher. |
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The Secret Love Life of Ophelia. |
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Sit and Shiver. |
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Decadencia / a La Griega
(Spanish translation). |
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| Essays
and stories |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
America
(essays- most reappear in Overview). |
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Coriolanus
in Deutschland
(performance journal). |
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Free Association
(autobiography). |
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Graft:
Tales of an Actor
(short stories). A collection of related short
stories about Harry (an autobiographical failed Berkoff).
Recommended |
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Gross
Intrusion
(short stories). |
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I
Am Hamlet
(performance journal). |
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Meditations
on "Metamorphosis"
(performance journal). A diary of Berkoff in Japan
staging Metamorphosis. Both the autobiographical
sequences and
the insights into the staging are excellent.
Recommended |
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Overview
(essays).
Recommended |
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A
Prisoner in Rio.
(film journal). Also called Brazil. |
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Requiem for Ground Zero.
A long poem about 911. |
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Shopping
in the Santa Monica Mall.
(essays) |
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The Theatre of Steven Berkoff.
Photos and text.
Recommended |
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Tough Acts! Memories of working with...
(essays).
Recommended |
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Steven Berkoff and the theatre of
self-performance.
A biography and critical investigation by Robert Cross.
Recommended |
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| DVDs
of Berkoff plays |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
Coriolanus, DVD Region 0 (all regions).
Berkoff directs and acts. 143 minutes.
As an extra Berkoff talks about the play.
Available via the National Theatre website.
Recommended |
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East, DVD Region 0 (all regions).
Berkoff directs.
Available via the National Theatre website.
Recommended |
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Salome, DVD Region 0 (all regions).
Berkoff directs and acts. As an extra there is an
interview with Berkoff.
Recommended |
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The
Trial, DVD Region 0 (all regions).
Berkoff directs and acts. 143 minutes. As an extra
Berkoff talks about the play.
Available via the National Theatre website.
Recommended |
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The
East End through the Ages (DVD).
A documentary with Berkoff talking about the East End of
London. |
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Videos and audio cassettes of
Berkoff plays |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
Decadence VHS.
Berkoff´s and Joan Collins star. |
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Macbeth audio cassette.
Berkoff stars in the Shakespeare play. |
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Salome, the video (UK format: VHS PAL).
Berkoff directs and acts. |
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The
East End through the Ages (UK format: VHS PAL).
A documentary with Berkoff talking about the East End of
London. |
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Metamorphosis
and The Judgement audio cassette.
Berkoff reading the original Kafka stories (not his
version). |
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The
Trial audio cassette.
Berkoff reading the from original Kafka novel (not his
version). |
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| Berkoff
in films and television |
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Absolute Beginners DVD. |
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| Another
9 1/2 Weeks DVD. |
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Attila DVD. |
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Barry
Lyndon DVD.
Berkoff good in a short out-of-character role, his second
Kubrick film. |
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Beginner´s Luck DVD. |
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Beverly Hills Cop DVD.
Berkoff´s most famous blockbuster role. |
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Brass
Eye DVD
Spoof documentaries with guests unaware the documentaries
are fake. |
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Charlie DVD |
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Children of Dune DVD. |
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A
Clockwork Orange DVD
A small role for Berkoff, but which influenced East.
Recommended |
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Fair
Game DVD
Berkoff in one of his best villain roles.
Recommended |
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| Flynn
(My Forgotten Man) DVD. |
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| In
the Beginning DVD. |
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| The
Krays DVD. |
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Kubrick
boxed set DVD
Berkoff appears in two Kubrick films. |
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| Legionnaire
DVD. |
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| Nicholas
and Alexandra DVD. |
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| Nine
Dead Gay Guys DVD. |
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| Octopussy
DVD. |
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| Outland
DVD. |
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Prehistoric Women DVD. |
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Rambo
DVD
Berkoff tortures Stallone. |
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Rambo
Trilogy DVD
Berkoff tortures Stallone. |
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| Rancid
Aluminium DVD. |
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| Randall
and Hopkirk (Deceased) DVD. |
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Revolution DVD
Berkoff excellent in a short role. |
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Under the Cherry Moon DVD
Prince directing Berkoff. |
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Wittgenstein for beginners
Berkoff does the voiceover in this audio cassette. |
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| Music |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
N-Trance:
Happy Hour CD
features Berkoff on one track. |
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| Related
books etc: sources |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
| Aeschylus:
Agamemnon. |
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| Kafka:
The complete short stories including Metamorphosis. |
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| Kafka:
The complete novels (Trial, Amerika, Castle). |
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| Kafka:
Metamorphosis and other stories. |
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| Kafka:
The Trial. |
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| Kafka:
Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony and other stories. |
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| Kafka:
a biography. |
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| Kafka:
the diaries. |
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| Edgar
Allen Poe: The Complete Tales and Poems. |
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| Edgar
Allen Poe: The Fall of the House of Usher and other
Tales. |
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The
Passover Plot
by Hugh Schonfield
(Berkoff´s basis for Messiah). |
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Miss
Julie and other plays
by August Strindberg. |
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| Oscar
Wilde: Salome. |
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Salome
by William Tydeman and Steven Price
Analysis of performances of Salome, with 8 pages on
Berkoff´s Salome. |
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Related books etc:
Shakespeare's Villains
Plays and videos mentioned in the show |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
| Shakespeare:
Richard II |
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Shakespeare: Richard III. |
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| Shakespeare:
Coriolanus. |
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| Shakespeare:
Macbeth. |
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| Shakespeare:
Hamlet. |
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Shakespeare: Othello. |
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Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice. |
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Richard
III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. You can't
get any better. DVD.
Recommended |
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Henry
V, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.
Filmed during the second world war, this production
received the support of the British government, to build
up British morale. DVD.
Recommended |
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Richard
III with Ian McKellen DVD
A superb performance by McKellen, and sublime settings
with St. Pancras Railway Station turned into a royal
palace.
Recommended |
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Rebecca.
Olivier directed by Hitchcock in one of the all time
great films. DVD.
Recommended |
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| Related books etc:
influences |
USA |
UK/ Europe |
| Artaud,
The Theatre and its Double. |
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| Artaud
for Beginners. |
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Artaud´s
Theatre of Cruelty
by Albert Bermel. |
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Antonin
Artaud
by Martin Esslin. |
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Reflections
on Theatre
by Barrault. |
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The Empty Space
by Peter Brook. |
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Gadamer,
History, and the Classics : Fugard, Marowitz, Berkoff,
and Harrison Rewrite the Theatre
by Alison Forsyth "...Berkoff
links his critique of the hermeneutic nihilism that
allows intratextual imposition or aesthetic distanciation
to take place"
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