Martin Jago | |
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Born | Martin Jago 4 August 1972
Kent, England |
Occupation(s) | Theatre director, writer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Website | www.martinjago.net |
Martin Jago (born 4 August 1972) is a British theatre director [1] [2] [3] [4] and author. [5] [6] His first book, To Play or Not to Play: 50 Games for Acting Shakespeare, [7] [8] with a foreword by British actor Alfred Molina, was published in the U.S. in 2012 by Smith & Kraus. His second book, ESL Shakespeare: 101 Everyday Phrases, [9] [10] also published by Smith & Kraus, was released in 2013.
In 2018, Jago published two more theatre books with Smith & Kraus, From Courts to Dungeons, [11] [12] and The Actor's Complete Shakespeare Sonnet Bible. [13] [14]
As a poet, his work has been published in literary magazines and journals such as Agenda, [15] LIT Magazine, [16] The Moth, [17] and Acumen. [18]
Educated at The University of Oxford, Jago first trained as an actor [19] at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before a change of career in 2004 to focus on directing and writing for theatre and in 2014 he founded the Los Angeles-based theatre company, Raze the Space, which produces an annual festival of ten-minute plays and theatre awards at The Samuel French Bookstore in Hollywood.
Martin Jago | |
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Born | Martin Jago 4 August 1972
Kent, England |
Occupation(s) | Theatre director, writer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Website | www.martinjago.net |
Martin Jago (born 4 August 1972) is a British theatre director [1] [2] [3] [4] and author. [5] [6] His first book, To Play or Not to Play: 50 Games for Acting Shakespeare, [7] [8] with a foreword by British actor Alfred Molina, was published in the U.S. in 2012 by Smith & Kraus. His second book, ESL Shakespeare: 101 Everyday Phrases, [9] [10] also published by Smith & Kraus, was released in 2013.
In 2018, Jago published two more theatre books with Smith & Kraus, From Courts to Dungeons, [11] [12] and The Actor's Complete Shakespeare Sonnet Bible. [13] [14]
As a poet, his work has been published in literary magazines and journals such as Agenda, [15] LIT Magazine, [16] The Moth, [17] and Acumen. [18]
Educated at The University of Oxford, Jago first trained as an actor [19] at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before a change of career in 2004 to focus on directing and writing for theatre and in 2014 he founded the Los Angeles-based theatre company, Raze the Space, which produces an annual festival of ten-minute plays and theatre awards at The Samuel French Bookstore in Hollywood.