Collection of fiction, poetry and essays exploring the forbidden zones of illicit sex and obsessive behavior
First 17 minutes: experimental video with dolls, shoes, colour overlays etc. (content unidentified, possibly off-air recordings); then venue interior shots and Neil Bartlett in solo rehearsal or performance. Venue unidentified but possibly Battersea Arts Centre, which would make this 1987 and the earliest version of the piece. Performance section followed by music videos, film excerpts etc. (presumably recorded off-air).Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Neil and Nicolas two-hander. Wide shot. Brighton.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A Judgement in Stone is a stage-adaptation of the novel by Ruth Rendell, music by Nicolas Bloomfield (produced 1992). Documentation of 1995 performance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. With Sheila Hancock.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Documentation of performance at the National Theatre, 15 April 1993. Marivaux play produced by Gloria, translated and directed by Neil Bartlett.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
By Neil Bartlett and Nicolas Bloomfield after a text by Balzac. Part two, for part one see REF. D2015.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Short compilation tape featuring brief appearance by Neil Bartlett, working as MC/Compere, and brief appearances by Annie Griffin, Richard Layzell, Gary Stevens, Derek Jarman and others.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Documentation of 1994 performance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Neil and Nicolas two-hander. Close-up. Brighton.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Short film for television written and directed by Neil Bartlett in 1992. With Regina Fong and Malcolm Sinclair. Music by Nicolas Bloomfield.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
1991 production of the play Atriebeja by Latvian poetess Aspazija, created at the Kabata Theatre, Riga in 1991. Co-directed by Neil Bartlett and Banuta Rubess. Revived (including Neil Bartlett as a performer) in Toronto in 1991. This is a document of the original Riga production.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Solo version. Documentation of performance at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1993. Part one. Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Short film made by Stuart Marshall in 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
By Neil Bartlett and Nicolas Bloomfield after a text by Balzac. With Bette Bourne, Leah Hausman, Beverley Klein & Fancois Testory. Filmed at the Drill Hall, London, 1989.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Edit master.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Neil Bartlett co-deviser and performer with Complicite, Rose English, Emma Thompson, Annie Griffin. Albany Empire, London, 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
1991 production of the play Atriebeja by Latvian poetess Aspazija, created at the Kabata Theatre, Riga in 1991. Co-directed by Neil Bartlett and Banuta Rubess. Revived (including Neil Bartlett as a performer) in Toronto in 1991. This is a document of the bi-lingual Toronto version.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
By Neil Bartlett and Nicolas Bloomfield after a text by Balzac. Part one, for part two see REF. D2016.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Short performance piece for television, with Neil Bartlett, Robin Whitmore, Ivan Cartwright, Noel Grieg and others. Shorter version at REF. D1984. Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Stage adaptation of Balzac’s short story. Neil Bartlett and Nicolas Bloomfield, respectively the author / director and composer of this witty stage treatment of the piece. Complete, from Hi-band SP, 14 December 1995.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore. Music by Jeffrey Hinton.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Short performance piece for television, with Neil Bartlett, Robin Whitmore, Ivan Cartwright, Noel Grieg and others. Incomplete. Superior complete version at REF. D1985. Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Wide shot. Company version.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Documentation of 1998 performance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Devised and directed by Neil Bartlett. Music by Benjamin Britten. With Toby Spence (tenor).Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Roving camera. Company version.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Overture. Company version.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
1993 production of Neil Bartlett and Nicolas Bloomfield’s musical “Night after Night”.Company version. Documentation of performance at either the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, or the Royal Court Theatre, London. Part two.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Interview and performance made when Artist-in-Residence at Newcastle Polytechnic in 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded live at the Drill Hall, London, 12 March 1989. Original tape box states ‘filmed rehearsal’. Performers are Neil Bartlett, Bette Bourne, Regina Fong and Ivan. Music by Nicolas Bloomfield. Design by Robin Whitmore.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Feature on Night After Night (part two – company version) from BBC 2 television programme Late Show, 17 November 1993.Brief, incomplete feature on Night After Night (part two – company version) from BBC 2 television programme Late Show, 17 November 1993. See REF. ED2008 for complete version. A short documentary recorded off air about the alcoholic drink Martini follows.
Performance piece after the novel by Mary E Braddon. With Neil Bartlett, Nicolas Bloomfield, Annie Griffin, Leah Hausman and Luke Williams. ICA, London, 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Feature on Night After Night (part two – company version) from BBC 2 television programme Late Show, 17 November 1993.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Documentation of rehearsal and dress rehearsal.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Neil Bartlett delivers the inaugural Steve Rogers Memorial Lecture: ‘Getting Up in the Dark’.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Based on the novel by David Garnett, adapted by Neil Bartlett.Music by Nicolas Bloomfield (produced 1996). Documentation of 1996 performance at the Lyric Theatre Studio, Hammersmith. Libretto and direction by Neil Bartlett. Music by Nicolas Bloomfield.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
That’s what friends are for (1988, 4 minutes) – Pedagogue (1988, 8 minutes) – Don’t look at me like that: interview and documentation (1988, 18 minutes).Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Venue interior shots and Neil Bartlett in solo rehearsal or performance. Venue unidentified but probably Battersea Arts Centre, which would make this 1987 and the earliest version of the piece. Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by ICA Live Arts. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
Adapted by Neil Bartlett from Jean Rhys. Performed by Pauline Black. Performance recorded at the Drill Hall, London, June 1991.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.
A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore. Same performance as REF. D1980 but this version has no opening titles and ends prematurely. An undocumented voice over from another programme plays over the top of the recording from the beginning until 10 min. 35 sec.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.