Adam Long (American actor)

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Adam Long is an American writer, voice director, and voice actor based in London, England, as well as a founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company. From 1987 to 2003,[http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/timeline.php Reduced Shakespeare Company official timeline] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720031511/http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/timeline.php |date=July 20, 2007}} 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)], The 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)], (published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.), The 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201956/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/winners/display?contentId=72656 |date=September 27, 2007 }} London Theatre Guide, accessed 3 July 2007 and ran for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus. Stage production licensing in the U.S. and Canada is by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.

Long left The Reduced Shakespeare Company in 2003. He then co-wrote and starred in The Barn,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228003915/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 {{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5256380.stm|title=Star Wars condensed to 20 minutes|date=8 August 2006}}{{Cite web|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk:80/news/story/0,,1840233,00.html|title=Shakespeare troupe take light sabre to Star Wars|date=9 August 2006}} for Sky Movies, and The Condensed History of Tony Blair for BBC Radio 4.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/pip/o3odd/|title=BBC - (None) - Comedy and Quizzes - Condensed History of Tony Blair}} 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,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080219070657/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2008%2F02%2F18%2Fbtdickens118.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 It has been published as Dickens (abridged) by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. In 2008, he wrote and performed The Condensed History of Political Parties for BBC Radio 4,{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/7708747.stm|title=The Condensed History of Political Parties|date=4 November 2008}} and in 2009 The Condensed History of George W Bush, also for BBC Radio 4.[http://www.unpluggedtheatre.com/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/7836673.stm]

From 2008 to the present, Long has worked extensively in animation, writing for Netflix, CBBC, CBeebies, Disney, Nickelodeon, and Sprout. He is the voice of Mr. Small in seasons 2 to 6 of the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning animated series The Amazing World of Gumball. He has also provided voices for Elliott from Earth.

Long currently resides in London.