Graham Farrow

{{Short description|English playwright and screenwriter}}

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Graham Ronald Farrow is an English playwright and screenwriter from North Yorkshire; living in Yarm, born in Middlesbrough,{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/31-more-men-women-doing-12766867|title=31 more people helping to forge a new Teesside - nominated by you|first=Mieka|last=Smiles|date=20 March 2017|website=gazettelive}} and educated at Scarborough College.{{cite web|url=https://www.scarboroughcollegeosa.co.uk/news/124-os-graham-farrow-s-rattlesnakes-has-its-film-premiere |title=OSA Scarborough College - OS Graham Farrow's Rattlesnakes has its film premiere |publisher=Scarboroughcollegeosa.co.uk |date=2019-02-08 |accessdate=2020-03-13}} His first novel, Speak no Evil, was nominated for the 1989 Commonwealth Writer's Prize.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/6977510.Passion_is_the_fashion/ |title=Passion is the fashion |publisher=The Northern Echo |date= |accessdate=2020-03-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/talk-about-the-passion-rattlesnakes-9781474279017/|title='Talk About The Passion' & 'Rattlesnakes'|website=Bloomsbury Publishing}}

His stageplays Talk about the Passion{{cite web |url=http://teesdalemercuryarchive.org/pdf/2004/October-06/October-06-2004-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=teesdalemercuryarchive.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423003429/http://teesdalemercuryarchive.org/pdf/2004/October-06/October-06-2004-12.pdf |archive-date=23 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/talkpassion-rev.htm |title=The British Theatre Guide: Reviews - Talk About the Passion|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info |date= |accessdate=2011-09-17}}{{cite web |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre/t_talk_about_passion_newend_rev.html |title=Talk About The Passion, New End Theatre, review |publisher=indielondon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-09-17}} and Rattlesnakes have been produced globally; they are especially popular in the United States and London, but regularly play in different countries throughout the world and are translated into many different languages. Talk about the Passion and Rattlesnakes are published by Methuen of London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/talk-about-the-passion-rattlesnakes-9780413774798/|title='Talk About The Passion' & 'Rattlesnakes'|website=Bloomsbury Publishing}} When Talk about the Passion ran in London in February 2018, The Stage Newspaper called the production one of the 'picks of the week'.{{cite web|last=Morgan |first=Fergus |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2018/vault-festival-our-pick-of-the-best-shows-to-see-in-week-six/ |title=Vault Festival: Our pick of the best shows to see in week six |publisher=Thestage.co.uk |date=2018-02-26 |accessdate=2020-03-13}} Talk about the Passion had its Asian premiere in Istanbul{{Cite web|url=https://www.themagger.com/yuzlesme-duru-tiyatro-emre-kinay/|title=Yüzleşme: Duru Tiyatro'dan Tokat Gibi Bir Oyun • theMagger|date=21 November 2018|website=theMagger}} in November 2018, directed by Turkish actor/musician Emre Kinay.{{Cite web |url=https://www.durutiyatro.com/yuzlesme |title=Duru Tiyatro |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105062143/https://www.durutiyatro.com/yuzlesme |url-status=dead }}

Other plays produced include Lake of Fire, Pure Morning, Hair of the Dog and Down Amongst the Dead Men. Farrow's plays typically deal with losers, loners, the down and out and the dispossessed; all searching for redemption or resolution of some sort.{{cite web |title=BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT DELVES INTO OUR DARK SIDE |url=https://www.greensboro.com/british-playwright-delves-into-our-dark-side/article_06b519c2-b6bd-5461-a428-9dfd099795a1.html |website=Greensboro |publisher=Greensboro |accessdate=19 August 2019}}{{cite web|author=www.t75.org |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/theatre/t_talk_about_passion_newend_rev.html |title=theatre - Talk About The Passion, New End Theatre, review |publisher=indielondon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-03-13}}{{cite web|last=Szymkowicz |first=Adam |url=http://aszym.blogspot.com/2014/01/i-interview-playwrights-part-632-graham.html |title=Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 632: Graham Farrow |publisher=Aszym.blogspot.com |date=2014-01-15 |accessdate=2020-03-13}}

His play Stay with me till Dawn, a modern-day morality tale, was produced by Second Skin Theatre company in January 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/staywithme-rev.htm|title=Theatre review: Stay With Me 'Til Dawn|website=www.britishtheatreguide.info}}

His latest play was produced by Ixion Theatre Ensemble of Lansing, Michigan, in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://grahamfarrow.weebly.com/|title=Graham Farrow|website=Graham Farrow}}{{cite web|author=Bridgette Redman |url=https://www.encoremichigan.com/2016/11/premiere-every-breath-you-take-delves-into-tragedy-and-grief/ |title=Premiere: "Every Breath You Take" delves into tragedy and grief |publisher=Encore Michigan |date=2016-11-13 |accessdate=2020-03-13}}

A short film based on his short story 'Caught in the Gin Trap' was filmed in Paris by Balade Sauvage Productions in January 2021 .{{cite web|url=http://baladesauvage.fr/films/mantra/ |title=Mantra – BALADE SAUVAGE| Production | Paris | |publisher=Baladesauvage.fr |date= |accessdate=2020-03-13}} {{{Cite web|url=https://www.lalsace.fr/culture-loisirs/2021/01/16/mulhouse-un-tournage-dans-l-antre-d-une-mante-religieuse-plus-humaine-qu-il-n-y-parait|title = Cinéma. Mulhouse : Un tournage dans l'antre d'une mante religieuse plus humaine qu'il n'y paraît}} His stage play Every Breath you Take, which premiered in Lansing, was produced as a feature film in 2020 by AEON entertainment, Paris.{{cite web|url=https://stefwyt.weebly.com/feature-films.html |title=Feature Films - Stef & Wyt |publisher=Stefwyt.weebly.com |date= |accessdate=2020-03-13}}

The play Rattlesnakes has been produced as a feature film starring Jack Coleman and Jimmy Jean Louis, directed by Julius Amedume and produced by Kew Media/JET Productions/Scala Films.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt9144756/|title=Rattlesnakes|via=www.imdb.com}}{{cite web|last=Debrah |first=Ameyaw |url=https://ameyawdebrah.com/julius-amedumes-rattlesnakes-wins-audience-award-for-best-feature-at-the-pan-african-film-festival/ |title=Julius Amedume's 'Rattlesnakes' wins Audience Award for Best Feature at the Pan African Film Festival |publisher=AmeyawDebrah.com |date=2019-02-19 |accessdate=2020-03-13}} Its world premier was at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles in February 2019, where it received the audience award for best movie.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10246824/|title=Graham Farrow|website=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.millerstime.net/tag/rattlesnakes/|title=» "Rattlesnakes" MillersTime|author=Richard|date=2019-03-13|publisher=Millerstime.net|accessdate=2020-03-13}}