Jeremy Noble (writer)
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| birth_name = Jeremy Mark Noble
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| occupation = Writer, screenwriter, playwright, actor
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| education = MA English Literature
| alma_mater = Magdalene College Cambridge
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Jeremy Mark Noble (born 9 July 1960) is an English writer, screenwriter, playwright and actor.[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/screenwriter/ros/48437/bio/ "Biography Jeremy Noble"], at kino-teatr.ru; retrieved 6 November 2012.Evgenii Shapovalov, [http://www.sobaka.ru/magazine/70 "Hero: Jeremy Noble, in the past – a British millionaire, today – a Russian screenwriter"] Sobaka magazine, November 2006; pp. 194–197; retrieved 7 November 2012.
Early life and education
Noble attended King's School, Bruton, and read English Literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was supervised by the poet Geoffrey Hill, and graduated with upper second-class honours in 1987. He won a Half Blue for polo, playing for Cambridge University against Oxford University (Cambridge won 3–2, 7 June 1987). He was honorary treasurer for Cambridge University Polo Club.{{cite web|title=Cambridge University Polo Club|url=https://www.cupoloclub.com/}}{{failed verification|date=March 2023|reason=Noble is not mentioned.}}
Career
Noble moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, to become a writer.Kristina Moskalenko, Jeremy Noble, [https://angliya.com/2016/08/31/jeremy-noble-inostranec-v-rossii/ Джереми Ноубл: о русской экзотике, русской душе и карьере в России (in English 'Jeremy Noble: A Russian exotic, a Russian soul, and a career in Russia')], Angliya, 31 August 2016; retrieved 1 January 2018. He has since worked with various Russian cultural figures including Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sokurov, and Vladimir Bortko.{{cite web|title=The Soul of a Spy|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film508315.html}}
Noble has written for The Washington Post,Jeremy Noble, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070843/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-879366.html "After the Fall; The Once-Elite Kirov Dancers Have Gained Artistic Freedom-But They May Have Lost Far More"], The Washington Post, 6 March 1994; retrieved 6 November 2012. St. Petersburg Press,Jeremy Noble, "Colours of Matisse Run Riot Inside The Hermitage", St. Petersburg Press, no. 20, 21–27 September 1993, front cover. P. N. Review,Jeremy Noble, [http://www.pnreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?item_id=3370;hilite=Jeremy%20Noble "Soviet Facts and Russian Fiction"], P. N. Review 94, vol. 20, no. 2, November – December 1993; pp. 8–10; retrieved 6 November 2012. Literary Review,Jeremy Noble, "Strolls with Pushkin Abram Tertz", Literary Review, April 1994, p. 45. Open Democracy Russia,Jeremy Noble, [https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/jeremy-noble/dear-david "Dear David"], Open Democracy Russia (oDR), 2 September 2013; retrieved 1 January 2018. and Open Russia.Jeremy Noble, [https://www.khodorkovsky.com/russian-propaganda-sexually-transmitted/ "Russian Propaganda is Sexually Transmitted"], Open Russia, 18 January 2017; retrieved 1 January 2018. He has written extensively about Russian ballet, and for Dance Magazine.Jeremy Noble, "Power of St. Petersburg: Maryinsky Legends", Dance Magazine, June 1999, vol. LXXIII, no. 6, pp. 57–64.
Noble has translated extensively from Russian into English, for major arts organisations and events,[http://hybridart.ru/en "Catalogue of the exhibition Lexus Hybrid Art 2011"] at Artplay Design Centre, Moscow; translated into English by Jeremy Noble; 17 July 2012; retrieved 7 November 2012. the president of the Russian Federation,[http://thebestofrussia.ru/archive/2010 "Catalogue for the Best of Russia 2010 photography exhibition, with introduction by Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023041533/http://thebestofrussia.ru/archive/2010 |date=23 October 2012 }} at Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow; translated into English by Jeremy Noble; January, 2012; retrieved 7 November 2012. and the mayor of Moscow.[http://thebestofrussia.ru/archive/2011 "Catalogue for the Best of Russia 2011 photography exhibition, with introduction by Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023042754/http://thebestofrussia.ru/archive/2011 |date=23 October 2012 }}, at Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow; translated into English by Jeremy Noble; January, 2012; retrieved 7 November 2012.
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2005 film The Sun (directed by Alexander Sokurov). His play Marlene Made Me was shortlisted for the UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004. He was co-writer and guest historian for Glamour Puds, series 2, episode 9.[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/glamour-puds/episode-guide/series-2 "Careme in Russia"]; Glamour Puds, season 2, episode 9; first broadcast on Channel 4, 11 March 2010; guest historian, and co-written by Jeremy Noble; retrieved 7 November 2012.
He has been seen on Russian TV in the role of Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament, directed by Vladimir Bortko, and on Ukrainian TV in the role of President of the Council of Vampires in Split, directed by Vlad Lanne.{{cite web|title=Сплит|url=http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/ros/95844/annot/}}
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2015 film Dusha shpiona (in English The Soul of a Spy),{{IMDb title|tt3152000|Dusha shpiona}} directed by Vladimir Bortko, starring Malcolm McDowell, Liam Cunningham, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fyodor Bondarchuk, and Andrey Chernyshov.
Noble co-wrote the book for Kingmaker the Musical, which received its premiere at the St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015.{{cite web|title=Kingmaker the Musical|url=http://meadowrosenthal.com/kingmaker-the-musical.html}}
He is the editor of Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia,{{cite book|title=Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia|id = {{ASIN|0993386938|country=uk}}}} a published account of the conversation in Red Square, Moscow, between opposition leader{{cite web|title = Russia upholds ban on Putin's biggest rival Alexei Navalny from running in 2018 election|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-upholds-ban-on-putin-rival-running-2018-election-alexei-navalny-a8134596.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-upholds-ban-on-putin-rival-running-2018-election-alexei-navalny-a8134596.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}} Alexei Navalny and the Polish intellectual and former dissident Adam Michnik.
His first novel Villa Eilenroc was published in 2016.{{cite book|title=Villa Eilenroc|id = {{ASIN|0993386946|country=uk}}}} His second novel A Russian Ending was published in 2022.{{cite book|title=A Russian Ending|id = {{ASIN|0993386970|country=uk}}}}
Writing and acting credits
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| scope="row" | 1995
| The Glorious Tradition: A History of Russian Ballet | Video film in two volumes; written and narrated by Jeremy Noble |
| scope="row" | 1996
| Smith | Miranda Theatre, New York |
| scope="row" | 1998
| Tchaikovsky's Death | |
| scope="row" | 2004
| Marlene Made Me | Shortlisted UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004 |
| scope="row" | 2005
| The Sun (in Russian: Солнце) | English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble |
| scope="row" | 2008
| Дилер (in English The Dealer) | Created, and co-written by Jeremy Noble{{cite web|title=Дилер|url=http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/ros/16422/annot/}}
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| scope="row" | 2010
| Glamour Puds | Season 2, Episode 9; co-writer and guest historian Jeremy Noble |
| scope="row" | 2011
| A Drunken Foreigner in Streets of Broken Lights | Othello of the Northern Palmyra, series 11, episode 17 |
| scope="row" | 2011
| Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament | Premiere: "Rossiya 1" TV channel on 14 May 2011 (parts 1 and 2), and 15 May (parts 3 and 4). |
| scope="row" | 2012
| President of the Council of Vampires in [http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/ros/95844/annot/ Split] (in Russian: Сплит) | Premiere: TET TV, Ukraine, 2011 |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Dusha shpiona (in English The Soul of a Spy) | English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Kingmaker the Musical | Book by Jeremy Noble, Bill Robinson, Sophie Austin |
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Noble |first=Jeremy |title=A Russian Ending |location=London |publisher=Egret Press |year=2022|ISBN=978-0-993386978|ref=none}}
- {{cite book |last=Noble |first=Jeremy |title=Villa Eilenroc |location=London |publisher=Egret Press |year=2016|ISBN=978-0-993386947|ref=none}}
- {{cite book |last=Noble |first=Jeremy |title=Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia |location=London |publisher=Egret Press |year=2016|ISBN=978-0-993386961|ref=none}}
- {{cite book |last=Noble |first=Jeremy |title=Millennium of Russian Ballet 2001: Desk Diary |location=London |publisher=Russian Steppes |year=2000|ISBN=978-1-928563068|ref=none}}
- {{cite book |last=Noble |first=Jeremy |title=St. Petersburg: A Century of Russian Ballet – Desk Diary 2000 |location=London |publisher=Russian Steppes |year=1999|ISBN=978-1-928563006|ref=none}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.jeremynoble.com/}}
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