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Steven Berkoff Steven Berkoff je glumac, reditelj, dramski pisac i autor, poznat po svojim nastupima u negativnim ulogama u filmovima kao što su Rambo, Octopussy'i War & Remembrance, ali koga mnogi smatraju najvećim živim pozorišnim čovekom. Berkoff je studirao dramu u Londonu i Parizu i nastupao s repertoarskim ansamblima pre nego što je osnovao London Theatre Group 1968, godine. Njihova prva profesionalna predstava bila je In the Penal Colony, adaptacija Kafkine pripovetke. Prvi originalni pozorisni komad Berkoffa East, prikazan je na festivalu u Edinburgu 1975. godine. Drugi originalni komadi su: West, Decadence, Greek, Kvetch, Acapulco, Harry's Christmas, Lunch, Sink the Belgarno, Massage, Sturm und Drang, Brighton Beach Scumbags i Messiah. Među mnogim adaptacijama koje je Berkoff pripremio za pozornicu, režirao je Kafkina deia Preobražaj i Proces, Eshilov Agamenon i Pad kuće Ešerovih Edgara Alana Pola, koja su izvodena i na turnejama. Njegovi pozorisni komadi i adaptacije prikazivani su u mnogim zemljama i na mnogim jezicima. Takođe je režirao predstave i išao na turneje sa Hamletom i Magbetom, kao i Salomom Oskara Vajlda, Režirao je svoje komade i adaptacije u Japanu, Nemačkoj i Los Andelesu, kao i Ričarda II i Koriolana za New York Shakespeare Festival. Sa svojim predstavama "One-man show" bio je na turnejama po Britaniji, Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, Južnoj Africi, Finskoj, Italiji, Singapuru i Australiji. Igrao je u filmovima kao što su: Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Passenger, McVicar, Outland, Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo, Underworld, Revolution, Under the Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners, Prisoner of Rio, The Krays, Fair Game, Flynn, Another 9 1/2 Weeks, Legionnaire, kao i u najnovijem filmu Rancid Aluminium. Režirao je film Decadence, u kome je i igrao zajedno sa Joan Collins. Objavio je vise knjiga, kao što su: Gross Instrusion (Quartet Books) - zbirka pripovedaka; / Am Hamlet i Meditations on Metamorphls (obe u izdavačkoj kući Faber & Faber), Coriolanus In Deutschland (Amber Lane Press), A Prisoner in Rio (Hutchison) - sve režijski dnevnici; The Theatre of Steven Berkoff (Me thuen) - foto istorija njegovih režija u poslednje dve decenije; America (Hutchtson) i Overview (Faber & Faber) -

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Steven Berkoff Steven Berkoff is an actor, director, playwright and author, familiar through villainous appearences in films such as Rambo, Octopussy and War & Remembrance, but also regarded by many as the greatest living theatre practitioner. Berkoff studied Drama in London and Paris and performed with repertory companies before forming the London Theatre Group in 1968. Their first proffesional production was In the Penal Colony, an adaptation of a short story by Kafka. Berkoffs first original stage play East, was presented at the Edinburgh Festival in 1975. Other original plays include IVesf, Decadence, Greek, Kvetch, Acapulco, Harry's Christmas, Lunch, Sink the ESelgrano, Massage, Sturm und Drang, Brighton Beach Scumbags and Messiah. Among the many adaptations Steven Berkoff has created for the stage, directed and toured are Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Trial, Agamemnom (after Aeschylus) and Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. His plays and adaptations have been performed in many countries and many languages. He has also directed and toured productions of Hamlet, Macbeth and Oscar Wilde's Salome. He has also directed his plays and adaptations in Japan, Germany and Los Angeles as well as Richard II and Coriolanus for the New York Shakespeare Festival. His one-man show has toured Britain, the USA, South Africa, Finland, Italy, Singapore and Australia. He has acted in films such as: A Clockwork Orange, Burry Lyndon, The Passanger, McVicar, Outland, Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo, Underworld, Revolution, Under the Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners, Prisoner of Rio, The Krays, Fair Game, Flynn, Another 9 1/2 weeks, Legionnaire and most recently Rancid Aluminium. He directed and co-starred with Joan Collins in the film version of Decadence. He has published a variety of books such as Gross Instrusion (Quartet Books) - a collection of short stories; I Am Hamlet and Meditations on Metamorphosis (both Faber & Faber), Coriolanus in Deutschland (Amber Lane Press), A Prisoner in Rio (Hutchison) - all production journals; The Theatre of Steven Berkoff (Methuen) - a photographic history of his productions over the last two decades; America (Hutchison) and Overview (Faber & Faber) - both travel writing and poetry collections; and Faber & Faber published his autobiography Free Association. His book of short stories entitled Graft: Tales of An Actor was published by Oberon Books in 1998.