Overview by StevenBerkoff, Michael Tolkin Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1995 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-16981-8, ISBN: 0-571-16981-3
"For ten years Berkoff has travelled all over the world - from Fiji to Acapulco - acting, directing and writing. This book is his diary of these trips Berkoff is the author of "East", "West", "Sink the Belgrano!", "Decadence" and "I am Hamlet"."
Free Association(1st Edition) An Autobiography by StevenBerkoff Hardcover, 410 Pages, Published 1996 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17608-3, ISBN: 0-571-17608-9
"Steven Berkoff has been variously described as exciting, controversial, thrilling, egocentric, electric, dynamic and difficult. A gifted playwright, a charismatic stage performer, an inventive director and a screen actor - who is Steven Berkoff? Of Russian extraction, born in the East End and schooled in Hackney, he has become one of the foremost innovators in British theatre since bursting upon the scene with Metamorphosis in 1969.A ch ..."
StevenBerkoff Plays East,west, Greek, Sink the Belgrano!, Massage Lunch,the Bow of Ulysses, Sturm Und Drang (Contemporary Classics) by StevenBerkoff, John James Osborne Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1995 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-16903-0, ISBN: 0-571-16903-1
"Steven Berkoff is a phenomenon. Among the artists working in the theatre today he is probably the most theatrical - his special combination of speech, movement and spectacle is uniquely powerful. This first collection of his plays includes East, described by Berkoff as 'an outburst or revolt against the sloth of my youth and a desire to turn a welter of undirected passion and frustration into a positive form'. Also included in this coll ..."
I Am Hamlet(1st Edition) by StevenBerkoff Paperback, 209 Pages, Published 1994 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3224-6, ISBN: 0-8021-3224-3
"What goes through a man’s mind when he is playing Hamlet? How does Shakespeare’s best-known play actually work, from the inside? Steven Berkoff is an actor, playwright, and director with an extraordinary talent for conveying powerful ideas and emotions. His production of Hamlet, in which he took the title role, began in Edinburgh in 1979, went on to the Round House in London, and toured throughout Europe for the next two years. The comp ..."
A Prisoner in Rio(1st Edition) by StevenBerkoff Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 1991 by Hutchinson ISBN-13: 978-0-09-174109-9, ISBN: 0-09-174109-2
"When Berkoff went to Rio to work with Ronnie Biggs on the screen version of Bigg's life in Brazil he wrote a diary of his experiences there. It comments, among other things, on the rich set and the poverty in the favellas and also describes the making of the film. This is Berkoff's second travel book, his first one being "America". It builds up a picture of Rio and a self-portrait of the actor and playwright. Berkoff's plays include "Me ..."
Free Association by StevenBerkoff Paperback, 410 Pages, Published 1996 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-19010-2, ISBN: 0-571-19010-3
"The autobiography of actor, director and playwright Steven Berkoff, which recounts his early life in the East End of London, and his formative days in the theatre, with discussion of how Berkoff siphoned off and transformed his life experiences for his plays."
StevenBerkoff Plays Decadence, Kvetch, Acapulco, Harry's Christmas, Brighton Beach Scumbags, Dahling You Were Marvelous, Dog, Actor (Contemporary Classics) by StevenBerkoff Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1995 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17102-6, ISBN: 0-571-17102-8
"Written with characteristic Berkoff flair and an understanding of the subtle power and violence of the English language, this second collection of his plays includes Decadence, described by the Guardian as being 'enthused with Berkoff's violent, imagist, vivid wordplay'. The collection also includes Kvetch, Acapulco, Harry's Christmas, Brighton Beach Scumbags, Dahling You Were Marvellous, Dog and Actor, and is introduced by the author."
"In 1975 the world was at Stanley Kubrick's feet. His films Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange, released in the previous dozen years, had provoked rapture and consternation--not merely in the film community, but in the culture at large. On the basis of that smashing hat trick, Kubrick was almost certainly the most famous film director of his generation, and absolutely the one most likely to rewire the collecti ..."
"'Franz Kafka has found his perfect modern interpreter in Steven Berkoff.' Financial Times Focusing on rehearsals for the 1992 Mitsubishi Theater, Tokyo, production of his adaptation of Kafka's Metamorphosis, Steven Berkoff muses on thenine previous productions of the play over a twenty-three-year-span, starting with his own performance as Gregor Samsa in 1969 at the Round House, London, and taking in the productions in Los Angeles in 19 ..."
THEATRE OF STEVENBERKOFF(Updated) (Biography and Autobiography) by StevenBerkoff Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 1993 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-413-67340-4, ISBN: 0-413-67340-5
"Eleven productions by one of British theatre's most astonishing practitioners The theatre of Steven Berkoff is as much a visual testimony as it is an insight into great performance theare. Over the years his productions have drawn to them the attention of a number of notably gifted stage photgraphers who have captured the essence and uniqueness of Berkoff's theatre including Robert McFarlane, Nobby Clark and John Haynes. The book docume ..."
THEATRE OF STEVENBERKOFF(1st Edition) (Biography and Autobiography) by StevenBerkoff, Roger Morton Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1992 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-413-66150-0, ISBN: 0-413-66150-4
"A volume of photographs capturing a large number of the visually arresting stage images that Steven Berkoff has created in his major productions. Berkoff's detailed captions put each photograph in its context within the work, and his introduction explains his philosophy and influences as an artist."
The Trial (Penguin audiobooks) by Franz Kafka, StevenBerkoff, Idris Parry Audio, 2 Pages, Published 1995 by Penguin Audiobooks Audiobook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-086112-9, ISBN: 0-14-086112-2
"Gregor Samsa is a man dedicated to industry, self-sacrifice, and survival. On waking one morning, he finds that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. Being trapped in this alien body is a fate that he passively accepts, just as he accepts the fact of his inevitable death. 2 cassettes."
Kvetch Une pièce américaine sur l'angoisse, [Paris, Théâtre national de la Colline, 15 mai 1992] (Theatre) by StevenBerkoff Paperback, 59 Pages, Published 1992 by Actes Sud ISBN-13: 978-2-86943-346-5, ISBN: 2-86943-346-8
"Théâtre avec cinq personnages: deux femmes, trois hommes."
Décadence by StevenBerkoff Poche, 44 Pages, Published 1992 by Actes Sud ISBN-13: 978-2-86943-419-6, ISBN: 2-86943-419-7
Greek - a la grecque (Le théâtre d'actes sud-papiers) by StevenBerkoff Paperback, 42 Pages, Published 1992 by Actes Sud ISBN-13: 978-2-86943-240-6, ISBN: 2-86943-240-2