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Books by Neil Bartlett
  | | The Picture of Dorian Gray(Reprint) by Neil Bartlett, Oscar Wilde Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2013 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84943-454-6, ISBN: 1-84943-454-9 "A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her l ..." |
 | | In Extremis (Oberon Modern Plays) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 56 Pages, Published 2001 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-205-6, ISBN: 1-84002-205-1 "On March 24, 1895, Mrs. Robinson, a society palm-reader, agreed to see Oscar Wilde in her London flat. Wilde’s lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, "Bosie," was urging him to sue the Marquis of Queensberry (Bosie’s father) for libel. But Wilde’s friends, wary of Queensberry’s power, were warning him to leave town. A play about a man at the height of his fame asking a complete stranger about a potentially life-changing decision." |
 | | The Plague (after La Peste) by Albert Camus, Neil Bartlett Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2017 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78682-192-8, ISBN: 1-78682-192-3 "First published in 1947, The Plague was an immediate best-seller, striking a powerful chord with readers who were struggling to understand the fascist ‘plague’ that had just overwhelmed Europe. Seventy years later, author and director Neil Bartlett has adapted Camus’ classic for our own dangerous times. Using just five actors, his frank and gripping new stage version uses Camus’ original words to put chaos under the microscope and to fi ..." |
 | | The House on Brooke Street by Neil Bartlett Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1997 by Dutton Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-525-94273-3, ISBN: 0-525-94273-4 "A gay man named Mr. Page reminisces about his association with a wealthy young man named Mr. Clive, a relationship that takes him from Turkish bath steam rooms to Mayfair dining rooms and releases him from his previous humdrum life." |
 | | Who Was That Man?(1st Edition) A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (Masks) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1988 by Serpent's Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-123-6, ISBN: 1-85242-123-1 "Since the 1960s, when his work gained a new recognition in the literary canon, biographies of Oscar Wilde and critical analysis of his work have become commonplace. While this writing acknowledged the "fact" of Wilde's homosexuality, it did not, for the most part, explore the complexity of the impact it had upon his life and work. This is remedied in Neil Bartlett's Who Was That Man?, which squarely places Wilde in a gay historical cont ..." |
 | | Or You Could Kiss Me (Oberon Modern Plays) by Neil Bartlett, Handspring Puppet Company Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2011 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84943-100-2, ISBN: 1-84943-100-0 "Winter 2036, two old men search for a way to say goodbye after a lifetime spent together. In the perfect summer of 1971, their younger selves search for the courage to fall in love. Poised halfway between these two stories, one imagined, one remembered, their real-life counterparts bear witness to both the beginning and ending of an incredible journey." |
 | | Solo Voices Monologues 1987-2004 (Oberon Modern Plays) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2006 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-465-4, ISBN: 1-84002-465-8 ""A writer who can change the way people feel."--"Observer" Collected for the first time in print, nine monologues produced over more than a decade by one of British Theatre's most fiercely individual voices. Taken together they document the extraordinary site-specific solo performances which have run parallel to Bartlett's acclaimed work as a mainstream director and translator." |
 | | Who Was That Man(Updated) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1993 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-017515-8, ISBN: 0-14-017515-6 |
 | | Queer Voices by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2012 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84943-166-8, ISBN: 1-84943-166-3 "In this unique and original series of monologues, acclaimed and outspoken playwright Neil Bartlett returns to the radical queer cultural roots that brought him to prominence in the early 1980s. A vivid, fierce, and tender collection of highly actable new works from one of British theater's most idiosyncratic voices." |
 | | Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Serpent's Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-992-8, ISBN: 1-85242-992-5 "Shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Novel Award“I read Skin Lane with one eye closed out of sheer animal terror. Then, unimaginably, it brought me to tears; what a work of art—so unexpected and heartbreaking and lovely.”—Armistead Maupin“A powerful and complex story of sexual obsession. . . . A profoundly original meditation on thwarted desire.”—Patrick McGrath“Skin Lane welds itself to your hands from first to last. Textured, teeming with m ..." |
 | | Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Serpent's Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-919-5, ISBN: 1-85242-919-4 "SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2007 At 47, Mr. F?s working life on London?s Skin Lane is one governed by calm, precision and routine. So when he starts to have frightening, recurring nightmares, he does his best to ignore them. The images that appear in his dream are disturbing ? Mr. F can't for the life of him think where they have come from. After all, he's a perfectly ordinary middle-aged man. As London?s crooked backstreets b ..." |
 | | Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall(Updated) (Five Star Paperback S) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1998 by Profile Books(Gb) ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-705-4, ISBN: 1-85242-705-1 "At three in the morning, to the sound of slow music on the piano, in the darkest corner of the best bar in the city, two lovers fall into each others arms... one is older and wiser: one is just nineteen. Then follow the rites and ceremonies of a love affair and a happy marriage. From the kisses of courtship to the reading of the banns; from the wedding to the lovemaking to the moment when the first child is cradled in the loving parent ..." |
 | | The House on Brooke Street by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1998 by Plume ISBN-13: 978-0-452-27781-6, ISBN: 0-452-27781-7 "On a snowy Christmas Eve in 1956, Mr. Page sits alone in his London flat and begins his memoirs in an attempt to elucidate the events that have changed his life. Spanning decades, he takes the reader through Turkish bath steam rooms and Mayfair dining rooms, from the seemingly ordinary world of his existence to the haunting, unsettling world of wealth and glamour inhabited by Mr. Clive. As Mr. Page puzzles through the contradictions of ..." |
 | | Great Expectations (Oberon Book) by Charles Dickens, Neil Bartlett Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2007 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-726-6, ISBN: 1-84002-726-6 "Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, Neil Bartlett's powerful stage version of this much-loved story brings its settings and characters to thrilling theatrical life. From its opening image of little Pip, alone on the windswept marshes, to the haunted darkness of mad Miss Haversham's cobweb-strewn lair, this brand-new adaptation especially commissioned by Aberystwyth Arts Centre takes ..." |
 | | The Disappearance Boy (Paperback) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-5047-3, ISBN: 1-4088-5047-8 "Reggie Rainbow has found the perfect profession for someone who likes to keep himself to himself: it's his job to make sure that some things stay out of sight and out of mind. Reggie Rainbow is an angry young man who treads the backstage corridors of down-at-heel theatres for a living. Childhood polio has left him with a limp, but his strong arms and nimble fingers are put to perfect use behind the scenes, helping the illusionist Mr Bro ..." |
 | | The Disappearance Boy, ***UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY*** by Neil Bartlett Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Circus ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-5044-2, ISBN: 1-4088-5044-3 "The sea air begins to work its own peculiar kind of magic, and, as the bunting goes up in the streets outside the theatre for the Grand's forthcoming Coronation spectacular, Reggie begins to wonder just how much of his own life is an act - ..." |
 | | The Prince of Homburg(1st Edition) (Absolute Classics) by Heinrich Von Kleist, Neil Bartlett, David Bryer, Janet Munsil Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2002 by Oberon Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84002-267-4, ISBN: 1-84002-267-1 "Regarded as Von Kleist's masterpiece." |
 | | The Seven Sacraments of Nicholas Poussin by Neil Bartlett, Robin Whitmore, Arteche Consultants Staff, England Artangel London Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1999 by Artangel ISBN-13: 978-1-902201-04-7, ISBN: 1-902201-04-3 |
 | | Mr Clive and Mr Page(Updated) (Five Star) by Neil Bartlett Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 1998 by Serpents Tail ISBN-13: 978-1-85242-587-6, ISBN: 1-85242-587-3 "In 1886, an architect called Richardson built a house on the South side of Chicago. In 1985, the "Daily Mirror" reported the death of Rock Hudson. Halfway through the century that falls between these dates a man who claims his name is Mr Page sits down by his gas-fire on a snowbound Christmas Eve and sets himself the task of explaining a story that connects these apparently unconnected events. Neil Bartlett's new novel spins a dark and ..." |
 | | Cutting-Edge Java Game Programming(11th Edition) Everything You Need to Create Interactive Internet Games with Java by Neil Bartlett, Steve Simkin, Chris Stranc Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 1996 by Coriolis Group ISBN-13: 978-1-883577-98-8, ISBN: 1-883577-98-5 "Teaches you how to write incredible multiuser games for the Internet using the Java programming language. Lists the best Internet resources for game players and programmers. Includes arcade-style game creation tips: game loops, sprites, collision detection, and realistic movement. Details over 10,000 lines of highly optimized, reusable code." |
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