John Kane
Stage and tele-playwright, author, actor, director, lyricist

In 1988, television producer Britt Allcroft paired John with American composer Larry Grossman to write the lyrics for "Mumfie", an animation series for which he had already written the book. The lyrics were so successful that he now has four regular collaborators in the music field. His latest children's opera "Flying High" (music by Graham Preskitt) has its premiere at Covent Garden Opera House in London this December. His stage adaptations of "The Wizard of Oz" was first performed by the RSC and is now seen regularly in American productions. Both this and his version of "Showboat" (also for the RSC) received Olivier Award nominations as did "Swell Party", the life story of Cole Porter as reflected in his music. His musical biography of Ethel Merman “Call Me Merman” played to critical acclaim and full houses in London last year. He is at present at work on two new operas, one again for W11 Opera Group and the second for the Boston based Family Opera Company. CREDITS: Television Plays and Series Scott On, Son of the Bride, Black Beauty (Three series), Kids from 37A. (Three series), Me'n'Meep, Four Idle Hands, A Little Touch of Wisdom (Two series), Cloppa Castle (Two series). Stage Plays The Rise and Fall of Rumplestiltskin, The Scarlet Blade, Plastic Birthday, Murder Dear Watson, The Other Side of Paradise, Dummy Run, Blue Murder, Death Reel, Sleaze. Musicals and Adaptations The Wizard of Oz (book), Showboat (book - both for the RSC), The Impressario (translation), Time of Miracles (book and lyrics), AD/BC (book and lyrics), Tallulah Who? (book), Leonardo (book), Swell Party (book), Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered (book), Antiphony (book and lyrics), Moving On (co-deviser), Flying High (book and lyrics). Recitals, Presentations and One Man Shows Dog Days, La Belle Epoque, The Seven Ages of Memory, The Dream of Peter Brook, There - I've Broken My Neck, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Three Comrades, Introduction to the Mask. Completed stories include:

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