John Cooper
Teacher and playwright, John Cooper (1951–2018) founded the touring company Traffic of the Stage in 1986, producing some 70 plays over a 30-year period.
His own works include PARTY PIECES, NOTES FROM LONDON’S UNDERGROUND, THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, MISTRESS AND MUSE, 20TH CENTURY FAUST (revived as 21ST CENTURY FAUST), MATING BEHAVIOUR, THE EDUCATION OF A LAPDANCER and his unproduced final play, RENDLESHAM.
Plays authored
- 20th Century Faust
- 21st Century Faust
- The Education of a Lapdancer
- Mating Behaviour
- Mistress and Muse
- Northanger Abbey
- Notes from London’s Underground
- Party Pieces
- The Pleasure Principle
Past productions
- Producer, Hay Fever, Logos Theatre Company and Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, Macbeth, Traffic of the Stage
- Adaptation, Northanger Abbey, Traffic of the Stage
- Adaptation, Daniel Deronda, Traffic of the Stage
- Adaptation, Far from the Madding Crowd, Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, 21st Century Faust, Coachouse Films and Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, The Way of the World, Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, Tartuffe, Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, Sons and Lovers, Capricorn Stage Directions and Motion Pictures Ltd and Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Capricorn Stage Directions and Motion Pictures Ltd and Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, King Lear, Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, The Misanthrope, Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Capricorn Stage Directions and Motion Pictures Ltd and Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, Hamlet, Capricorn Stage Directions and Motion Pictures Ltd and Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, 20th Century Faust, Traffic of the Stage
- Producer, A Life in the Theatre, Traffic of the Stage