Ray Cooney: biography thiab creativity

2024 Tus sau: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-12-17 05:37

Raymond Cooney yug rau lub Tsib Hlis 30, 1932 hauv London. Nws kawm tiav los ntawm Dulwich College - ib lub tsev kawm ntawv muaj koob npe tshaj plaws hauv UK. Sib yuav rau Linda Dixon txij li xyoo 1962. Lawv muaj ob tug tub. Tus hlob, Danny, nyob nrog nws tus poj niam thiab ob tug menyuam hauv Australia, tus yau tshaj, Michael, kuj yog tus kws sau ntawv. Xyoo 1995, Cooney tau tshaj tawm cov lus piav qhia ntawm nws tus kheej ua yeeb yam.

pib ua haujlwm

Raws li ib tug hluas, Cooney pib nws txoj haujlwm hauv kev ua yeeb yam. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 14, nws nkag mus rau theem ntawm Palace Theatre. Nws muaj kev ruaj ntseg hais tias nws nqus cov ntxhiab tsw qab ntawm qhov chaw thaum yau. Ray Cooney tau nrog cov tuam txhab ua yeeb yam los ntawm Tsim Nyog rau Blackburn txij li xyoo 1948, hwm nws cov txuj ci ua yeeb yam.

Xyoo 1956 nws kawm tiav hauv Whitehall Theatre nrog Brian Ricks. Xyoo 1961, nws tau sau thawj qhov kev ua si "Fortune Hunter" hauv kev koom tes nrog Tony Hilton. Nrog nws, nws kuj tau sau tsab ntawv rau comedy "Dab tsi ib seem!". Qhov pib ntawm txoj haujlwm ua tus kws ua yeeb yam coj West End Theatre 17 premieres. Hauv London, nws tau coj ntau tshaj peb caug ua yeeb yam ua tus thawj coj thiab tsim khoom Ray Cooney. Nws cov yeeb yam muaj npe hauv qab no:

• Lawv Ua Si Peb Cov Nkauj.
• Lub cev.
• Clouds.
• Txoj sia yog leej twg?("Leej twg lub neej no puas yog?").
• Chicago ("Chicago").
• Duet rau ib leeg.

YComedy Theatre

Ray Cooney tau teeb tsa Theatre of Comedy hauv London, nyob rau hauv nws kev coj noj coj ua ntawm West End cov hnub qub tau ua nyob rau theem, thiab kev ua yeeb yam tshiab tshiab tau ua tiav zoo. Cooney nws tus kheej feem ntau ua si ntawm theem thiab tau sau ntau dua nees nkaum kev ua yeeb yam tshiab, suav nrog:

• Nyiaj kub.
• Out of Order ("No. 13").
• Passion Play.

Cooney's comedies yog qhov txawv ntawm qhov sib txawv ntawm cov lus thiab qee qhov tsis sib xws ntawm cov lus. Heroes feem ntau ua txuj ua ib tug neeg uas lawv tsis yog, thiab ntau thiab ntau confuse cov zajlus. Thiab nyob rau qee lub sijhawm, tus neeg saib muaj kev xav tias tag nrho qhov xwm txheej tab tom yuav dhau los ua qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Tab sis Ray Cooney yog tus tswv ntawm nws cov khoom siv tes ua thiab xav tias tus saib. Nws paub tias koj yuav nyem me ntsis - thiab nws yuav dhau los ua txoj haujlwm tsis txaus ntseeg.

Raws li Ray, cov neeg tuaj saib kuj qee zaum xav ua si lom zem. Thaum tus neeg saib mus saib kev ua yeeb yam, tsis muaj leej twg cog lus rau nws tshwj xeeb. Tab sis comedy yog lwm qhov teeb meem. Ntawm no koj tau cog lus tias koj yuav luag tsawg kawg ob zaug. Thiab qhov tseeb nws yog. Cooney tsis muaj cov yeeb yaj kiab uas cov neeg tuaj saib tsuas yog luag, nws cov yeeb yaj kiab yog "luag los ntawm kua muag."

Kev lees paub thoob ntiaj teb

Peb tuaj yeem hais li cas txog qhov kev lees paub ntawm tus tswv ntawm kev ua yeeb yam zoo nkauj no, yog tias nws cov yeeb yaj kiab tau raug muab txhais ua ntau tshaj li plaub caug yam lus thiab raug ntaus hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab thoob ntiaj teb! Kev vam meej loj thiabRay Cooney qhov kev ua yeeb yam "Too Married Taxi Driver" tau txais kev lees paub. Hauv London's West End, nws kav ntev tshaj li cuaj xyoo. Cov yeeb yaj kiab hloov kho ntawm Cooney's comedies hauv Lavxias muaj npe hauv qab no:

• "Tsev muaj txij nkawm heev";
• "Nyiaj ntsim";
• "Clinical case";
• "Number 13".

khoom plig thiab khoom plig

Qhov kev ua si "Number 13" tau txais Laurence Olivier Award hauv xyoo 1999, thiab hauv 2000 nws tau lees paub tias yog qhov kev ua yeeb yam zoo tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Europe. Too Married Taxi Driver (1983) tau lub npe hu ua kev ua yeeb yam ntev tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws Askiv thiab nkag mus rau saum 100 ua yeeb yam hauv UK. Rau cov kev pabcuam hauv kev ua yeeb yam, Ray Cooney tau txais khoom plig siab - Order of the British Empire hauv 2005.

Nws tau los nrog cov phiaj xwm zoo kawg thiab kev tsis txaus siab rau nws cov yeeb yam, thiab qee zaum qhov kev txiav txim nthuav tawm hauv qhov nrawm nrawm uas tus neeg saib qee zaum txawm tsis muaj sijhawm ua pa. Tsis xav tias nws raug hu ua tus tswv ntawm farce hauv lub ntiaj teb ua yeeb yam. Txoj kev nws yog. Raws li ib tug actor thiab playwright, Cooney tau ua ntau yam los ua kom cov neeg tuaj saib luag rau kaum xyoo.