Education
He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and graduated from Durham University, and teaches at the South London Theatre.
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Stuart Draper
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As playwright Works include the 2006 performance of Stay with Maine, at the South London Theatre in March and then the Greenwich Playhouse of which Indie London wrote, "This follows its success, not only with audiences but also with critics, when it was performed by the South London Youth Theatre in March this year", An adaption of Two Gentlemen of Verona, of which Gaydar Nation wrote, "Adapted by director, Stuart Draper this colourful new version of William Shakespeare"s Gentlemen of Verona sees a brace of clowns, a dog, a troupe of gay bandits and four star-crossed, mismatched lovers battling for love and honour under the Mediterranean sun." To West.H., of which Indie London wrote, "To West.H. combines the soul and passion of Shakespeare's sonnets (the majority of which were written to a Mr WH) with the exuberance and bawdiness that characterise his most exciting comedies", The Stage wrote, "Stuart Draper’s new play, in which he also stars, runs with the theory that the initials were those of William Herbert, future Earl of Pembroke", and " his Bard is besotted with the young nobleman when they first meet and, though Herbert is 20 years his junior, they go on to have a full blown affair", and United Kingdom Theatre Web wrote, "Stuart Draper has written a pacy romp which interlaces a large amount of Shakespeare's writing. There are weaknesses: the opening of each half is slow, the sung sonnets drag, the Dark Lady is under-developed. The time shift is not thoroughly worked through, but allows knowing nods to the present.
However, the whole conceit has more to like than condemn." Of his August 2008 presentation of his play Paper Moons, Tamara Gausi wrote, "Draper neither stands over nor sentimentalises any of his characters, allowing this heartfelt depiction of teenage angst to entertain, but also to touch".
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Having placed a ridiculously large bet with their arch-rival team, "the flying underpants", George is particularly keen to win", and Jonathan Gibbs of Time Out said, "..This (includes) a largely amusing public quiz skit by Matthew Wilkie featuring Stuart Draper as sad-sack George, who has unwisely bet a grand that his team win on the very night it disintegrates all together".
