Since founding the London Theatre Group in 1968, Steven Berkoff has created numerous adaptations for the stage, as well as his original stage plays which have been performed internationally in many countries and languages. Berkoff’s adaptations include Kafka’s Metamorphosis and The Trial, Agamemnon after Aeschylus, and Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. He has directed and toured productions of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus – also playing the title role Richard II, Hamlet, Macbeth and Oscar Wilde’s Salome. Berkoff’s original plays include East, West, Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion, The Secret Love Life of Ophelia and Decadence, Harry’s Christmas, Massage, Acapulco and Brighton Beach Scumbags. His trilogy of solo shows: One Man, Shakespeare’s Villains and Requiem for Ground Zero have been performed in venues all over the world.

Not to limit his distinguished career to the stage, Berkoff has acted in a number of films, including A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Octopussy, Rambo, Under the Cherry Moon, Absolute Beginners and The Krays. He directed and co- starred with Joan Collins in the film version of his play Decadence and in 2011 the blockbuster The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Berkoff has written a variety of books, including the production journals I am Hamlet and Meditations on Metamorphosis, as well as autobiographical books Tough Acts, My Life in Food, Free Association and recently published Diary of a Juvenile Delinquent and his book of poetry entitled: You Remind Me of Marilyn Monroe.

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