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Operation Elvis by C.P. Taylor is a play for children, first produced by the Live Theatre Company in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978. Taylor worked as a drama teacher at Morpeth’s Northgate Hospital, and used it as the main setting for the play. Critics have noted that, in keeping with his other works for children, Operation Elvis is notable for its engagement with complex social issues such as disability, being “written from the unsentimental standpoint that children's relationships are as complicated as those of adults.”

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  • Operation Elvis (en)
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  • Operation Elvis by C.P. Taylor is a play for children, first produced by the Live Theatre Company in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978. Taylor worked as a drama teacher at Morpeth’s Northgate Hospital, and used it as the main setting for the play. Critics have noted that, in keeping with his other works for children, Operation Elvis is notable for its engagement with complex social issues such as disability, being “written from the unsentimental standpoint that children's relationships are as complicated as those of adults.” (en)
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  • Operation Elvis (en)
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  • Operation Elvis (en)
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  • Malcolm; Alex / Mr Green / Jackie; Mam / Sister / Lynn; Michael (en)
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  • Drama, Children’s theatre (en)
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  • Northgate Hospital, Morpeth (en)
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  • CP Taylor (en)
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  • Operation Elvis by C.P. Taylor is a play for children, first produced by the Live Theatre Company in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978. Taylor worked as a drama teacher at Morpeth’s Northgate Hospital, and used it as the main setting for the play. Critics have noted that, in keeping with his other works for children, Operation Elvis is notable for its engagement with complex social issues such as disability, being “written from the unsentimental standpoint that children's relationships are as complicated as those of adults.” The original cast included Tim Healy, Max Roberts, Denise Bryson and Brian Hogg, and the production was directed by Teddy Kiendl. The play has become a classic of Theatre for Young Audiences, revived by TAG Theatre Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Almeida Theatre, M6 Theatre, Bruvvers, the Tricycle Theatre with Kevin Whately as Malcolm, and the Byre Theatre as part of the 1992 Edinburgh International Festival. It was filmed with the original cast by BBC North East in 1980, recorded for radio by BBC Scotland in 1982, and has been slated for film adaptation. Tim Healy described Malcolm as his favourite stage role: “We did 90 performances in eight weeks. We’d go to a school, unload the van, put the set up, do the play, knock it down and onto the next school... and they were the happiest days of my life.” (en)
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  • Malcolm; Alex / Mr Green / Jackie; Mam / Sister / Lynn; Michael
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  • Northgate Hospital,Morpeth
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