Books By Steve Trafford - Author

Steve Trafford was a founder member of Red Ladder Theatre, writing and cowriting their work over a number of years. Plays included: Nerves of Steel (dir: Chris Rawlence), Taking Our Time (dir: Michael Attenborough), Ladders to the Moon (dir: Annie Castledine). He wrote Marie – The Story of Marie Lloyd for Elizabeth Mansfield, and it's radio adaptation for BBC Radio 4. Marie ran twice in the West End at the Fortune Theatre, where Elizabeth was nominated for an Olivier Award as ‘Best Actress in a Musical’. He wrote the music theatre piece, Hymn to Love – Homage to Piaf, and adapted it for BBC Radio 3. His most recent play, A Cloud in Trousers, about the Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, was co-produced by Ensemble and York Theatre Royal. Steve has translated Bertolt Brecht's The Mother, re-setting the songs to Hanns Eisler's original score. Also a new translation of Ay Carmela! by José Sanchis Sinisterra, which was co-produced by Ensemble and York Theatre Royal.