mb knight

mb knight

I have been involved in hundreds of plays as actor, playwright or director. I toured the UK & Europe many times. I have presented plays - my own & others - at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, on London's Fringe Theatre circuit & in Philadelphia. I have worked on British radio and TV: the BBC, CITV, Anglia TV amongst others. I ran a team of actor/educators at the Shakespeare's Globe education...
I have been involved in hundreds of plays as actor, playwright or director. I toured the UK & Europe many times. I have presented plays - my own & others - at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, on London's Fringe Theatre circuit & in Philadelphia. I have worked on British radio and TV: the BBC, CITV, Anglia TV amongst others. I ran a team of actor/educators at the Shakespeare's Globe education department for some years.
I live in Philadelphia now. I have worked with some fine Philly companies: Peoples Light, the Arden, the Philadelphia Dramatists' Center, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, the Philadelphia Artists' Collective (PAC), the Irish Heritage Theatre, Egopo Classic Theatre and many more. I was a 2017 Barrymore winner as part of Egopo's multiple-nominated 'THE SEAGULL'. In 2018 I appeared in the 6 month 'LYDIE BREEZE' trilogy by Pulitzer finalist, Oscar nominee, Tony, Olivier, and Obie Award-winner playwright John Guare.
I am also founder of The MacProud Foundation, a new play development based in Philadelphia PA.
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Plays

  • GOING - A Play On Some Phobias... by mb knight
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: bi-polarity
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: bi-polarity
    SYNOPSIS: A chance meeting with a man means that a woman suddenly finds herself adding a huge item to the list of things - and people - she is trying to juggle. She’s been doing a brilliant job. All the balls are in the air. Her mother & her drug problem. Her daughter & her… what is that? This new guy & his bi-polarity… all the balls are in the air.
    Then she drops one. It falls a long way...
    SYNOPSIS: A chance meeting with a man means that a woman suddenly finds herself adding a huge item to the list of things - and people - she is trying to juggle. She’s been doing a brilliant job. All the balls are in the air. Her mother & her drug problem. Her daughter & her… what is that? This new guy & his bi-polarity… all the balls are in the air.
    Then she drops one. It falls a long way & hits hard.
    What now Suzee?
  • THE STINK OF THIS WRITER, a short play by mb knight
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller + 1 more
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    Keyword: writers, blackmail + 1 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller, political
    Keyword: writers, blackmail, S&M
    A famous writer, a radical, finds himself in a situation that could lead to blackmail - or worse. His ideals & motives are questioned & a young woman is put at risk.
    Approx 20 minutes long.
  • WOMEN, MEN, MONOLOGUES & HATE by mb knight
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, British + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, satire
    Keyword: Shakespeare, British, comedy, theatre production, charming, no kink shaming
    Professor Dansay & her adjunct, Z. Boughten take the reins of the venerable ‘Real Works Of Shakespeare Society'. Then they run into a problem: Simon Bane, star of stage, screen & tabloid. WOMEN, MEN & MONOLOGUES I HATE is a fast, naughty & sometimes vicious comedy. It's got a Shakespeare play in it. It's got two brilliant women in it - a cute ingenue and an ambitious academic. It...
    Professor Dansay & her adjunct, Z. Boughten take the reins of the venerable ‘Real Works Of Shakespeare Society'. Then they run into a problem: Simon Bane, star of stage, screen & tabloid. WOMEN, MEN & MONOLOGUES I HATE is a fast, naughty & sometimes vicious comedy. It's got a Shakespeare play in it. It's got two brilliant women in it - a cute ingenue and an ambitious academic. It's got an old British guy in it who thinks he's brilliant and cute.
    And the villain is..?
  • Oscar's Last Line, a short play about Oscar Wilde by mb knight
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Oscar Wilde, interview + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, science fiction
    Keyword: Oscar Wilde, interview, television
    A celebrity interview TV show aims to use a powerful computer to reproduce Oscar Wilde as a hologram & interview him. It works, but Oscar surprises everyone, including himself.
    Approx 20 minutes long
  • Going, a short play (10mins) by mb knight
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: manic depression
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: manic depression
    Cast: 2
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: manic depression
    A woman meets a man. They flirt happily but...
  • The Adventures of Sir Michael Skeaping - a short filmscript by mb knight
    Cast: 
    7–15
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    Genre: adventure, comedy
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    Keyword: aids, gay parade
    Genre: adventure, comedy
    Keyword: aids, gay parade
    An old British conman meets a gay bar owner in New York & they become firm friends.
  • Prima Rosa, Tabula Rasa by mb knight
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    This is a father’s memory play.
  • The British American Civil War And How It Precipitated The Destruction Of The British Empire by mb knight
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: ripe for zoom, romance + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: ripe for zoom, romance, funny, not a happy ending but the only ending there could be
    An American woman & a British man meet in America. They fall in love, then not. A short, acerbic comedy.
    Ripe for Zoom adaptation.
  • Going, a short film script by mb knight
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: manic depression
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: manic depression
    A woman meets a man. They flirt happily but...
  • 'You WHAT Lucy?' A short . Approx 10 minutes run time. by mb knight
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce
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    Keyword: girls night out, NSFW
    Genre: comedy, farce
    Keyword: girls night out, NSFW
    The aftermath of a 'girls’ night out' during which the two 'girls' meet Jesus.