Full Name Martin Jago Role Author Name Martin Jago | Website www.martinjago.net Years active 1994–present | |
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Born 4 August 1972 (age 51) ( 1972-08-04 ) Kent, England Occupation Theatre director, writer Books To Play Or Not to Play: 50 Games for Acting Shakespeare, ESL Shakespeare: 101 Everyday Phrases | ||
Martin Jago (born 4 August 1972) is a British theatre director and author. His first book, To Play or Not to Play: 50 Games for Acting Shakespeare, with a foreword by British actor Alfred Molina, was published in the U.S. in 2012 by Smith & Kraus. His second book, ESL Shakespeare: 101 Everyday Phrases, also published by Smith & Kraus, was released in 2013.
Educated at The University of Oxford, Jago first trained as an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before a change of career in 2004 to focus on directing and writing for theatre and in 2014 he founded the Los Angeles based theatre company, Raze the Space, which produces an annual festival of ten-minute plays and theatre awards at The Samuel French Bookstore in Hollywood.