Connie Stephens has adapted "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", "Crime & Punishment", "Pride & Prejudice", "Mantao the Jester King", "The Drift of Ice" and "A Christmas Carol" for the stage. She has also completed audio arrangements of Manfred Kyber’s "Mantao The Jester King", "Elmenor Castle", "The Drift of Ice" and "Grotesken" (all selected and translated by Barbara Fairall), arranged and adapted material for three touring shows "Close Encounters of the Classic Kind", "Affairs to Remember" and "Best of the Bard" and written a feature length screenplay "Another Side to Dreaming".

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"The audience loved it and sat with smiles on their faces throughout the whole production. It was a most professional, energetic and very clever production." Letchworth Arts Centre
	An innovative version of Jane Austen’s classic story with a cast of 5 actors playing all the different characters (2M, 3 F). This premiered at Barons Court Theatre in April 2008, touring also to venues in Essex and Hertfordshire.

This is a faithful adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s compassionate and deeply intelligent study of human nature. Designed for just 3 actors (2M, 1F) it runs at approx 2 hrs 30 mins (including a 20 minute interval) and will premiere at Barons Court Theatre from 4th November 2008.

"The perfect adaptation of this classic." Ron Phillips, Artistic Director, Barons Court Theatre
	Adapted for five actors (3M 2F), this show premieres at Christmas 2008 and will tour to Ingatestone Hall, Letchworth Arts Centre and Barons Court Theatre.

"A delightful, well-prepared and thoroughly engrossing theatrical experience." The Brentwood Gazette

A special arrangement of some of Shakespeare's finest scenes selected from his best-loved plays, including "Romeo and Juliet", "Macbeth" and "The Taming of the Shrew". The themes and issues which run throughout his plays are as relevant today as they were nearly five hundred years ago. "Best of the Bard" allows the audience to enjoy and judge for themselves what it is that makes the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon a playwright for all times! (1M 1F)

"The performance was nothing short of inspirational – brilliant...A unique experience and a fantastic evening." The Rotor
	This show is devised around carefully adapated extracts from such classics as "Wuthering Heights", "Oliver Twist", "Under the Greenwood Tree", "An Ideal Husband", "Jane Eyre" and many more. Guaranteed to inspire audiences to return to the originals! (1M 1F)

Following on from "Close Encounters", this show features highlights from "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", "Tess of the D’Urbervilles", "The Mill on the Floss" and "The Age of Innocence". The most intimate of all the two-person shows - these authors were not afraid to delve into the deepest, most fascinating aspects of human nature. (1M 1F)