Jeremy Noble (writer)


Jeremy Mark Noble is an English writer, screenwriter, playwright and actor.

Early life and education

Noble attended King's School, Bruton, and read English Literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was supervised by the poet Geoffrey Hill, and graduated with upper second-class honours in 1987. He won a Half Blue for polo, playing for Cambridge University against Oxford University. He was honorary treasurer for Cambridge University Polo Club.

Career

Noble moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, to become a writer. He has since worked with various Russian cultural figures including Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sokurov, and Vladimir Bortko.
Noble has written for The Washington Post, St. Petersburg Press, P. N. Review, Literary Review, Open Democracy Russia, and Open Russia. He has written extensively about Russian ballet, and for Dance Magazine.
Noble has translated extensively from Russian into English, for major arts organisations and events, the president of the Russian Federation, and the mayor of Moscow.
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2005 film The Sun. His play Marlene Made Me was shortlisted for the UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004. He was co-writer and guest historian for Glamour Puds, series 2, episode 9.
He has been seen on Russian TV in the role of Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament, directed by Vladimir Bortko, and on Ukrainian TV in the role of President of the Council of Vampires in Split, directed by Vlad Lanne.
Noble wrote the English-language dialogue for the 2015 film Dusha shpiona, directed by Vladimir Bortko, starring Malcolm McDowell, Liam Cunningham, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fyodor Bondarchuk, and Andrey Chernyshov.
Noble co-wrote the book for Kingmaker the Musical, which received its premiere at the St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015.
He is the editor of Opposing Forces: Plotting the new Russia, a published account of the conversation in Red Square, Moscow, between opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the Polish intellectual and former dissident Adam Michnik.
His first novel Villa Eilenroc was published in 2016. His second novel A Russian Ending was published in 2022.

Writing and acting credits

YearTitleNotes
1995The Glorious Tradition: A History of Russian BalletVideo film in two volumes; written and narrated by Jeremy Noble
1996SmithMiranda Theatre, New York
1998Tchaikovsky's Death
2004Marlene Made MeShortlisted UK International Playwriting Festival, 2004
2005The Sun English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble
Premiere: Berlin Film Festival 2005
Screened: New York Film Festival 2005, Toronto International Film Festival 2005, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005
2008Дилер Created, and co-written by Jeremy Noble
  • Episode 1 "Портрет Императора"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 2 "Наследница"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 3 "Memento Mori"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 4 "Осквернители Могил"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 5 "Подделка"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 6 "Портрет Неизвестноо"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 7 "Старуха На Обочине"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Albina Shulgina, Vadim Mikhailov
  • Episode 8 "Медные Всадники"
  • :Writers: Jeremy Noble, Igor Shiritz
2010Glamour PudsSeason 2, Episode 9; co-writer and guest historian Jeremy Noble
2011A Drunken Foreigner in Streets of Broken LightsOthello of the Northern Palmyra, series 11, episode 17
2011Dr Paulson in Peter the Great: The Testament
Premiere: "Rossiya 1" TV channel on 14 May 2011, and 15 May.
2012President of the Council of Vampires in Premiere: TET TV, Ukraine, 2011
2015Dusha shpiona English-language dialogue by Jeremy Noble
2015 Montreal World Film Festival: Official Selection
2015Kingmaker the MusicalBook by Jeremy Noble, Bill Robinson, Sophie Austin
Premiere: St James Theatre, London, 31 March 2015