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About Marita Crawley
- Marita Georgina Phillips (born 28 May 1954 in London, England) is a British songwriter and author.Her lyrics have been recorded by artists such as Peter Skellern, Demis Roussos, William Lovelady and Art Garfunkel.
- She has written the libretto for the opera "PUSHKIN", based on the lives of her great-great-great-grandfathers, Alexander Pushkin and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.
- Music by Konstantin Boyarsky the opera was premiered in concert performance by Novaya Opera in Moscow February 4th 2017.
- Its world premiere as a staged performance was at Grange Park Opera in July of 2018. Marita Phillips studied acting at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and ballet at the Nesta Brooking School before training as a mime with Adam Darius, with whom she founded and ran The Mime Centre, London.
- She has written the book and lyrics for the children's musicals; "The Dream Dealer" and "Buzz – the story of Glorybee".
- She has also written the novel "The Dream Dealer".
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