Nigel Williams Biography (1948-)

Born January 20, 1948, in Cheadle, Cheshire, England; son of David (a writerand schoolteacher) and Sylvia (a teacher; maiden name, Hartley) Williams; married Suzan Harrison, June 2, 1972; children: Ned, Jack, Harry. Addresses: Agent: 18 Hornbush Rd., London SW15, England.; Office: Judy Daish Associates, 2 St. Charles Place, London W10 6EG, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, writer
Birth Details: January 20, 1948; Cheadle, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Director, George Orwell (special), 1983
Director, Cambodian Witness (special), 1987
Producer and story editor for the series Bookmark, BBC-2; producerof the series Omnibus, BBC.
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
Double Talk, London, 1976
Snowwhite Washes Whiter [and] Deadwood, Bristol, England, 1977
Class Enemy, London, 1978, then Players Theatre, New York City, 1979-1980, published by Eyre Methuen, 1978
Easy Street, Bristol, England, 1979
Line 'Em, London, 1980, published by Eyre Methuen, 1980
Sugar and Spice, London, 1980, published with Trial Run, Eyre Methuen, 1981
Trial Run, Oxford, England, then London, 1980, published with Sugar and Spice, Eyre Methuen, 1981
W.C.P.C., Half Moon Theatre, London, 1982, published by Methuen, 1983
The Adventures of Jasper Ridley, Hull, England, then by Hull TruckTheatre Company, Half Moon Theatre, 1983
Deathwatch (based on the play by Jean Genet), Birmingham, England,then Young Vic Studio Theatre, London, 1985
My Brother's Keeper, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1985, published byFaber & Faber, 1985
Country Dancing, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1986, then Pit Theatre, London, 1987, published by Faber & Faber, 1987
As It Was (based on a book by Helen Thomas), Edinburgh, Scotland,1987
Buttons in the Marsh, Cheltenham Festival, Cheltenham, England, 1989
Nativity, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1989
Two and a Half Men in a Boat, published by Hodder & Stoughton,1993
Lord of the Flies (based on the novel by William Golding), 1995, then Shaw Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 2000, also produced in 2002
The Last Romantics (based on his teleplay), Greenwich, England, 1996
Harry and Me, London, c. 1996 then Warehouse Theatre, Croydon, England, 2000, published by Faber & Faber, 1996
Teleplays
Series
Johnny Jarvis, BBC, 1983, published as a novel by Penguin, 1983
Charlie, syndicated, 1984, published as a novel by Methuen, 1984

Centrepoint, Channel 4, 1990
Witchcraft (based on his novel), BBC, 1993
Miniseries
The Storyteller: Greek Myths (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths), Channel 4, 1988, later HBO, 1990
The Wimbledon Poisoner (based on his novel), BBC, 1994
Specials
George Orwell (special), 1983
Hildegard of Bingen (documentary), BBC, 1994
"Harold Pinter," Arena: Theatre (documentary; also known as Arena: Harold Pinter), BBC-2, 2002
Other
Talkin' Blues, BBC, 1977
Real Live Audience, BBC, 1978
Baby Talk, BBC, 1981
Let 'Em Know We're Here, 1981
Breaking Up, BBC, 1986, published as a novel by Faber & Faber,1988
The Kremlin Farewell, 1990
The Last Romantics, BBC, 1991
It Could Be You, BBC, 1995
Dirty Tricks, 2000
Bertie and Elizabeth (movie), Carlton Television and PBS, 2002
Screenplays
The First Kangaroos, 1988
Skallagrigg (based on the novel by William Horwood), 1994
Also author of an adaptation of The Canterville Ghost.
Novels
My Life Closed Twice, Secker & Warburg, 1977
Jack Be Nimble, Secker & Warburg, 1980
Johnny Jarvis (for children; based on his teleplay), Penguin, 1983
Charlie (based on his teleplay), Methuen, 1984
Star Turn, Faber & Faber, 1985
Witchcraft, Faber & Faber, 1987
Black Magic, Hutchinson, 1988
Breaking Up (based on his teleplay), Faber & Faber, 1988
Buttons in the Marsh (based on his stage play), Faber & Faber,1989
The Wimbledon Poisoner, Faber & Faber, c. 1990
They Came from SW19, Faber & Faber, 1992
East of Wimbledon, Faber & Faber, 1993
Scenes from a Prisoner's Life, Faber & Faber, 1994
From Wimbledon to Waco, Faber & Faber, 1995
The Wimbledon Trilogy, Faber & Faber, 1995
Stalking Fiona, Granta, 1997
Forty Something, Penguin, 1999
School-Marm Murders, Hatchett & Lycett, 2002

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Peter Stein and Juergen Klose adapted Williams's play Class Enemyas the basis for the film Klassen Feind (also known as Kjassenfeind), released by Teleculture in 1984. The 1987 teleplay Sanning och konsekvens is based on Williams's play Sugar and Spice.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Dramatists, 6th edition, St. James Press, 1999
Writers Directory, 18th edition, St. James Press, 2002

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