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G. F. Newman Biography (1945-)

Full name Gordon F. Newman; born in 1945 in Kent, England; married Roberta Hall; children: two sons. Addresses: Agent: Elaine Steel.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

writer, producer

Birth Details

1945

Kent, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Screenplays
• Number One, Stageforum, 1985.
• Also wrote screenplays for Law & Order, 1978; and Sun in the Hunter's Eye.
• Credits; Stage Plays
• Operation Bad Apple, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1982.
• An Honourable Trade, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1984.
• The Testing Ground, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1989.
• Credits; Novels
• Sir, You Bastard, Simon & Schuster, 1970.
• You Nice Bastard, New English Library, 1972.
• The Player and the Guest, New English Library, 1972.
• Billy: A Family Tragedy, New English Library, 1972.
• The Split, New English Library, 1973.
• Three Professional Ladies, New English Library, 1973.
• The Price, New English Library, 1974, published as You Flash Bastard, Sphere Books, 1978.
• The Guvnor, Hart-Davis, 1977.
• The List, Secker & Warburg, 1980.
• The Obsession, Granada, 1980.
• Charlie and Joanna, Granada, 1981.
• The Men with the Guns, Secker & Warburg, 1982.
• Law and Order, Granada, 1983
• The Nation's Health, Granada, 1984.
• Set a Thief, Michael Joseph, 1986.
• The Testing Ground, Michael Joseph, 1987.
• Trading the Future, MacDonalds, 1991.
• Credits: Adaptations
• Sir, You Bastard was adapted as the film The Take, Columbia, 1974.