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David Halliwell Biography (1936-)

Born July 31, 1936, in Brighouse, England; son of Herbert and Ethel (Spencer)Halliwell. Addresses: HOME--Eight Crawborough Villas, Charlbury, Oxford OX7 3TS, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 31, 1936

Brighouse, England

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Vincentio, The Taming of the Shew, Seyton, Macbeth, both Nottingham Repertory Theatre, Nottingham, U.K., 1962.
• Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew, Leicester, U.K., 1962.
• Sydney Spooner, Worms Eye View, Colchester, U.K., 1962.
• General Madigan, O'Flaherty, V.C., Jim Curry, The Rainmaker, both Stoke-on-Trent, U.K., 1962.
• Hero, The Rehearsal, Pozzo, Waiting for Godot, Common Man, A Man for AllSeasons, all Stoke-on-Trent, 1963.
• Scrawdyke, Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs, London, 1965.
• Jackson McIver, The Experiment, London, 1967.
• policeman, An Altercation, London, 1973.
• Botard, Rhinoceros, London, 1974.
• Frankie, Birdbath, Bristol, U.K., 1975.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• The Dumb Waiter, The Stronger, The Village Wooing, and Keep Out, Love inProgress, all London, 1966.
• (with David Claderisi) The Experiment, London, then New York, both 1967.
• A Day with My Sister, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1971.
• The Hundred Watt Bulb, I Am Real and So Are You, A Visit from the Family,Crewe Station at Two A.M., all London, 1972.
• The Only Way Out, London, 1973.
• We Are What We Eat, The Knowall, (with Gavin Eley) The Quipu Anywhere Show, all London, 1973.
• The Last of the Feinsteins, London, 1975.
• Paint, London, 1977.
• Lovers, Kingston, U.K., 1978.
• Was It Her?, Meriel the Ghost Girl, both London, 1982.
• Also director with the Quipu Group, London, 1966-76.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Nightclub operator, Mona Lisa, Handmade Films, 1985.
• prison officer, Defense of the Realm, 1985.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO APPEARANCES
• Landlord, Spongehenge, BBC, 1982.
• Writings;PLAYS
• Concerning Out and In, 1958.
• Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs, London, 1965, then New York City (as Hail Scrawdyke!), 1966, published by Grove Press, 1967.
• A Who's Who of Flapland, London, 1967, published in A Who's Who of Flapland and Other Plays, Faber, 1971.
• (with David Calderisi) The Experiment, London, then New York City, 1967.
• K.D. Dufford Hears K.D. Dufford Ask K.D. Dufford How K.D. Dufford'll MakeK.D. Dufford, London, 1969, published by Faber, 1970.
• The Discussion, Falmouth, U.K., 1969, published in A Who's Who of Flapland and Other Plays, Faber, 1971.
• Muck from Three Angels, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., then London, both 1971, published in A Who's Who of Flapland and Other Plays, 1971.
• The Girl Who Didn't Like Answers, A Last Belch for the Great Auk, An Amour and a Feast, all London, 1971.
• Bleats from a Brighouse Pleasureground, Janitress Thrilled by PrehensilePenis, An Altercation, all London, 1972.
• The Freckled Bum, Minyip, both London, 1974.
• Progs, A Process of Elimination, both London, 1975.
• Prejudice, Sheffield, U.K., 1978.
• Persons in the Act of Mooting, London, 1979.
• The House, London, 1979, published by Eyre Methuen, 1979.
• A Rite Kwik Metal Tata, Sheffield, U.K., then London, 1979.
• Creatures of Another Kind, London, 1981.
• Meriel the Ghost Girl, London, 1982, published in The Mind Beyond, Penguin, 1976.
• Also wrote Wychways along the Evenlode, 1986; A Tomato Who Grew into a Mushroom, 1986.
• PLAYS,UNPRODUCED Franklin and Wilkins.
• Demonstrations.
• The Cutteslowe Walls.
• Writings;TELEPLAYS
• A Plastic Mac in Winter, 1963.
• Cock, Hen, and Courting Pit, 1966.
• Triptych of Bathroom Users, 1972.
• Blur and Blank via Checkheaton, 1972.
• Steps Back, 1973.
• Daft Mam Blues, 1975.
• Pigmented Patter (Crown Court series), 1976.
• Meriel the Ghost Girl, 1976.
• Tree Women of Jagden Crag, 1978.
• There's a Car Park in Witherton, 1982.
• Speculating about Orwell, 1983.
• Arrangements, 1985.
• Doctor Who (two episodes), 1985.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs, 1973.
• Writings;RADIO PLAYS
• A Who's Who of Flapland, 1967.
• Bleats from a Brighouse Pleasureground, 1972.
• Was It Her?, 1980.
• Spongehenge, 1982.
• Meriel the Ghost Girl, 1983.
• Grandad's Place, 1984.
• Shares of the Pudding, 1985.
• Do It Youself, 1986.
• Gifts, 1987.