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Keith Dewhurst Biography (1931-)

Born December 24, 1931, in Oldham, England; son of Joseph Frederick and Lily(Carter) Dewhurst; married Eve Pearce, July 14, 1958 (divorced, 1980); married Alexandra Cann, November 4, 1980; children: Alan, Emma, Faith (first marriage). Addresses: HOME--2 King Edward's Mansions, Fulham Road, London SW6, England. AGENT--London Management, 235 Regent Street, London W1A 2JT, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

December 24, 1931

Oldham, England

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISON WORK
• Presenter, Granada, London, 1968-69.
• presenter, Review, BBC, 1972.
• presenter, Extraordinary, Yorkshire Television, 1978.
• Writings;STAGE
• Rafferty's Chant, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1967, published in Plays of the Year 33, Elek, 1967.
• Pirates, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1970.
• Brecht in '26, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1971.
• Corunna!, Theatre Upstairs, 1971.
• (adaptor) Kidnapped (from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel), Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972.
• (adaptor) The Miser (from Moliere's play), Royal Lyceum Theatre, 1973.
• The Magic Island, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, U.K., 1974.
• The Bomb in Brewery Street, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, U.K., 1975.
• One Short, Crucible Theatre, 1976.
• Luggage, Natural Theatre Platform, London, 1977.
• (adaptor) Lark Rise (from Flora Thompson's novel), Coltesloe Theatre, London, 1978, published by Hutchinson, 1980.
• (adaptor) Candleford (from Thompson's novel), Coltesloe Theatre, 1978, published by Hutchinson, 1980.
• (adaptor) The World Turned Upside Down (from Christopher Miller's novel),Coltesloe Theatre, 1978.
• (adaptor) Don Quixote (from Miguel de Cervantes's novel), Olivier Theatre, London, 1982.
• Also wrote San Salvador, 1980.
• Writings;FILM
• The Empty Beach, Jethro, 1985.
• Writings;TELEVISON; EPISODIC
• Z Cars, 1962-67, published in Z Cars: Four Scripts from the Televison Series, Longman, 1968.
• Softly, Softly, 1967.
• Just William, 1976.
• Also Knight Errant, Skyport, Love Story, Front Page Story, The Villains.
• Writings;PLAYS
• Think of the Day, 1960.
• Local Incident, 1961.
• Albert Hope, 1962.
• The Chimney Boy, 1964.
• The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley, 1964.
• The Siege of Manchester, 1965.
• The Towers of Manhattan, 1966.
• Last Bus, 1968.
• Men of Iron, 1969.
• Why Danny Misses School, 1969.
• It Calls for a Great Deal of Love, 1969.
• (adaptor) Helen (from Euripides's play), 1970.
• The Sit-In, 1972.
• Lloyd George, 1973.
• End Game, 1974.
• Our Terry, 1975.
• Two Girls and a Millionaire, 1978.
• Writings;RADIO PLAYS
• Drummer Delaney's Sixpence, 1971.
• That's Charlie George Over There, 1972.
• Dick Turpin, 1976.
• Writings;OTHER
• (Contributor) Scene Scripts, Longman, 1972.
• Captain of the Sands (a novel), Viking, 1982.