Paul Ableman Biography (1927-)

Born June 13, 1927, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; married; children: one son.Addresses: Agent: Jonathan Clowes Ltd., 22 Prince Albert Rd., LondonNW1 7ST, England.

Nationality
English
Occupation
writer
Birth Details
June 13, 1927
Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Famous Works

  • Credits; Plays
  • (With Gertrude Macauley) Even His Enemy, produced in London as Letters to a Lady, 1951, published by Samuel French, 1948.
  • Help!, produced in London, 1963.
  • One Hand Clapping, produced in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1964.
  • Dialogues, produced in London, 1965.
  • Green Julia, produced in Edinburgh and London, both 1965, Washington, DC, 1968, and New York City, 1972, published by Grove, 1966.
  • Tests (sketches), published by Methuen, 1966.
  • Emily and Heathcliff, produced in London, 1967.
  • Blue Comedy: Madly in Love, Hank's Night, produced in London, 1968, published by Methuen, 1968, and in Modern Short Comedies from Broadway and London, edited by Stanley Richards, Random House, 1969.
  • The Black General (adapted from William Shakespeare's play, Othello), produced in London, 1969.
  • Little Hopping Robin, produced in New York City, 1973.
  • And Hum Our Sword, produced in London, 1973.
  • The Visitor, produced in London, 1974.
  • Windsor All-Sorts, produced in London, 1977.
  • Also author of television plays, including Barlowe of the Car Park, 1961; That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage, 1969; Visit from a Stranger, 1970; The Catch in a Cold, 1970; The Wrong 'Un (adapted from a work by Michael Brett), 1983; Love Song (adapted from a novel by Jeffrey Archer), 1985; and the series A Killing on the Exchange,1987. Author of the radio play The Infant, 1974.
  • Credits; Novels
  • I Hear Voices, Olympia Press, 1958.
  • As Near as I Can Get, Spearman, 1962.
  • Vac, Gollancz, 1968.
  • The Twilight of the Vilp, Gollancz, 1969.
  • Tornado Pratt, Gollancz, 1977.
  • Shoestring (adapted from a television play), BBC Publications, 1979.
  • Porridge: The Inside Story (adapted from a television play), Pan Books, 1979.
  • Shoestring's Finest Hour, BBC Publications, 1980.
  • County Hall (adapted from a television series), BBC Publications,1982.
  • Hi-De-Hi (adapted from a television series), BBC Publications, 1983.
  • Coauthor of London Consequences, Greater London Arts Association for the Festivals of London, 1972.
  • Credits; Other
  • (Translator with Veronica Hull) Simone Lacourture, Egypt, Vista, 1963, Viking, 1963.
  • Bits: Some Prose Poems, Latimer Press, 1969.
  • The Mouth and Oral Sex, Running Man Press, 1969, published as The Mouth, Sphere, 1972, and as The Sensuous Mouth, Ace Books, 1972.
  • Anatomy of Nakedness, Orbis, 1982, published as The Banished Body, Sphere, 1984, and as Beyond Nakedness, Elysium, 1986.
  • The Doomed Rebellion, Zomba, 1983.
  • Contributor to Transatlantic Review and Men Only.

Further Reference

Books

  • Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 12, Gale, 1984,p. 16.
  • Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1988, pp. 4-6.