Alan Bleasdale Biography (1946-)

Born March 23, 1946, in Liverpool, England; son of George (a foreman) and Margaret (a shop assistant; maiden name, Grant) Bleasdale; married Julia Moses,December 28, 1970; children: Timothy, Jamie, Tamana. Addresses: Agent:Lemon, Unna, and Durbridge, 24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park, London W11 4LZ, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Writer, producer
Birth Details
March 23, 1946
Liverpool, England

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Producer
  • Soft Sand, Blue Sea, 1997
  • Television Producer
  • Movies
  • Self Catering (also known as Alan Bleasdale Presents Self Catering), 1994
  • Requiem Apache (also known as Alan Bleasdale Presents Requiem Apache), 1994
  • Blood on the Dole (also known as Alan Bleasdale Presents Bloodon the Dole), 1994
  • Television Work
  • Miniseries
  • Producer, GBH, 1991
  • Executive producer, Melissa, 1997
  • Executive producer, Oliver Twist, 1999
  • WRITINGS
  • Plays
  • Fat Harold and the Last Twenty-Six, produced at Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, England, 1975
  • The Party's Over, produced at Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, 1975
  • (With others) Scully (adaptation of Bleasdale's novel of the same title), produced at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 1975
  • Down the Dock Road, produced at Playhouse Theatre, 1976
  • (With Kenneth Alan Taylor) Franny Scully's Christmas Stories,produced at Playhouse Theatre, 1976
  • It's a Madhouse, produced at Contact Theatre, Manchester, England, 1976
  • Should Auld Acquaintance, produced at Contact Theatre, 1976
  • No More Sitting on the Old School Bench, produced at Contact Theatre, 1977, published by Woodhouse, 1979, published with David Calcutt's Detention by Heinemann, 1987
  • Crackers, produced at The Playhouse, Leeds, England, 1978
  • Pimples, produced at Contact Theatre, 1978
  • Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing (for children), produced in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, 1986, published in Act I, edited by David Self and Ray Speakman, Hutchinson, 1979
  • Having a Ball, produced at the Coliseum, Oldham, Lancashire, England, 1981
  • Young People Today (sketch), produced with The Big One in London, 1983
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? (musical), produced at Liverpool Playhouse, 1985, published by Faber, 1985
  • Having a Ball [and]It's a Madhouse, published by Faber,1986
  • On the Ledge, published by Faber, 1993
  • Television Series
  • Scully (adapted from Bleasdale's novel of the same title), 1984, television script published by Hutchinson, edited by David Self, 1984
  • The Monocled Mutineer (four-part series; adapted from the book byWilliam Allison and John Farley), BBC, 1986, television script published by Hutchinson, 1986
  • Television Miniseries
  • Boys from the Blackstuff, BBC, published by Hutchinson, edited byDavid Self, 1985
  • GBH, 1991
  • Jake's Progress, 1995
  • Melissa, 1997
  • Oliver Twist, 1999
  • Television Movies
  • Early to Bed, BBC, 1975
  • Dangerous Ambition, BBC, 1976
  • The Black Stuff, BBC, 1980
  • The Muscle Market, BBC, 1981
  • Television Specials
  • Scully's New Years Eve (also known as Play for Today: Scully's New Year's Eve), BBC, 1978
  • Screenplays
  • No Surrender, Norstar, 1986, published as No Surrender: A Deadpan Farce by Faber, 1986
  • Novels
  • Scully, Hutchinson, 1975
  • Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? Hutchinson, 1977, revised edition published as Scully and Mooey, Corgi, 1984

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Contemporary Dramatists, 1999. 6th edition, St. James Press,