David Pownall Biography (1938-)

Born May 19, 1938, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; children: three sons. Addresses: Agent: Andrew Hewson, John Johnson Ltd., 45-47 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0HT, England.

Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupation: playwright, poet, novelist
Birth Details: May 19, 1938; Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Famous Works

Credits; Plays
As We Lie, Nkana-Kitwe, Zambia, 1969.
How to Grow a Guerrilla, Century Theatre, Keswick, England, 1971.
All the World Should be Taxed, Duke's Playhouse, Lancaster, England, 1971.
Gaunt, Duke's Playhouse, 1973.
The Dream of Chief Crazy Horse (juvenile), produced at Fleetwood,Lancashire, 1973, published by Faber, 1975.
Lions and Lambs, Duke's Playhouse, 1973.
Crates on Barrels, Fylde Arts Theatre, 1974.
Lile Jimmy Williamson, Duke's Playhouse, 1975.
Buck Ruxton, Duke's Playhouse, 1975.
Ladybird, Ladybird, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1975.
A Tale of Two Town Halls, Duke's Playhouse, 1976.
Music to Murder By, produced at Canterbury, England, 1976, published by Faber, 1978.
(With music by Stephen Boxer) Motorcar, produced at Traverse Theatre, 1977, published by Faber, 1979.
(With music by Boxer) Richard III, Part Two, produced at TraverseTheatre, 1977, published by Faber, 1979.
Seconds at the Fight for Madrid, Vandyck Theatre, Bristol, England, 1978.
An Audience called Edouard, produced at Greenwich Theatre, London,1978, published by Faber, 1979.
Livingstone and Sechele, Traverse Theatre, 1978.
Barricade, Warwick University Arts Centre, Warwick, England, 1979.
Later, Kings Head, London, 1980.
Beef, produced at Theatre Royal, Stratford, England, 1981, published in Best Radio Plays of 1981, Methuen, 1982.
The Hot Hello, Traverse Theatre, 1981.
Master Class, Old Vic Theatre, 1984, published by Faber, 1983.
Pride and Prejudice (adapted from novel by Jane Austen), Old Vic Theatre, London, 1986.
Death of a Faun, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, 1991.
Rousseau's Tale, Gate Theatre, London, 1991.
My Father's House, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1992.
Also author of How Does the Cuckoo Learn to Fly?, 1970; The Last of the Wizards (juvenile), Windermere, Cumbria, and London, 1972; Beauty and the Beast (with music by Boxer), Lancaster, 1973; The Human Cartoon Show, Lancaster, 1974; The Pro, London, 1975; The Viewing, London, 1987; Black Star, Bolton, Lancashire, 1987; The Edge, London, 1987; and King John's Jewels, Birmingham, England, 1987.
Credits; Radio Plays

Free Ferry, British Broadcasting Company, (BBC), 1972.
Free House, BBC, 1973.
An Old New Year, BBC, 1974.
Fences, BBC, 1976.
Under the Wool, BBC, 1976.
Livingstone and Sechele, BBC, 1979.
Beef, BBC, 1981.
Butterfingers, BBC, 1981.
The Mist People, BBC, 1981.
Flos, BBC, 1982.
Master Class, ABC, 1984.
Ploughboy Monday, produced 1985, published in Best Radio Playsof 1985, Methuen, 1986.
Plato Not Nato, BBC, 1990.
Also author of A Place in the Country, 1974; Back Stop, 1977; Music To Murder By, 1977; Richard III, Part Two, 1979; Motocar, 1979; Later, 1981; Beloved Latitudes, 1986; The Bridge at Orbigo, 1987; Glossomaniacs, 1990; Bringing Up Nero, 1990; Rousseau's Tale, 1991; Kitty Wilkinson, 1992; and Dreams and Censorship, 1993.
Credits; Teleplays
High Tides, ATV, 1975.
Mackerel Sky, ATV, 1976.
Return Fare, BBC-1, 1978.
Follow the River Down, BBC-2, 1979.
Room for an Inward Light, BBC, 1980.
The Sack Judies, BBC, 1981.
Also author of Love's Labour ("Maybury" series), 1983; and TheGreat White Mountain ("Mountain Men" series), 1987.
Credits; Novels
The Raining Tree War, Faber, 1974.
African Horse, Faber, 1975.
God Perkins, Faber, 1977.
Light on a Honeycomb, Faber, 1978.
Beloved Latitudes, Gollancz, 1981.
The White Cutter, Gollancz, 1987.
The Gardener, Gollancz, 1988.
Stagg and His Mother, Gollancz, 1990.
The Sphinx and the Sybarites, Sinclair Stevenson, 1993.
Credits; Short Stories
My Organic Uncle and Other Stories, Faber, 1976.
Credits; Poetry
(With Jack Hill) An Eagle Each: Poems of the Lakes and Elsewhere,Arena, 1972.
Another Country, Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1978.
Credits; Other
Between Ribble and Lune: Scenes from the North-West (photographs by Arthur Thompson), Gollancz, 1980.
(Editor, with Gareth Pownall) The Fisherman's Bedside Book, Windward, 1980.
The Bunch from Bananas (juvenile), Gollancz, 1980, Macmillan, 1981.
Also contributor of short stories to Introduction 5, Faber, 1973.

Further Reference

Books

Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1988, pp. 439-440.
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 10, Gale, 1979, pp. 418-420.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 14, Part 2, Gale, 1983, pp. 592- 597.

Periodicals

Plays and Players, November, 1991.

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