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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
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Credits; Plays
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As We Lie, Nkana-Kitwe, Zambia, 1969.
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How to Grow a Guerrilla, Century Theatre, Keswick, England, 1971.
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All the World Should be Taxed, Duke's Playhouse, Lancaster, England, 1971.
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Gaunt, Duke's Playhouse, 1973.
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The Dream of Chief Crazy Horse (juvenile), produced at Fleetwood,Lancashire, 1973, published by Faber, 1975.
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Lions and Lambs, Duke's Playhouse, 1973.
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Crates on Barrels, Fylde Arts Theatre, 1974.
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Lile Jimmy Williamson, Duke's Playhouse, 1975.
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Buck Ruxton, Duke's Playhouse, 1975.
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Ladybird, Ladybird, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1975.
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A Tale of Two Town Halls, Duke's Playhouse, 1976.
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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.
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Seconds at the Fight for Madrid, Vandyck Theatre, Bristol, England, 1978.
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An Audience called Edouard, produced at Greenwich Theatre, London,1978, published by Faber, 1979.
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Livingstone and Sechele, Traverse Theatre, 1978.
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Barricade, Warwick University Arts Centre, Warwick, England, 1979.
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Later, Kings Head, London, 1980.
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Beef, produced at Theatre Royal, Stratford, England, 1981, published in Best Radio Plays of 1981, Methuen, 1982.
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The Hot Hello, Traverse Theatre, 1981.
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Master Class, Old Vic Theatre, 1984, published by Faber, 1983.
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Pride and Prejudice (adapted from novel by Jane Austen), Old Vic Theatre, London, 1986.
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Death of a Faun, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, 1991.
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Rousseau's Tale, Gate Theatre, London, 1991.
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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.
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Credits; Radio Plays
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Free Ferry, British Broadcasting Company, (BBC), 1972.
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Free House, BBC, 1973.
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An Old New Year, BBC, 1974.
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Fences, BBC, 1976.
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Under the Wool, BBC, 1976.
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Livingstone and Sechele, BBC, 1979.
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Beef, BBC, 1981.
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Butterfingers, BBC, 1981.
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The Mist People, BBC, 1981.
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Flos, BBC, 1982.
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Master Class, ABC, 1984.
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Ploughboy Monday, produced 1985, published in Best Radio Playsof 1985, Methuen, 1986.
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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.
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Credits; Teleplays
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High Tides, ATV, 1975.
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Mackerel Sky, ATV, 1976.
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Return Fare, BBC-1, 1978.
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Follow the River Down, BBC-2, 1979.
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Room for an Inward Light, BBC, 1980.
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The Sack Judies, BBC, 1981.
- Also author of Love's Labour ("Maybury" series), 1983; and TheGreat White Mountain ("Mountain Men" series), 1987.
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Credits; Novels
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The Raining Tree War, Faber, 1974.
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African Horse, Faber, 1975.
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God Perkins, Faber, 1977.
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Light on a Honeycomb, Faber, 1978.
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Beloved Latitudes, Gollancz, 1981.
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The White Cutter, Gollancz, 1987.
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The Gardener, Gollancz, 1988.
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Stagg and His Mother, Gollancz, 1990.
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The Sphinx and the Sybarites, Sinclair Stevenson, 1993.
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Credits; Short Stories
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My Organic Uncle and Other Stories, Faber, 1976.
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Credits; Poetry
- (With Jack Hill) An Eagle Each: Poems of the Lakes and Elsewhere,Arena, 1972.
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Another Country, Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1978.
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Credits; Other
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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.
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The Bunch from Bananas (juvenile), Gollancz, 1980, Macmillan, 1981.
- Also contributor of short stories to Introduction 5, Faber, 1973.
Further Reference
Books
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Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1988, pp. 439-440.
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Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 10, Gale, 1979, pp. 418-420.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 14, Part 2, Gale, 1983, pp. 592- 597.
Periodicals
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Plays and Players, November, 1991.
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