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David Pownall Biography (1938-)

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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.