David Rudkin
James David Rudkin (born 29 June 1936) is an English playwright.
Early life
Rudkin was born in
Career
Following the success of his first play
Rudkin's major works for the stage include Ashes (1974), The Sons of Light (written in 1965 though not staged until 1975), The Triumph of Death (1981) and The Saxon Shore (1986). His associations with the RSC also led him to translate the Hippolytus of Euripides for the company in 1978, having translated the author's Hecuba for radio three years previously.[2]
He has written for television, including The Stone Dance (1963), Children Playing (1967), House of Character (1968)
He has also written a volume in the British Film Institute's "Film Classics" series, a 2005 study of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr.[5]
Works
Stage plays
Television plays
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Radio plays
Film
Translations
Opera libretti
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Notes
- ^ Anger and After by John Russell Taylor p.279 of revised 1963 Pelican edition
- ^ ISBN 0-413-14100-4
- ^ John Russell Taylor Anger and After, Harmondesworth: Pelican, 1963 ed., pp.279-280
- ^ a b John Russell Taylor Anger & After, Methuen University Paperback, 1969 reprint, p.309
- ISBN 978-1-84457-073-7
- ^ OBIES Archived 30 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 16 Oct 09
- ^ Benedict, David (27 June 1997). "THEATRE The Maids Donmar Warehouse, London". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ Param Vir's website Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 7 October 2009
- ^ Jonathan Harvey's website Retrieved on 7 October 2009
- ^ Param Vir's website Archived 9 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 7 October 2009
Further reading
- David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience: an expository study of his drama 1959-96 by ISBN 90-5702-126-9