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'''Stephen Wakelam''' is an English writer and playwright born in [[Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]].<ref name = "SWsite">{{cite web|title=Bio |url=http://www.stephenwakelam.net|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref> After [[Cambridge University]], he was an English Teacher and Head of Department in [[South Yorkshire]] until he became a full-time writer in 1976.<ref name="SWsite" /> He was Young Writers' Tutor at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] from 1981-1984 and then tutored young playwrights at the [[Royal National Theatre#National Theatre Studio|National Theatre Studio]] in the 1990s.<ref name="SWsite" /> He has written over forty performed plays, at first mainly in television then primarily on radio.<ref name="SWsite" /> His subjects are almost exclusively biographical, covering a broad range of interests. Wakelam was The [[Royal Literary Society]] Writer in Residence at |
'''Stephen Wakelam''' is an English writer and playwright born in [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]].<ref name = "SWsite">{{cite web|title=Bio |url=http://www.stephenwakelam.net|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref> After [[Cambridge University]], he was an English Teacher and Head of Department in [[South Yorkshire]] until he became a full-time writer in 1976.<ref name="SWsite" /> He was Young Writers' Tutor at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] from 1981-1984 and then tutored young playwrights at the [[Royal National Theatre#National Theatre Studio|National Theatre Studio]] in the 1990s.<ref name="SWsite" /> He has written over forty performed plays, at first mainly in television then primarily on radio.<ref name="SWsite" /> His subjects are almost exclusively biographical, covering a broad range of interests. Wakelam was The [[Royal Literary Society]] Writer in Residence at universities in [[Leeds]] and [[Kent]], 2009-12.<ref name="SWsite" /> From January 2015 he is Writer in Residence at St Cuthbert's Society, [[Durham, England|Durham]].<ref name="SWsite" /> |
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==Selected works== |
==Selected works== |
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 2 May 2022
Stephen Wakelam is an English writer and playwright born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.[1] After Cambridge University, he was an English Teacher and Head of Department in South Yorkshire until he became a full-time writer in 1976.[1] He was Young Writers' Tutor at the Royal Court Theatre from 1981-1984 and then tutored young playwrights at the National Theatre Studio in the 1990s.[1] He has written over forty performed plays, at first mainly in television then primarily on radio.[1] His subjects are almost exclusively biographical, covering a broad range of interests. Wakelam was The Royal Literary Society Writer in Residence at universities in Leeds and Kent, 2009-12.[1] From January 2015 he is Writer in Residence at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham.[1]
Selected works[edit]
- The Pattern of Painful Adventures
- Gaskin
- Coppers
- Angel Voices
- Circles of Deceit
- Deadlines
- Two Men from Delft
- Adulteries of a Provincial Wife
- Answered Prayers
- Death at the Bed End
- Punters
- Hard Knocks
- Selling Immortality
- The Finding
- The Good Samaritan
- To the Camp and Back
- Miss A and Miss M
- Letting the Birds Go Free
- Rainy Day
- Other Women
- Triangle at Rhodes
- Silver Lining
- Tea Leaf on the Roof
- The Fox
- Grassroots
- Released
- Time Passing
- What I Think of my Husband
- A Dose of Fame
- Living With Princes, on the life of Montaigne (2011)
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