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'''William John Francis Naughton''', or '''Bill Naughton''' ([[Ballyhaunis]], [[12 June]] [[1910]] - [[Ballasalla]], [[9 January]] [[1992]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]] and [[author]], best known for his play ''[[Alfie (play)|Alfie]]''.
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The '''Highland Rim''' is a geographic term for the area in [[Tennessee]] surrounding the [[Nashville_Basin|Central Basin]]. [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] is largely surrounded by higher terrain in all directions.


Born in Ballyhaunis, [[County Mayo]],Ireland his family moved in 1914 to [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]], where he attended Saint Peter and Paul's School. Naughton worked as a weaver, coal-bagger and lorry-driver before he started writing. Naughton's preferred environment was working class society. Although ''Alfie'' is the play with which he will always be associated, mostly because of the British film starring Michael Caine in the eponymous role, he was a prolific writer, with both plays, novels, short stories and children’s books to his name. At least two of his other plays have been transferred onto the cinema screen as well. These are ''[[Spring and Port Wine]]'', which had [[James Mason]] starring in the role of Rafe Crompton, and ''[[The Family Way]]'', which starred [[John Mills]]. His work also includes the novel ''One Small Boy'' (1957), and the collection of short stories ''The Goalkeeper's Revenge: And Other Stories'' (1961).
Geologicially, the Central Basin is actually opposite, being a [[dome (geology)|dome]]. The Highland Rim is a [[cuesta]] surrounding the basin, and the border where the difference in elevation is sharply pronounced is an [[escarpment]], located somewhat in the northwestern corner of the Basin.
Had many of his plays performed at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton town Centre and has a theatre named after him.


During his lifetime, he received the following awards:
==Geology and physiography==
*Screenwriters Guide Award (1967 and 1968)
The Highland Rim is a [[Physiographic regions of the world|physiographic section]] of the larger Interior Low Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger [[Interior Plains]] physiographic division.<ref name="USGS-Water">{{cite web |title=Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S. |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |url=http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/physio.xml |accessdate=2007-12-06 }}</ref>
*Italia Prize for Radio Play (1974)
*Children's Rights Workshop Other Award (1978)
*Portico Literary Prize (1987)
*The Hon. Fellowship, Bolton Institute of Higher Education (1988).


Naughton died in 1992, in Ballasalla on the [[Isle of Man]]. There is today a "Bill Naughton Short Story Competition"[http://www.aghamoreireland.com/kennynaughton/shortstory.htm] in honour of the author. This is administered by The Kenny/Naughton Autumn School, established in 1993 and based today in the village of [[Aghamore]], Ireland. The "School" was created in honour of Bill Naughton and [[Patrick Dermot Kenny]], and scheduled over the annual October bank holiday weekend, consists of lectures, readings, local tours, workshops, new publications, drama and entertainment[http://www.aghamoreireland.com/kennynaughton/school.htm].
There are sections of the Rim referred to by all four of the cardinal directions, i.e., "Northern Highland Rim", etc. It should be recognized that the Rim is rather continuous and any division of it, including the ones made below, are somewhat arbitrary. The term "Highland" here is relative: it is certainly higher than the Basin it surrounds, but it nonetheless is seldom at an elevation above {{convert|1100|ft|m}} above sea level, and never more than about {{convert|1400|ft|m}} above sea level except where interrupted, primarily to the southeast, by outliers of the Cumberland Plateau. With the exception of a few broad stream bottoms, the land is characterized by ridges and valleys with a few fairly low hills. The entire region is well watered with many perennial streams, and occasional waterfalls which sometimes delineate the Rim from the Basin which it surrounds.


==Plays==
===Western Highland Rim===
The Western Rim is similarly encountered only a few miles west of Nashville, and extends to the western valley of the [[Tennessee River]]. Underlying bedrock of the region is chiefly [[Mississippian]] [[limestone]], [[chert]], [[shale]], and [[sandstone]] with exposures of [[Devonian]], [[Silurian]], [[Ordovician]], and [[Cambrian]] limestone, chert, and shale.<ref name="Arch">{{cite web |last=|first=| authorlink = | coauthors = |title=Physiography of Tennessee |publisher=Tennessee Archaeology Net |date=|url=http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/physio.html |accessdate=2007-12-30 }}</ref> In the northern part of the Western Highland Rim, karstification or [[sinkhole]]s, readily occur in an area with a southern extension of the Pennyroyal plateau of Kentucky, where the [[karst]] is best developed on the [[Mississippian]] [[St. Louis Limestone]] and the [[Ste. Genevieve Limestone]].<ref name="Karst">{{cite web |last=Shofner |first=Gregory A. | authorlink = | coauthors = Hugh H. Mills and Jason E. Duke |title=A Simple Map Index of Karstification and its Relationship to Sinkhole and Cave Distribution in Tennessee |publisher=Journal of Cave and Karst Studies |date=2001 |url=http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V63/v63n2-Shofner.pdf |accessdate=2007-12-30 }}</ref> The area is a hilly area that is bisected by the [[Tennessee River]] and the [[Cumberland River]] valleys.


* ''My Flesh, My Blood'' (1957)
===Eastern Highland Rim===
* ''[[Alfie (play)|Alfie]]'', ([[Alfie (1966 film)|1966 film]]) (1963)
The Eastern Rim rises approximately fifty miles east of Nashville, and is bordered to its east by even higher terrain, the [[Cumberland Plateau]]. Erosion has exposed carbonate bedrock of Late [[Paleozoic]] age. These carbonate rocks contain variable amounts of chert, and are often interbedded with fine grained clastic rocks. As a result, these rocks are more resistant to erosion than the underlying, purer limestones of the Lower (Early) Paleozoic. The geology is diverse, and is
* ''[[The Family Way|All In Good Time]]'' (1963)
typically limestone at valley floors (around {{convert|500|ft|m}} elevation) and sandstone on ridges (to
* ''He Was Gone When We Got There'' (1966)
around 1000 feet).<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=| authorlink = | coauthors = |title=Alabama Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |date=|url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/research-mgmt/cwcs/Chapter2.pdf |accessdate=2007-12-30 }}</ref> The constituent bedrock is composed primarily of Mississippian, St. Louis, and [[Warsaw Limestone|Warsaw limestone]] with [[Fort Payne Formation|Fort Payne chert]] underlain by [[Chattanooga Shale]] that forms a large part of the escarpment.<ref name="Arch" /> This area is mostly undulating plains, hills, and karst.
* ''June Evening'' (1966)
* ''[[Spring and Port Wine]]'' (1967)
* ''Lighthearted Intercourse'' (1971)
* ''Keep It In The Family'' (1967)
* ''Annie And Fanny'' (1967)


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===Northern Highland Rim===
The Northern Highland Rim is encountered just a few miles north of Nashville proper and extends to the [[Kentucky]] border, and the region of Kentucky adjacent to it called the [[Pennyroyal Plateau|Pennyroyal]] is in fact largely a continuation of it under another name.


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===Southern Highland Rim===
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For the most part the Southern Rim is the farthest from Nashville, rising at some points just a few miles north of the border with [[Alabama]]. Again, the landforms here are continuous with those in adjacent portions of Alabama, although perhaps the most spectacular landforms of any portion of the Rim are to be found here.


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The stratigraphy of the Southern Highland Rim is primarily composed of flat-lying limestones, [[dolomite]]s, and shales, and to a much lesser extent, of cherts, [[siltstone]]s, [[mudstone]]s, and very fine grained to [[conglomerate|conglomeratic]] sandstones.
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William John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton (Ballyhaunis, 12 June 1910 - Ballasalla, 9 January 1992) was a British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.

Born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo,Ireland his family moved in 1914 to Bolton, Lancashire, England, where he attended Saint Peter and Paul's School. Naughton worked as a weaver, coal-bagger and lorry-driver before he started writing. Naughton's preferred environment was working class society. Although Alfie is the play with which he will always be associated, mostly because of the British film starring Michael Caine in the eponymous role, he was a prolific writer, with both plays, novels, short stories and children’s books to his name. At least two of his other plays have been transferred onto the cinema screen as well. These are Spring and Port Wine, which had James Mason starring in the role of Rafe Crompton, and The Family Way, which starred John Mills. His work also includes the novel One Small Boy (1957), and the collection of short stories The Goalkeeper's Revenge: And Other Stories (1961). Had many of his plays performed at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton town Centre and has a theatre named after him.

During his lifetime, he received the following awards:

  • Screenwriters Guide Award (1967 and 1968)
  • Italia Prize for Radio Play (1974)
  • Children's Rights Workshop Other Award (1978)
  • Portico Literary Prize (1987)
  • The Hon. Fellowship, Bolton Institute of Higher Education (1988).

Naughton died in 1992, in Ballasalla on the Isle of Man. There is today a "Bill Naughton Short Story Competition"[1] in honour of the author. This is administered by The Kenny/Naughton Autumn School, established in 1993 and based today in the village of Aghamore, Ireland. The "School" was created in honour of Bill Naughton and Patrick Dermot Kenny, and scheduled over the annual October bank holiday weekend, consists of lectures, readings, local tours, workshops, new publications, drama and entertainment[2].

Plays

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External links

Bill Naughton at IMDb

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