Brian Clark (Author)
Brian Clark (born June 2, 1932 in Bristol ) is an English playwright and screenwriter .
biography
Clark was born the son of a blacksmith . He was educated at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and then at the University of Nottingham . For eight years he worked as a teacher in schools, then from 1968 to 1972 he was a lecturer in acting at the University of Hull .
In 1970 he wrote the television play Whose Life Is It Anyway? , which he also adapted as a stage play seven years after the television production. The revised version won the Society of West End Theater Award in 1978. A little later he brought the play out in the United States , first in the theater of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. His Broadway debut came the following year. He then adapted the piece for a film that was released in 1981.
Clark has written over 20 television scripts including Easy Go , Operation Magic Carpet , The Saturday Party , The Country Party, and Telford Change .
Awards and nominations
- 1978 Society of West End Theaters Award for Isn't That My Life?
- 1979 Selection, The Burns Mantle Theater Yearbook, The Best Plays of 1978-1979 for Isn't This My Life?
- 1979 Tony Award nominee, Best Play for Isn't That My Life?
Web links
- Brian Clark in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The German translation must be stressed on the fourth word: "Isn't that my life?", Otherwise it does not faithfully reproduce the meaning of the original.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clark, Brian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol |