Jack Rosenthal

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Jack Morris Rosenthal , CBE (born September 8, 1931 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester , † May 29, 2004 in London ) was a British playwright and screenwriter .

biography

After attending school, he graduated from the University of Sheffield and joined the advertising department of Granada Television one year after it was founded in 1956 .

In 1961 he became a writer on the television series Coronation Street , where he wrote the scripts for more than 150 episodes until 1969 . In addition, he wrote articles for the influential satirical program That Was The Week That Was of the BBC (1963) and was also the spiritual father of the television series The Lovers! (1970).

His heartfelt, humorous television plays, drama about real life, wartime nostalgia, and domestic Jewish works included BAFTA Award- winning The Evacuees (1975), Barmitzvah Boy (1976), Spend, Spend, Spend (1977), and London's Burning (1986). His later works for television include Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) and Moving Story (1994). In his classic comedy drama Ready When You Are, Mr McGill , Amanda Holden and Bill Nighy also played Tom Courtenay .

In addition, Rosenthal, who was married to the writer and actress Maureen Lipman , also wrote the scripts for films such as Lucky Star (1980) and together with Barbra Streisand von Yentl (1983). In 1983 he also wrote the screenplay for the film Der Leutnant und seine Richter, based on the book of the same name by Maria Fagyas , which dealt with the affair of First Lieutenant Adolf Hofrichter .

His most important stage works include Smash! (1981) and Our Gracie (1983). Even his 2006 posthumously published memoir, which he wrote together with his wife, he wrote as a drama under the title Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Sicx Acts .

In 1994 he also received the British Comedy Award for best writer . He was also named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994.

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jack Rosenthal: By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts . Pavilion Books, London 2006, ISBN 1-86105-960-4 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  2. Jack Rosenthals Last (BBC Radio 4)