Robert Bolt
August 23rd, 2004
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Man for All Seasons, A (1988) (TV)
Mission, The (1986)
Bounty, The (1984)
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Man for All Seasons, A (1964) (TV)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Blühende Träume (1959) (TV)
Son of a small shopkeeper, he attended Manchester Grammar School. He went to work in an insurance office, and later entered Manchester University, graduating with a degree in History. A post-graduate year at Exeter University led to a schoolmaster's position, first at a village school in Devon, then for seven years at Millfield. During this time he wrote a dozen radio plays, which were broadcast. Encouraged by the London success of his stage play "Flowering Cherry" he left teaching for full-time writing. 1960 saw two of his plays ("The Tiger And The Horse" and "A Man For All Seasons") running concurrently in the West End.
Man for All Seasons, A (1988) (TV)
Mission, The (1986)
Bounty, The (1984)
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Man for All Seasons, A (1964) (TV)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Blühende Träume (1959) (TV)
Son of a small shopkeeper, he attended Manchester Grammar School. He went to work in an insurance office, and later entered Manchester University, graduating with a degree in History. A post-graduate year at Exeter University led to a schoolmaster's position, first at a village school in Devon, then for seven years at Millfield. During this time he wrote a dozen radio plays, which were broadcast. Encouraged by the London success of his stage play "Flowering Cherry" he left teaching for full-time writing. 1960 saw two of his plays ("The Tiger And The Horse" and "A Man For All Seasons") running concurrently in the West End.
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