Composers and their stage works 



Paul Ableman

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, 13 June 1927; brought up in New York. Educated at King's College, University of London. Military service: 3 years. Married; one son.

Stage Works

  1. Even His Enemy, with Gertrude Macauley (as Letters to a Lady, produced 1951). 1948.
  2. Help! (revue; produced 1963).
  3. One Hand Clapping (revue; produced 1964)
  4. Dialogues (produced 1965).
  5. Green Julia (produced 1965). 1966.
  6. Tests (sketches). 1966.
  7. Emily and Heathcliff (produced 1967).
  8. Blue Comedy, Madly in Love, Hank's Night (produced 1968). 1968;
  9. The Black General, adaptation of Othello by Shakespeare (produced 1969).
  10. And Hum Our Sword (produced 1973).
  11. Little Hopping Robin (produced 1973).
  12. The Visitor (produced 1974).
  13. Windsor All-Sorts (produced 1977).

Radio Play

Television Plays

  1. Barlowe of the Car Park, 1961;
  2. That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage, 1969;
  3. Visits from a Stranger, 1970;
  4. The Catch in a Cold, 1970;
  5. The Wrong 'Un, from a work by Michael Brett, 1983;
  6. Love Song, from a novel by Jeffrey Archer, 1985;
  7. A Killing on the Exchange series, 1987.

Novel

  1. I Hear Voices. 1957.
  2. As Near As I Can Get. 1962.
  3. Vac. 1968.
  4. The Twilight o f the Vilp. 1969.
  5. Tornado Pratt. 1977.
  6. Shoestring (novelization of television play). 1979.
  7. Porridge (novelization of screenplay). 1979.
  8. Shoestring's Finest Hour. 1980.
  9. County Hall (novelization of television series). 1981.
  10. Hi-De-Hi (novelization of television series). 1983.
  11. A Killing on the Exchange (novelization of television series). 1987.
  12. Dad's Army (novelization of the television series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft). 1989.

Verse

Bits: Some Prose Poems. 1969.

Other

Translator, with Veronica Hall, Egypt, by Simonne Lacourture. 1963.