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(James) David Rudkin

Born in London, 29 June 1936. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1947-55; St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 1957-61, M.A. 1961. Served in the Royal Corps of Signals, 1955-57. Married Alexandra Margaret Thompson in 1967; two sons and two daughters. Assistant master of Latin, Greek and music, County High School, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 1961-64. Recipient: Evening Standard award, 1962; John Whiting award, 1974; Obie award, 1977; New York Film Festival gold medal, 1987; Society of Authors scholarship, 1988; European Film Festival Special jury award, 1990.

Stage Works

1. Afore Night Come (produced 1960)
2. Moses and Aaron, translation of the libretto, music by Schoenberg (produced 1965). 1965.
3. The Grace of Todd, music by Gordon Crosse (produced 1969). 1970.
4. Burglars (for children; produced 1970)
5. The Filth Hunt (produced 1972).
6. Cries from Casement as His Bones Are Brought to Dublin (broadcast 1973; produced 1973). 1974.
7. Ashes (produced 1973). 1978.
8. Penda's Fen (televised 1974). 1975.
9. No Title (produced 1974).
10. The Sons of Light (produced 1976). 1981.
11. Sovereignty under Elizabeth (produced 1977).
12. Hippolytus, adaptation of the play by Euripides (produced 1978). 1980.
13. Hansel and Gretel (produced 1980).
14. The Triumph of Death (produced 1981). 1981.
15. Peer Gynt, adaptation of the play by Ibsen (produced 1982). 1983.
16. Space Invaders (produced 1984).
17. Will's Way (produced 1985).
18. The Saxon Shore (produced 1986). 1986.
19. Deathwatch, and The Maids, adaptations of plays by Jean Genet (produced 1987).
20. When We Dead Awaken, adaptation of the play by Ibsen (produced 1990). 1990.

Screenplays

• Fahrenheit 451, 1966; (additional dialogue, uncredited):
• Mademoiselle, 1966;
• Testimony, 1987;
• December Bride, 1989.

RADIO PLAYS:

1. No Accounting for Taste, 1960;
2. The Persians, from the play by Aeschylus, 1965;
3. Gear Change, 1967;
4. Cries from Casement as His Bones Are Brought to Dublin, 1973;
5. Hecuba, from the play by Euripides, 1975;
6. Rosmersholm, from the play by Ibsen, 1990.

TELEVISION PLAYS:

1. The Stone Dance, 1963;
2. Children Playing, 1967;
3. House of Character, 1968;
4. Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage, 1969;
5. Bypass, 1972;
6. Atrocity, 1973;
7. Penda's Fen, 1974;
8. Pritan and The Coming of the Cross (Churchill's People series), 1975;
9. The Ash Tree, from the story by M.R. James, 1975;
10. The Living Grave (Leap in the Dark series), 1981;
11. Artemis 81, 1981;
12. Across the Water, 1983;
13. White Lady, 1987;
14. Gawain and the, Green Knight, from the Middle English poem, 1991.

BALLET SCENARIO:

• Sun into Darkness, 1966.