Playwrights and their stage works 

Ted WILLIS

(Edward Henry Willis; Baron Willis of Chislehurst)

Born Tottenham, Middlesex, 13 January, 1918. Died 22 December, 1992

Stage Works

  1. Sabotage (as John Bishop) (produced 1943)

  2. Buster (produced 1943)

  3. All Change Here (produced 1944)

  4. "God Bless the Guv'nor": A Moral Melodrama in Which the Twin Evils of Trades Unionism and Strong Drink are Exposed, "After Mrs. Henry Wood" (produced 1945). 1945

  5. The Yellow Star (also director: produced 1945)

  6. What Happened to Love? (produced 1947).

  7. No Trees in the Street (produced 1948).

  8. The Lady Purrs (produced 1950). 1950.

  9. The Magnificent Moodies (produced 1952).

  10. The Blue Lamp, with Jan Read (produced 1952).

  11. A Kiss for Adele, with Talbot Rothwell, adaptation of the play by Barillet and Gredy (produced 1952).

  12. Kid Kenyon Rides Again, with Allan Mackinnon (produced 1954).

  13. George Comes Home. 1955.

  14. Doctor in the House, adaptation of the novel by Richard Gordon (produced 1956). 1957.

  15. Woman in a Dressing Gown, (televised, 1956). (revised version, produced 1963); 1964.

  16. The Young and the Guilty (televised, 1956).

  17. Look in Any Window (televised, 1958).

  18. Hot Summer Night (produced 1958). 1959.

  19. Brothers-in-Law, with Henry Cecil, adaptation of the novel by Cecil (produced 1959). 1959.

  20. When in Rome, with Ken Ferry, music by Kramer, lyrics by Eric Shaw, adaptation of a play by Garinei and Giovannini (produced 1959).

  21. The Eyes of Youth, adaptation of the novel A Dread of Burning by Rosemary Timperley (as Farewell Yesterday, produced 1959; as The Eyes of Youth, produced 1959). 1960.

  22. Mother, adaptation of the novel by Gorky (produced 1961).

  23. Doctor at Sea, adaptation of the novel by Richard Gordon (produced 1961). 1961.

  24. The Little Goldmine. 1962.

  25. A Slow Roll of Drums (produced 1964).

  26. A Murder of Crows (produced 1966).

  27. The Ballad of Queenie Swann (televised, 1966; revised version, music by Dick Manning and Marvin Laird, lyrics by Willis, produced 1967; as Queenie, produced 1967).

  28. Dead on Saturday (produced 1972).

  29. Mr. Polly, music by Michael Begg and Ivor Slaney, lyrics by Willis, adaptation of the novel by H.G. Wells (produced 1977).

  30. Stardust (produced 1983).

  31. Tommy Boy (produced 1988).

  32. Intent to Kill (produced 1990).

Screenplays

  1. The Waves Roll On (documentary), 1945;
  2. Holiday Camp, with others, 1947;
  3. Good Time Girl, with Muriel and Sydney Box, 1948;
  4. A Boy, A Girl, and a Bike, 1949;
  5. The Huggetts Abroad, with others, 1949;
  6. The Undefeated (documentary), 1950;
  7. The Blue Lamp, with others, 1950;
  8. The Wallet, 1952;
  9. Top of the Form, with John Paddy Carstairs and Patrick Kirwan, 1953;
  10. Trouble in Store, with John Paddy Carstairs and Maurice Cowan, 1953;
  11. The Large Rope, 1953;
  12. One Good Turn, with John Paddy Carstairs and Maurice Cowan, 1954;
  13. Burnt Evidence, 1954;
  14. Up to His Neck, with others, 1954;
  15. It's Great to Be Young, 1956;
  16. The Skywalkers, 1956;
  17. Woman in a Dressing Gown, 1957;
  18. The Young and the Guilty, 1958;
  19. No Trees in the Street, 1959;
  20. Six Men and a Nightingale, 1961;
  21. Flame in the Streets, 1961;
  22. The Horsemasters, 1961;
  23. Bitter Harvest, 1963;
  24. Last Bus to Banjo Creek, 1968;
  25. Our Miss Fred, with Hugh Leonard, 1972;
  26. and other documentaries.