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Alan Plater. Alan Frederick Plater CBE FRSL (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) [1] was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. Career. Plater was born in Jarrow, County Durham, although his family moved to Hull in 1938. He attended Kingston High School. [2]
- 25 June 2010 (aged 75), London, England
- Shirley Johnson (1958–1985), Shirley Rubinstein (1986–2010)
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- Alan Frederick Plater, 15 April 1935, Jarrow, England
Jun 25, 2010 · Fri 25 Jun 2010 09.29 EDT. Alan Plater, who has died of cancer aged 75, was one of a handful of writers, including Jack Rosenthal, Dennis Potter and Simon Gray, who truly made a difference on...
- Michael Coveney
Alan Plater. Writer: A Very British Coup. Born in Jarrow in 1935, Alan Plater was brought up in Hull, and trained as an architect in Newcastle. He has been a full-time writer since 1961, with over two hundred assorted credits in radio, television, theatre and film - plus six novels, occasional journalism, broadcasting and teaching.
- Alan Plater
- June 25, 2010
- April 15, 1935
Mini Bio. Born in Jarrow in 1935, Alan Plater was brought up in Hull, and trained as an architect in Newcastle. He has been a full-time writer since 1961, with over two hundred assorted credits in radio, television, theatre and film - plus six novels, occasional journalism, broadcasting and teaching. His first plays were written for radio, a ...
- April 15, 1935
- June 25, 2010
Jun 25, 2010 · Alan Plater, a prolific and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, passed away in 2010 after a long career. He created or wrote for Z Cars, The Barchester Chronicles, The Fortunes of War, and many other works.
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Alan Plater was a versatile and witty writer who created or adapted many TV dramas, from Z Cars to A Very British Coup. He also wrote stage plays, novels and film scripts, and was influenced by his Northern roots and jazz music.
Jun 27, 2010 · Alan Plater (obituary, 26 June) was a writer's writer. He combined an industry with an ease and fluency that was not only incredibly rare, but almost painfully irksome to any other writer in...
