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Keith Dewhurst (born 24 December 1931) is an English playwright and film and television scriptwriter. Life. Born in Oldham, Keith Dewhurst was educated at Rydal School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in English in 1953.
An interview with Man Ray made in 1972 in one of the episodes of the TV series "Review: Artists and Their Art" presented by Keith Dewhurst.
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Keith Dewhurst is known for The Empty Beach (1985), Casualty (1986) and The Land Girls (1998).
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Keith Dewhurst Biography (1931-) Born December 24, 1931, in Oldham, England; son of Joseph Frederick and Lily (Carter) Dewhurst; married Eve Pearce, July 14, 1958 (divorced, 1980); married Alexandra Cann, November 4, 1980; children: Alan, Emma, Faith (first marriage).
The television scriptwriter and playwright Keith Dewhurst adapted Thompson's trilogy into two plays, Lark Rise and Candleford, which were performed at the National Theatre in 1978–9. Dewhurst's concept was to reflect the familiarity, one for another, of the village inhabitants by staging the plays as a promenade, with the theatre seats ...
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Keith Dewhurst has written 17 stage plays, of which Luggage, Lark Rise, The World Turned Upside Down, Candelford, Don Quixote (starring Paul Scofield) and Black Snow were premiered by The National Theatre, and Pirates, Corunna!
Feb 28, 2021 · The History of Polly Bowler by award-winning writer Keith Dewhurst is set in the precarious world of Victorian theatre. When her mother dies in childbirth and her father flees to escape transportation for machine-smashing, Polly Bowler and her younger brother run away from their harsh working life in a Lancashire cotton mill and join a company ...
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