From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leon Garfield FRSL (14 July 1921 – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television.
- British
- Children's historical novels, literary adaptation of classical myth and legend
- Writer
- The God Beneath the Sea
Actors were hired to recite abbreviated versions of the plays written by Leon Garfield, who had written a series of prose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays for children in 1985, Shakespeare Stories. According to Garfield, editing the plays down to thirty minutes whilst maintaining original Shakespearean dialogue was not easy; "lines that are ...
Leon Garfield FRSL (14 July 1921 – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television.
Leon Garfield, född 14 juli 1921 i Brighton, Sussex, England, död 2 juni 1996, brittisk (engelsk) författare av ungdomsböcker, vuxenromaner och manuskript. Garfield träffade sin blivande hustru Vivien Alcock i London under tjänstgöring i brittiska armén under Andra världskriget.
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Leon Garfield Leon Garfield (14. července 1921, Brighton, Sussex – 2. června 1996, Londýn) byl anglický spisovatel, známý především svými historickými dobrodružnými romány pro děti a mládež.
Leon Garfield Leon Garfield (14 July 1921 – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for his historical novels for children, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books, and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television.
In Leon Garfield's continuation, which was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 1990 starring Ian Holm as Jasper and John Moffatt as Datchery, Datchery is a former actor turned private investigator hired by Mr. Grewgious to investigate Drood's disappearance. In the 2012 BBC television drama, written by Gwyneth Hughes, Datchery is Mr. Bazzard.
Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921) Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (b. 1928) June 3 – Peter Glenville, English film director (b. 1913) June 6. Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1917) George Davis Snell, American Nobel geneticist (b. 1903) June 10 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914) June 11 – Brigitte Helm, German ...