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Robert Oxton Bolt CBE (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Robert Bolt. Writer: Lawrence of Arabia. Son of a small shopkeeper, he attended Manchester Grammar School. He later said that he made poor uses of his opportunities there. He went to work in an insurance office, but later entered Manchester University, taking a degree in History.
Robert Bolt was an English screenwriter and dramatist noted for his epic screenplays. Bolt began work in 1941 for an insurance company, attended Victoria University of Manchester in 1943, and then served in the Royal Air Force and the army during World War II.
Robert Bolt. Writer: Lawrence of Arabia. Son of a small shopkeeper, he attended Manchester Grammar School. He later said that he made poor uses of his opportunities there. He went to work in an insurance office, but later entered Manchester University, taking a degree in History.
Feb 23, 1995 · The author of A Man for All Seasons and the writer of the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, Robert Bolt occupied a place in the history of the modern...
Feb 23, 1995 · Robert Bolt, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright whose works included the films "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago" and the play and film "A Man for All Seasons,"...
Examine the life, times, and work of Robert Bolt through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
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Most of the audience seeing Robert Bolt's play, A Man For All Seasons would believe it is a factually accurate historical drama. Bolt, however, has made it quite clear in interviews that he did not set out to write a play about Tudor lives and times.
Feb 27, 1995 · Robert Bolt, British screenwriter and playwright who won Academy Awards for “Doctor Zhivago” and “A Man for All Seasons,” plus a nomination for “Lawrence of Arabia,” died Feb. 20 at...
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Though strickenby a paralyzing stroke in 1979, Bolt continued to write for the stage, motion pictures, and television. His film drama The Mission, filmed by Roland Joffe and set in colonial South America, won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986.
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