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BiographyTrevor Griffiths was born in 1935 in Manchester. He graduated from Manchester University with a BA in English Language and Literature, and worked as a teacher, liberal studies lecturer, and further education officer for the BBC, before becoming a full-time writer in 1970. He is also a director in theatre and film.
He writes for theatre, television and cinema. His first full-length stage play was Sam, Sam (1972), followed by Occupations (1972); The Party (1973); Comedians (1976); a new English version of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (1978); Oi for England (1982); Real Dreams (1987); Piano (1990); The Gulf Between Us (1992); Thatcher's Children (1993); and Who Shall Be Happy? (1997). He has also written a number of short plays, including Apricots (1978), Thermidor (1978) and Camel Station (2007).
His television work includes the single plays All Good Men (1977), Through the Night (1977) and Country (1981) , and adaptations of several of his stage plays, including Comedians, The Party, The Cherry Orchard and Hope in the Year Two (1994) (a television version of Who Shall Be Happy ...?) He has also written three series: Bill Brand, an 11-part series, televised in 1976; The Last Place on Earth (1986), a 7-part series televised in 1985; and Sons and Lovers (1982), a 7-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel. His most recent work for television is the award-winning film, Food for Ravens (1998), which he wrote and directed.
Trevor Griffiths wrote the screenplay for Reds (with Warren Beatty), and for the film Fatherland, directed by Ken Loach. His screenplay These Are the Times, a life of Thomas Paine was published in 2005.
The Trevor Griffiths Special Collection at the British Film Institue contains a large holding of manuscripts and other writings.
Genres (in alphabetical order)Drama, Screenplay
BibliographyLayby (with others) Calder & Boyars, 1971 Occupations/The Big House Calder & Boyars, 1972 Sam, Sam Plays & Players, 1972 The Party Faber and Faber, 1974 Comedians Faber and Faber, 1976 All Good Men/Absolute Beginners Faber and Faber, 1977 Through the Night/Such Impossibilities Faber and Faber, 1977 Apricots/Thermidor Pluto Press, 1978 Deeds (with others) Plays & Players, 1978 The Cherry Orchard/Anton Chekov (adaptation) Pluto Press, 1978 Country Faber and Faber, 1981 Oi for England Faber and Faber, 1982 Sons and Lovers (adaptation) Spokesman Press, 1982 Judgment Over the Dead (screenplays of television series The Last Place on Earth) Verso, 1986 Fatherland Faber and Faber, 1987 Real Dreams Faber and Faber, 1987 Collected Plays for Television (contents: 'All Good Men'; 'Absolute Beginners'; 'Through the Night'; 'Such Impossibilities'; 'Country'; Oi for England') Faber and Faber, 1988 Piano Faber and Faber, 1990 The Gulf Between Us Faber and Faber, 1992 Hope in the Year Two/Thatcher's Children Faber and Faber, 1994 Plays 1 (contents: 'Occupations'; 'The Party'; 'Comedians'; 'Real Dreams') Faber and Faber, 1996 Who Shall Be Happy ...? Samuel French, 1997 Food for Ravens Oberon Press, 1998 These Are the Times, a life of Thomas Paine Spokesman Press, 2005 Theatre Plays One (contents: 'The Wages of Thin'; 'Sam, Sam'; 'Occupations'; 'Apricots'; 'Thermidor'; 'The Party'; 'Comedians'; 'The Cherry Orchard') Spokesman Press, 2007 Theatre Plays Two (contents: 'Oi for England'; 'Real Dreams'; 'Piano'; 'The Gulf Between Us'; 'Thatcher's Children'; 'Who Shall Be Happy ...?'; 'Camel Station') Spokesman Press, 2007
Prizes and awards1981 Writers' Guild of America (best screenplay) Reds 1982 Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Screenplay (nomination) Reds 1982 BAFTA (Television Writer's Award) 1998 BAFTA Wales Gwym A Williams Award Food for Ravens 1998 Royal Television Society Award (Regional Programme) Food for Ravens 1999 Dublin Theatre Festival Award (Best Irish Production) Comedians
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