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Stan Barstow

STAN BARSTOW  (1928 - )

 Nationality:    English
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Fiction writer and Dramatist. Barstow, who was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, comes from a coal mining background. He attended Ossett Grammar School, then began writing in the 1950s. along with Alan Sillitoe, John Braine and Keth Waterhouse he is considered one of the pioneers of the 1960s school of northern literary realism. His first great success was the novel a Kind of Loving, which became a film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Alan Bates. Since then he has produced eleven novels and three books of short stories, many set in the fictional mining town of Cressley, as well as TV scripts and material for the radio and theatre. Stan moved from Yorkshire to south Wales in 2000 and in April 2008, the four-part television Drama Calon Gaeth which Stan co-wrote with Diana Griffiths won a Welsh BAFTA for best Drama. This was Dramatised from the novel a Small Country by Sian James. Stan is a Fellow of academi.
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below is a list of Stan Barstow's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Albert's Part         Ask Me Tomorrow         Enemy Of The People, An         Human Element, The         Joby         Kind Of Loving, A         Listen For The Trains, Love         Stringers Last Stand         We Could Always Fit A Sidecar

Albert's Part

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The Human Element; Albert's Part

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1st Published:
Blackie, London, 1984   -

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Ask Me Tomorrow

Synopsis:
Young writer tries luck in city

Notes:
from his novel, with Alfred Bradley

1st Produced:
Sheffield    1964

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1966   -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Enemy Of The People, An

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Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen

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-    1969

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John Calder, london, 1978   -

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Human Element, The

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The Human Element; Albert's Part

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Blackie, London, 1984   -

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Joby

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staged from TV script 'Blackie'

1st Produced:
Oldham    1979

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Play/Drama

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Kind Of Loving, A

Synopsis:
Vic Brown is attracted to the beautiful but demanding Ingrid. as their relationship grows and changes he comes to terms - the hard way - with adult life and what it really means to love. Set in the 1960s, the novel raises issues against a clearly-evoked social and historical context.

Notes:
from his novel, with Alfred Bradley

1st Produced:
-    1965

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1st Published:
Blackie, London, 1970   -

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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Listen For The Trains, Love

Synopsis:
about the building of the railways

Notes:
songs by Alex Glasgow

1st Produced:
-    1970

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Genre:
Musical

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Stringers Last Stand

Synopsis:
Domineering father caught in affair. Daughters take their revenge

Notes:
written with Alfred Bradley

1st Produced:
-    1971

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1972   -

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We Could Always Fit A Sidecar

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1st Published:
in "Bradley, a. (Ed.), Out Of The air" Longman, London, 1978   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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